Stakeholder and Aboriginal Engagement Advisor

24 hours ago

Perth, Australia GHD Full time

GHD’s Reconciliation Action Plan guides GHD to develop strong relationships with **Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples **. Among other commitments, we wish to focus on growing the number of and developing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees across our organisation.

As a Stakeholder and Aboriginal Engagement Advisor you will play a leading part in the next steps developing our Aboriginal community engagement offering to clients. You will be part of a dynamic local team, backed by our National Indigenous Services Team and GHD’s Indigenous Staff Network.

Working with the **Consultation team, Traditional Owners, and Key Aboriginal Stakeholders **, this exciting opportunity will include:

- Advising on and undertaking best practice engagement with Aboriginal communities and Traditional Owners in Western Australia
- Maintaining positive client and key stakeholder relationships including Traditional Owners and culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- Creating a business plan, identifying opportunities for working in partnership with Traditional Owners, and supporting involvement with decisions
- Delivering client work - advising on and implementing engagement strategies for a range of clients including Government authorities, major infrastructure projects (e.g. road, rail)
- Preparing high quality written communication material including proposals, reports and client deliverables
- Undertaking community and engagement activities by blending traditional and digital techniques
- Supporting Project Managers to deliver quality projects on time, within budget and to the satisfaction of internal and external clients.

**We want to ensure you succeed in this role **. To do so, you will possess:

- A solid understanding of Aboriginal culture, society and an understanding of the historical and contemporary issues impacting on the Western Australia Aboriginal community
- Strong connections to the Aboriginal community in Western Australia
- 3-10+ years of proven experience working with Western Australian Aboriginal communities
- Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to foster teamwork and work with multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation
- Initiatives to actively seek to improve programs and services, offer new and different options to solve problems and meet client needs
- Willingness to learn and keep abreast of new developments in the field and develop own technical skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and provide accurate information in client reporting and tender submissions
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritise multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Sound judgement and decisiveness
- Advanced computer skills, including proficiency in use of Office suite
- A tertiary qualification in Planning, Communications, Social Sciences, Arts (Communications) or related Social Sciences, such as the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2), is preferred.

**Contact Antonia Tomassone**

**T **+61 8 6222 8631

There may be government or client requirements which require an up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination for this position.

GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where GHD people can thrive, this supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of face-to-face collaboration in the office.
- We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.#LI-AT1

**Why GHD?**

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you**

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

**Who we**
**are**

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relations

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