Community and Social Performance Senior Advisor

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

Senior Community and Social Performance Advisor

We are seeking an experienced Senior Community and Social Performance Advisor to join our Infrastructure Delivery team on a permanent full-time basis. While Brisbane is our preferred location, we are open to considering other locations for the right candidate. We offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work–life balance.

In this role, you will be supporting the delivery of APA’s projects by developing and implementing tailored community and social performance strategies. You will build strong community and stakeholder relationships, deliver impactful social performance outcomes and contribute to projects from the concept phase through to the end of construction. You'll have the opportunity to design and deliver initiatives that make a positive change within communities, working on projects across the country.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement project-specific Community and Social Performance Plans, including community profiling, stakeholder engagement, social impact assessments, social risk assessments and social investment planning
• Develop and deliver community and social performance strategies that enhance social values and outcomes
• Build and maintain strong, respectful relationships with community stakeholders, including First Nations people, to support project delivery
• Plan and execute inclusive, culturally appropriate engagement activities
• Manage community and stakeholder communication, including the creation and delivery of materials
• Provide guidance to project teams to ensure consistency in community and stakeholder consultation

Your background

• Extensive experience in a similar role (preferably gained in the infrastructure, mining, gas or other resources sector)
• Knowledge of regulatory approvals processes for energy infrastructure development projects, and the related community and social performance requirements
• Demonstrated ability in developing and implementing community engagement programs
• Experience working respectfully and in a cultural appropriate way with First Nations communities and organisations
• Proven ability to engage and collaborate with both diverse internal and external stakeholders including community, government, business and economic development groups
• Effective communication, listening, and presentation skills
• The ability and willingness to travel and a valid Driver’s licence

If you are motivated to build strong community relationships and deliver projects that create positive social outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

Working at APA

At APA, we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.

We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we’ll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life.

We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best.

We are APA

At APA, we’re taking on one of Australia’s greatest challenges:​ the energy transition.​ We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.​

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We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer focused approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.