Senior Community 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Community Advisor to join APA’s Sustainability team in Perth CBD office on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the Community and Social Performance Manager West, this role supports APA’s West region activities with a strong focus on the Pilbara.

You will be playing an important role in building and maintaining APA’s social licence through high-quality community engagement, supporting project outcomes, and fostering trusted relationships with community stakeholders across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery and implementation of Community & Social Performance (CSP) activities across the West region, with a strong focus on Pilbara-based operations and projects.
• Coordinate and deliver regional CSP initiatives, including community partnerships, investment programs and local engagement activities that create shared value.
• Develop and maintain strong, respectful relationships with community stakeholders, including local councils, landholders and First Nations communities, supporting engagement outcomes and project delivery.
• Provide practical advice and input on stakeholder engagement and community considerations, including contributing to CSP inputs for project tender processes (EOIs and RFPs).
• Support project teams to apply consistent, effective and culturally appropriate stakeholder engagement practices across projects.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to apply CSP principles to operational and project activities in line with APA frameworks and regional priorities.

Your Background

• Demonstrated experience in community engagement, stakeholder relations, or community and social performance, ideally within a complex operational or asset-based environment.
• Sound understanding of stakeholder engagement practices and social risk considerations, with the ability to apply these in a practical, delivery-focused way.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective and respectful relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, including experience engaging with First Nations communities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a broader team, managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes.
• A proactive and adaptable approach, with a focus on practical implementation and continuous improvement.
• Experience in the energy, infrastructure or resources sector, particularly in regional or remote environments such as the Pilbara, is highly regarded.

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.

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 Tuesday, 16 June 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4481

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.