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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hybrid
The Opportunity
At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.
Help strengthen meaningful relationships with Traditional Owners and support positive First Nations outcomes across APA’s operations and projects.
We have an opportunity for an Indigenous Engagement Advisor to join APA’s Sustainability and Corporate Affairs team. You’ll work closely with Traditional Owners, recognised First Nations representative bodies and teams across our operations and projects to support respectful, culturally appropriate and inclusive engagement.
About the role
You’ll help build and maintain trusted relationships with Traditional Owners and support the delivery of regional engagement plans and commitments.
Key responsibilities include:
About you
You’ll bring strong relationship-building and communication skills, cultural capability and experience engaging with Traditional Owners, First Nations communities or representative organisations.
You may have developed your experience through community organisations, Traditional Owner corporations, government, infrastructure, energy or other industries. We value different career pathways and encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement.
Make a meaningful impact
This is an opportunity to help strengthen long-term relationships and contribute to positive First Nations outcomes across APA’s footprint.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply.
Working at APA
At APA, we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.
We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we’ll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life.
We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best.
We are APA
At APA, we’re taking on one of Australia’s greatest challenges: the energy transition. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.
We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.
As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.
Our customer focused approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.
We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.
Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.
APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.
This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.
Role closes on Saturday, 28 November 2026. Role Reference Number: JR5313APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.