19th March 2000

Role Brief
City Public Relations Contact

Overall Objective of the Position

1. To ensure accurate representation of Elan Vital and M, both internally (within the Elan Vital organisation), and externally (to external parties).

2. Have in place strategies to reduce the likelihood of any PR incident that could impact on the local EV events.

Reporting to:

1. Australian PR management team, headed by Gail Gauci-Seddon

2. Local City Contact or to the logistics team if that is in place.

Key Responsibilities

1. Liaise with the Aus PR team, and keep up to date with PR issues (a Conference Box on First Class will be created for this purpose)

2. Co-ordinate/organise PR briefings for local personnel, as needed

3. Follow up from the initial PR briefings with ongoing training and education of the local personnel, especially those that may come into contact with the public in a professional capacity.

4. Understand how to apply the Press Policy if needed

5. Be available to attend satellite events and advertised public events.

6. Keep an eye on all written materials placed on the information tables or circulated within the community (from a PR perspective).

7. Act as a "consultant" to the local propagation and event teams.

8. Be involved in venue selection for public and speaker events.

9. Monitor local media

Time required:

Estimated average 4 hours per week (includes meetings, First Class correspondence, etc)

Terms

1. The City Public Relations Contact is invited to fulfil the position for a 1 year period, which will be renewable upon mutual agreement, and also subject to evaluation.

2. Before commencing the position, to agree to follow the "Code of Conduct" and "Team Standards" that have been set by the whole team.