The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is simple: to strengthen communities through responsible energy.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced professional with a proven track record in strategy, performance and business management to work across the Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Business Manager, based in Sydney.

Reporting directly to the Group Executive of Sustainability & Corporate Affairs, this role will take a leadership role in developing and governing the SCA strategy and workplan. The role will also oversee Division wide planning and reporting, driving Division-wide integration and best practice to support the delivery of the APA strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage development, implementation and monthly reporting of the SCA strategy and workplan in collaboration with the Group Executive SCA

• Develop SCA reporting cadence and regime that drives clear alignment between key metrics and underlying business activities/decisions and provides transparency within the team and to ELT/Board on SCA progress

• Support coordination of ELT, SSC and Board reporting for SCA including oversight of the agenda, cadence and reporting requirements, support for report development and engagement with CoSec to deliver reporting suite

• Interfacing with executives and SCA Leadership team to define project priorities and implementation opportunities and challenges, and keep them up-to-date with project risks and opportunities

• Drive and support selected improvement projects including those identified in the SCA strategy, which improve the rigour and discipline of the function

• Support the SCALT in the development and implementation of SCA business improvement initiatives to uplift team effectiveness, integration and planning

About You

• Proven ability to develop and define functional workplans, project plans for navigating complex environments and delivering against business priorities

• Strategic, enterprise-wide thinking

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a network of stakeholders and develop trusted relationships with senior stakeholders to drive outcomes, building productive relationships and extracting relevant information in a timely manner

• Awareness and understanding in Sustainability and / or Corporate Affairs with high awareness of the role that reputation and brand plays in the delivery of the organisation's priorities

• Previous experience in planning and reporting, including developing and managing reporting processes and managing large, multi-stakeholder workplans

• Experience in corporate strategy development and delivery, including identification of KPIs and ability to derive insights from reporting to drive business improvement

Working at APA

At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employee more than 2900 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $27 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia.
And we own over 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to families and industry 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 centric approach means we understand our customers and their businesses offering reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers.

We prioritise sustainable outcomes so that APA, our people, customers, and communities can thrive – now and in the future.

Join our team and be part of Australia’s energy transition!

We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priorty. 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.

PD is available on request by emailing recruitment@apa.com.au quoting reference number above.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.