Title: Manager, Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Location: Victoria, Australia
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Description:
Make a real difference and help shape our customers' Energy Future
Hybrid working > 2 days WFH > Choose your office days
Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment
When you choose AusNet, you'll join genuine people working together, making Real Progress.
At AusNet, we're the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.
Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia's cleaner energy future.
Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That's refreshing.
In this exciting role, you'll be at the lead of our Community and Stakeholder Engagement efforts, shaping the future of Development and Future Networks. You'll have the unique opportunity to set the strategic direction and framework for community engagement at an enterprise level, ensuring our initiatives are not only impactful but also aligned with our organizational values.
Additionally, you will establish a Centre of Excellence for the organization, focusing on workforce and capability planning, fostering a culture of shared learning, and optimizing resources. Your leadership will be pivotal in driving meaningful community relationships and setting a new standard for excellence in engagement.
This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:
Lead a team to deliver engagement strategies by developing a strategic plan and embedding systems and processes, managing community and stakeholder engagement activities and events.
Develop targeted; multi-channel communication campaigns that enable effective engagement and manage reputational risks and emerging issues.
Represent and present AusNet's position on priority and emerging issues to communities and the Energy sector.
Provide appropriate and timely advice to AusNet's Corporate Affairs and Communications team and work to ensure that media releases and responses, speeches, and FAQs are relevant, accurate and consistent in messaging.
Create and deliver a proactive narrative around energy infrastructure to effectively communicate to key stakeholders, reduce risk and clarify AusNet's objectives.
Lead the development of a one AusNet approach to Community and Stakeholder Engagement by creating a Centre of Excellence for the organisation.
Lead research and analysis activities and leverage data and analytics to identify changes in stakeholder and community attitudes to effectively target communications and influence the direction of current and future strategies and programs.
Manage relationships with key stakeholders to ensure the perspectives of key stakeholders are considered and addressed.
Provide informed advice and responses on potentially sensitive and controversial issues, while balancing the need for transparent communication.
Exercising astute judgement in developing, leading and influencing effective relationships with key stakeholders to achieve sustainable partnerships.
Managing ongoing issues in an intense environment of media and stakeholder scrutiny.
Contribute to new business, continuous improvement and broader business activities.
Perform all duties in accordance with AusNet policies, processes, systems, reporting and procedures.
You don't need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:
Tertiary Degree (Bachelor level) or certificate or relevant experience (Disciplines relevant to function area, e.g. public relations, journalism, stakeholder management, marketing)
Community Engagement Qualification such as IAP2 certification
Diploma or Masters of Project Management, Certificate IV Safety
Proven experience in a Community and Stakeholder Engagement or Communications role
Multi-discipline experience, e.g. corporate communications, stakeholder relations, marketing communications
Experience in leading project or specialist function activities
Relevant experience gained within major organisations - relevant sector, government or consultancy
Relevant experience in critical capital infrastructure projects ($1Bn+)
A real place to belong
We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.
We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here's what sets us apart:
Flexibility:
whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we'll work with you to help balance work and life.
Leave:
more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
Community giving:
a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
Perks:
we offer all the other perks you've come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.
As an industry in transformation, we're excited by the possibilities ahead.
So, if you're passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.
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