Stakeholder and Aboriginal Engagement Advisor

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.
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