Aboriginal Engagement

Your career with UGL can be long, diverse, challenging and rewarding.

We believe success and values are driven by real teams where everyone has a role to play.

We work on challenging and exciting projects that shape the way we evolve, adapt, and transform the industries we work in. We rally together, drawing on the diverse skills across our teams and create environments where great ideas are heard.

**The Opportunity**

The Aboriginal Engagement & Participation Manager will report into the Community & Stakeholder Engagement Manager, and shall be the primary contact to engage, communicate and manage relationships with Australian Indigenous and in particular local Noongar communities, businesses, and subcontractors. On day-to-day activities, the role will support the Project Management team and is a critical for the successful delivery for the project.

**Key responsibilities include**
- Draft and implement the project’s Aboriginal Engagement and Participation Plan (AEPP) and ensure UGLs adherence to the clients’ overarching plans and documentation
- Support the Community & Stakeholder Engagement Manager with the UGL Communications and Stakeholder Management Plan (CSMP) across the project team and subcontractors.
- Achieve key participation and engagement project targets and milestones including, but not limited to, procurement, training and onboarding Aboriginal contractors.
- Provide advice on issues relating to Indigenous affairs and cultural heritage (i.e., sites, heritage surveys, heritage management) and maintain a positive public image for the Project and the company.
- Identify and establish key contacts within local Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities; This includes liaising with land Councils and other government and regional or community development agencies.
- Visit project site locations and liaise with community members, as required.
- Support the company Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) group for UGL and provide appropriate advice and support for all UGL business in our community participation activities eg: including, but not limited to, Reconciliation and NAIDOC week activities.
- Undertake any adhoc projects, initiatives, tasks as directed by the Project Management team

**Requirements to be successful**
- 4-year degree qualification to Bachelor status in a relevant discipline (Desirable)
- Previous community engagement experience
- Current Drivers Licence
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite of programs

**What makes you right for UGL**
- Ability to provide a safe, supportive, and positive workplace
- Empower a united and collaborative culture
- Deliver technical excellence and create efficient, innovative solutions
- Genuine concern for safety

**Benefits**
- Diverse opportunities to grow, back yourself and achieve
- Access to flexible working arrangements
- Dedicated wellness program and discounts
- Be supported to pursue educational and leadership development opportunities
- Access endless career options and pathways, because UGL backs our own with a preference to promote from within. We’re also a member of the CIMIC Group, one of the world’s leading international contractors.
- UGL is well-known and respected for providing end-to-end engineering, construction, and maintenance services within, rail and transport, communications and technology systems, oil and gas, power, renewables and resources, water, and defence markets. UGL partners with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises, and public institutions. _
- At UGL, we value diversity - in the backgrounds, ideas, work styles and perspectives of our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply._
- Please note that relevant screening checks may be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include a national criminal history check and for you to undergo pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol screen._

**Discipline**: Marketing & Communications Manager

**Primary Location**: Australia-WA-Perth CBD, Inner & Western Suburbs

**Work Type**: Full-time