Manager, Corporate Affairs - Continental Europe

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Role purpose

Worley’s global Corporate Affairs team supports the business and leaders by bringing insights to decisions, crafting and amplifying narrative, managing risks, and creating opportunities for our strategy to succeed. The EMEA Corporate Affairs team is part of the global group and partners with the EMEA regional business, which operates across around 18 countries, including a diverse range of cultures and stakeholder environments. EMEA is one of four regions making up Global Operations and is split into four subregional businesses.

As the Manager, Corporate Affairs for Continental Europe, you will be the primary Corporate Affairs partner to the subregional leader who covers countries in Western and Eastern Europe as well as Scandinavia. You will be an influential partner to leadership, develop and oversee holistic communications plans that support growth, strengthen and protect the reputation of Worley, and support leaders to engage and inspire employees.

The role

The role is part of the EMEA Corporate Affairs team and reports directly to the Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs who leads the EMEA team. It works closely with other Corporate Affairs business partners across the region to ensure alignment and continuous coverage. Business leaders are key internal clients, and this role is also part of the extended leadership team of the Senior Vice President for Continental Europe.

The successful candidate will manage integrated Corporate Affairs support across Continental Europe and is accountable for ensuring all communications activity is aligned with regional and global strategies as well as global standards, approvals and escalation protocols. They deliver internal, external and leadership communication, stakeholder engagement and issues and crisis management, drawing on regional and global specialists, agencies and local networks.

· Be the trusted Corporate Affairs advisor: Serve as the principal Corporate Affairs advisor to the Senior Vice President for Continental Europe. Join leadership discussions early to shape decisions, stakeholder positioning and communications priorities.

· Build integrated communications plans: Develop and oversee plans aligned with EMEA strategy and business priorities, considering employees, customers, media, governments, industry and communities together.

· Support growth and build reputation: Champion Worley’s achievements and build its profile around priority markets, customers, projects, capabilities and business development themes through targeted PR, media, stakeholder and external content activity, coordinated with relevant global teams and approved agencies.

· Strengthen executive and employee comms: Strengthen leaders’ internal and external visibility through clear narratives, speeches, talking points, stakeholder preparation and thought leadership. Deliver high-value employee communications that align and inspire teams, reinforce expectations, values and behaviors, support change and celebrate success.

· Identify and manage issues and crises: Maintain awareness of the local operating environment, identify emerging concerns and escalate early. Support priority issues and crisis response with global protocols and specialist direction.

· Ensure effective, well-governed delivery: Maintain quality, alignment and timing across the remit and follow company approvals, policies, brand standards and escalation protocols. Draw on regional and global specialists, agencies and the Extended Communications Network where local language, activation or technical expertise is needed.

· Measure and improve: Track outcomes, stakeholder response and contribution to business priorities, share insights and continuously improve the approach.

About you

You are a versatile, collaborative and self-driven Corporate Affairs professional with a passion for the work. You approach work proactively and energetically, while applying sound judgement and a strong awareness of reputational and business risk. You are comfortable prioritizing efforts strategically to maximize impact.

· Professional, reliable and proactive: You are responsive, listen and act on feedback, and keep colleagues informed. You take ownership, anticipate needs, meet deadlines and flag risks early, knowing when to seek input or escalate.

· Sound judgement and calm under pressure: You test assumptions and balance pace with reputational, legal and stakeholder risk. You handle sensitive matters with discretion and provide sound, timely advice and delivery during issues and crises.

· Trust and influence: You build trust with senior leaders and internal and external stakeholders, provide clear counsel, constructively challenge when needed and advocate effectively for Worley.

· Strategic vision and delivery discipline: You connect communications priorities to business strategy and growth, then translate them into focused plans, clear priorities and high-quality delivery.

· Storytelling and audience targeting: You understand media, stakeholder and market dynamics and can turn business priorities and complex topics into credible external positioning and clear messages suited to different audiences.

· Collaborative and adaptable: You work as part of one Corporate Affairs team, keep appropriate leaders informed and follow agreed standards, approvals and expertise. You respond calmly to changing priorities, ambiguity and complex regional contexts.

You must exercise considerable discretion about information communicated and handle serious and sensitive subjects with tact and confidentiality. This role will contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their differences.

Key qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience

· 8+ years communications experience in a large, complex, preferably global organization

· Willingness and ability to travel within EMEA as required to support leaders, teams and business priorities

· Strong experience across media and PR in Europe, executive and employee communications, stakeholder engagement, and issues or crisis management

· A track record of influencing senior leaders and delivering communications that support business priorities and growth

· Excellent written and spoken English, with proficiency in another European language strongly preferred

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