Social Performance Specialist

**Job Summary**:
It is an exciting time to be part of the energy industry and especially at Powerlink, as we help shape the renewable energy transformation in Queensland and Australia. As part of this, we are delivering a number of major projects, including renewable energy developments, across Queensland.

In this newly created role, you ensure that Powerlink’s business activities can proceed with social awareness, respect and appropriate consideration for community and social performance.

**About the role**:
Social performance, risk and impact assessments and community investment are all integral parts of the successful delivery of the energy industry transformation and necessitates a responsibility to recognise social and community impacts.

You will help to understand these impacts and develop the best possible approaches to social performance, social impact assessment, and responsible community investment.

In this important role you will:

- Develop and deliver better practice social performance, social impact assessments, strategic plans, data analysis and research to support both corporate and wider communities
- Ensure vital social sustainability approaches will meet industry and community expectations for large scale infrastructure projects
- Ensure social performance, analysis and investment strategies will align with the recently endorsed corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Framework
- Support communities to be sustainable alongside the scope, scale and pace of the energy industry transformation
- Understand how these approaches build and maintain Social Licence to Operate (SLO).

You will spend a considerable amount of time on working close to our projects and business teams at locations throughout Queensland.

Your role plays a part in helping to connect Queenslanders to a world-class energy future.

**About you**:

- You have significant experience and demonstrated success in managing organisational social performance, risk analysis, social impact assessment or similar activities for infrastructure projects.
- You have established and strong relationships in liaising and negotiating with regional communities and landholders including Traditional Owners on behalf of an organisation with regards to linear infrastructure.
- Your strong knowledge and passion for socially sustainable and best practice approaches for community and stakeholders has been utilised in a previous roles to deliver community centred outcomes. You have preferably gained this knowledge and passion through your own personal connections with regional communities.
- You can demonstrate previous successful consultations and negotiations with communities, landholders, government and stakeholder groups that include development and delivery of Social Impacts Assessment and Social Performance measures.
- Your qualifications will include a Degree level qualification in the areas of Social Science, Environmental, Communications or similar, or a lesser qualification in another discipline relevant to social performance for infrastructure projects coupled with significant industry experience.
- Importantly, you deeply resonate with the values that are the core of our business: Teamwork; Safety; Accountability and Customer.

**What next?**:
**About Powerlink**:
Powerlink is a leading Australian provider of electricity transmission services, delivering safe, cost effective and reliable solutions. Our purpose is to connect Queenslanders to a world-class energy future, providing electricity to five million Queenslanders and 238,000 businesses.

Our people strategy focuses on balanced leadership, values diverse backgrounds and fosters a culture of inclusion.

At Powerlink, we are an equal opportunity employer and proud to be a Work180 Endorsed Employer for Women.

**Inclusion at Powerlink**

Unleashing our people’s potential is essential to our success. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone is welcome and where diverse perspectives are valued. We are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, and harness the unique talents, perspectives and experiences of all people.