Senior Community Engagement Specialist

Step into a unique opportunity as a Senior Community Engagement Specialist, where your work will directly shape how communities connect with the future of infrastructure. In this dynamic role, you’ll design and deliver best-practice engagement strategies, building meaningful relationships with stakeholders while leading proactive, high-impact community engagement initiatives.

You’ll work across a diverse portfolio of projects, from customer-funded programs to major infrastructure developments, embracing innovative technologies such as microgrids and battery solutions. At the heart of this role is your ability to foster trust, deepen understanding, and bring communities along the journey, ensuring projects are delivered with clarity, confidence, and collaboration.

Your contribution will be critical in strengthening stakeholder relationships and enhancing community insight, ultimately reducing risk for both Western Power and the communities we serve.

We have one permanent role and one 12 month fixed-term role available.

Your Role in Action  

• Lead the design and delivery of best-practice community engagement strategies that bring people along the journey of Western Power’s infrastructure projects
• Provide hands-on, strategic expertise to drive meaningful engagement outcomes across both internal teams and external stakeholders
• Shape and strengthen Western Power’s approach to community and stakeholder engagement across new and existing projects
• Deliver impactful engagement plans across multiple projects - creating compelling communications, embracing digital innovation, and connecting directly with communities
• Build and nurture trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including Local Government and project partners, ensuring alignment and shared success
• Champion the voice of the community internally, influencing decisions and fostering a culture that values engagement and transparency
• Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve engagement activities, sharing insights, progress, and lessons learned to drive better outcomes
• Enhance Western Power’s reputation by minimising community impacts, managing complex issues with care, and supporting engagement during critical or high-profile situations

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Proven experience in communications, community engagement, stakeholder management, or a related field
• Strong expertise in delivering best-practice engagement approaches, ideally across large-scale infrastructure or innovative projects
• Understanding of the International Association for Public Participation spectrum and its practical application
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build trust across diverse stakeholder groups
• Highly developed listening skills, with a genuine ability to understand different perspectives and respond with empathy
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Communications, Social Planning, Social Sciences, Marketing, or a related discipline

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.   
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 11 May 2026

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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