Senior Advisor - Community and Social Performance

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.

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Advisor - Community and Social Performance to join our Infrastructure Delivery team in our Brisbane or Melbourne office on a permanent full-time basis.

Working in the Infrastructure Delivery team, you will play a key role in delivering engagement and social performance activities across APA's infrastructure projects to support project delivery, foster positive social outcomes, and build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and communities.

Working across a diverse range of projects, you will help deliver positive outcomes for communities while supporting successful project delivery from concept through to construction.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Community and Social Performance Plans and activities.

• Lead meaningful, inclusive and culturally appropriate community engagement activities.

• Build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders, including First Nations communities and organisations.

• Identify, assess and manage project community and social performance risks, impacts, and opportunities.

• Provide specialist advice and guidance to project teams on community and social performance matters.

• Helping projects succeed by balancing delivery, social value and community expectations

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

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.

Role closes on Saturday, 5 September 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4812

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.