• JOB TYPE: Full time, 12 month contract with view to extension
• REMUNERATION: $85-90,000 per annum plus super subject to skills and experience
• LOCATION: Work from Home or co-working space (regional NSW)
• MANAGER: National Director
• INTERVIEWS: Interviews are scheduled to take place in mid-late Jan, so please indicate most appropriate contact number

RE-Alliance (REA, formerly Australian Wind Alliance) brings together communities, businesses and individuals to deliver for regional communities as we transition to powering our homes, cities and industries with clean, renewable power.

Australia is on the brink of a massive build out of new wind and solar power, coupled with hundreds of kilometres of new transmission lines. The creation of Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) will affect hundreds of regional communities across Eastern Australia. REA sees the opportunity to ensure that REZs work for communities and make the regions better places to live, including delivering secure, well paid jobs, cheap electricity, value-added industries, and innovative community programs.

The Community Engagement Manager is a critical part of the REA team working towards this goal. This position focuses on working with communities to ensure project benefit-sharing delivers tangible benefits, such as community funds and community ownership. The position will work to ensure community aspirations are heard and responded to in a practical way by renewable energy developers.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

• Use your professional experience in community organising, community consultation or related fields to support local communities in REZs to effectively articulate, agree and advocate for their own concerns and interests when it comes to renewable energy investment
• Apply your excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build trust and motivate a wide range of people coming from a diversity of backgrounds to work together effectively
• Drawing from your deep understanding of rural and regional Australia, speak up and share true stories about the strengths of proud local communities and the benefits that renewable energy brings them
• Drive and advocate for improvement of regulations to support benefit sharing as standard practice in the transmission and renewable energy sectors
• Work collaboratively in a small, interdependent team to ensure that the social license for REZs and transmission projects is reinforced by the delivery of benefits to the communities where the development is taking place.

YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES

Essential

1. At least 5 years professional experience in community organising, community consultation or related fields
2. Proven expertise in designing and delivering community engagement or consultation processes with a track record of innovation and success
3. Demonstrated record of delivering successful community events at a range of scales in collaboration with partners and stakeholders, including adapting to challenges and managing sensitive issues
4. High level written and oral communication skills with experience communicating complex concepts to a wide range of audiences and utilising appropriate technology and social media
5. A passion for building Australia’s renewable energy future and improving the fabric of local communities
6. Current valid driver’s licence and ability to travel widely on the Eastern Seaboard.

Desirable

1. Understanding of the needs and opportunities in rural and regional Australia, preferably living within a Renewable Energy Zone
2. Awareness of the Australian renewable energy sector status, opportunities and issues

A position description is attached.