Senior Strategic Planning Consultant

We’re looking for a Senior Strategic Planning Consultant to shape and strengthen our People Strategy and strategic people planning - connecting organisational goals with future workforce trends and enabling collaboration, insight and informed decision-making.

We are continuing the transformation of our Business Unit and shaping a modern, agile People team - one that thrives on innovation, embraces change, and sets the benchmark for excellence. Apply today and help set the direct for what’s next.

Your Role in Action  

• Scan the horizon and shape the future - research external workforce, safety, policy and industry trends to inform and evolve the People Strategy with insight and foresight.
• Play a key role in shaping and refreshing the People Strategy, ensuring it remains aligned to organisational priorities and responsive to a changing environment.
• Lead business planning for the People Business Unit, aligning functions, integrating with corporate planning cycles and translating strategy into action.
• Track progress and measure impact, ensuring clear performance monitoring, meaningful reporting and visibility of outcomes.
• Facilitate high-impact workshops and forums, enabling cross-functional problem-solving, strategic alignment and initiative development.
• Partner across the organisation to identify strategic opportunities and co-design People plans that support business unit and enterprise priorities.
• Develop and present clear, compelling strategic advice, including executive papers, business cases and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Drive smarter planning through digital and data-led insights, championing the use of HR systems and analytics to strengthen decision-making and outcomes.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Strong experience in corporate or enterprise strategy function within a large, complex organisation, or a management consulting environment.
• Background in business analysis and external research, including assessing new opportunities and contributing to the development of business cases.
• Proven capability developing evidence-based strategies, using hypothesis-driven thinking supported by data, analysis and insight.
• Ability to make sense of complex information quickly, including legislation, policy, economic and market data, and translate it into practical advice.
• Clear, confident communicator and facilitator, with strong written, verbal and presentation skills and the ability to bring data and insights to life for diverse audiences.

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 2 February 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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