Communications Business Partner in Melbourne

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.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Communications Business Partner to join our Sustainability and Corporate Affairs team in our Melbourne or Sydney office on a permanent full-time basis. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Communications, you will partner with senior leaders across some of APA's most strategically important corporate portfolios, including Finance, Strategy & Technology and Legal, Governance & Regulation, delivering strategic communications and employee engagement initiatives that support business performance, transformation and organisational priorities.

This is a highly visible business partnering role where you'll work closely with Group Executives and leadership teams, providing trusted advice, shaping communication strategies and helping leaders connect employees to APA's strategy, performance and future direction. You'll play a key role in communicating significant business initiatives, including change programs, technology adoption and employee engagement priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Group Executives and leadership teams to develop and deliver communication strategies aligned to divisional and enterprise-wide priorities.
• Provide strategic communications counsel on major initiatives including technology adoption, AI enablement, employee engagement and organisational change.
• Develop compelling leadership communications, including Town Halls, executive updates, key messages, speeches, articles and content across internal channels.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing outcomes and providing constructive challenge to enhance communication effectiveness.
• Work collaboratively with media, digital and broader communications teams to deliver integrated, consistent messaging across internal and external audiences.
• Measure, evaluate and continuously improve communication outcomes, ensuring activities support employee understanding, engagement and alignment to APA's strategy.

Your background

• Significant experience in internal communications, corporate communications or strategic communications business partnering within a complex organisation.
• Proven ability to build credibility with senior executives and operate as a trusted adviser on high-profile and business-critical initiatives.
• Strong strategic thinking capability, with the ability to connect multiple priorities and translate complex business topics into clear, meaningful employee communications.
• Demonstrated experience supporting change, transformation, technology or organisational initiatives where stakeholder engagement has been critical to success.
• Proven ability to manage competing executive priorities, navigate ambiguity and deliver outcomes in a complex, fast-moving environment.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge respectfully and drive positive business outcomes.

This role will suit a strategic communications professional who is proactive and thrives on building trusted relationships with senior leaders, influencing outcomes and connecting employees to what matters most. You will bring strong business partnering capability, sound judgement and the ability to translate complex priorities into clear, engaging communications that support transformation, engagement and organisational success.

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 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.

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