Senior Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator

Engineers Australia; Newcastle City Council; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Personal Leave

Life Leave

Salary packaging

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Engineers Australia in Newcastle, NSW is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator to support the Division General Manager by coordinating member activities, events, and stakeholder engagement initiatives across industry, education, government and community.

You'll foster collaboration with members, volunteers and external stakeholders, ensure governance and service delivery, and manage a variety of responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Established relationships with a wide variety of people, internally and externally.
• Ability to deliver and host meetings and events.
• Ability to work across teams without direct reporting lines.
• Demonstrates initiative and accountability; able to multi-task.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication with energetic delivery.
• Working knowledge of non-technical engineering matters.
• Experience in member or customer service, policy, advocacy, media, STEM, industry engagement or corporate events.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Division General Manager in building impact, brand and membership through planned activity and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify partnerships with new and existing stakeholders to expand Engineers Australia’s profile.
• Support local event activity with the Professional Development team as appropriate.
• Operate as an ambassador for Engineers Australia and lead or participate in events and functions.
• Support office bearers and volunteers and collaborate with the Division President and Committee.
• Keep informed about issues relating to engineering in your local area and more broadly.
• Support the Division General Manager in office administration tasks.

Skills

Relationship building

Meeting & event hosting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Engineering industry knowledge

Program/volunteer engagement

Job description

Senior Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator

One of our cultural mindsets is authentic dialogue and authenticity; Bring your authenticself to work at Engineers Australia! We offer meaningful, purpose-driven work. Our people work to support the engineering profession that shapes the very world we live in. With more than 144,000 members, Engineers Australia is the voice of the profession, and we need you to help us drive mutual value for our members and industry partners.

About the role:

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to Engineers Australia’s impact and influence on engineering matters while supporting strong engagement with our members and volunteers. Working closely with the Division General Manager, you will play a key role in delivering the Division’s business plan through the coordination of member activities, events, stakeholder engagement initiatives and administrative support. You will help foster collaboration with members, volunteers and external stakeholders across industry, education, government and the community, while ensuring effective governance, service delivery and follow-through on key activities. If you enjoy building relationships, managing a variety of responsibilities and contributing to meaningful work that supports the engineering profession, this role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact in a purpose-driven organisation.This is a hybrid role, pending a successful probation period, with office attendance and working-from-home arrangements guided by the activities of the Division. The role requires flexibility to support morning and evening activations, events and stakeholder meetings, with some out-of-hours activity typically occurring after 4:30pm and, at times, up to two evenings per week.

Location

Newcastle, NSW

In this role you will:

Assist the Division General Manager in building the impact, brand, and membership of Engineers Australia through the implementation of a, activity plan and stakeholder engagement plan for your local state/territory. This should include member recognition and engagement; local policy activity; local school engagement; local advocacy, media and communications activity and industry roundtables.

Identify impactful partnerships with new and existing stakeholders (across industry, education, government, community, and other industry bodies) to expand Engineers Australia’s profile and support the Division General Manager in fostering these relationships.

Support and collaborate with the Professional Development team on local event activity as appropriate.

Operate as an ambassador for Engineers Australia and lead or participate in events and functions.

Support office bearers and volunteers in delivering impactful activity for EA, and support the Division General Manager in partnering with the Division President and Committee

Keep informed about issues relating to engineering in your local area and more broadly.

Support the Division General Manager in office administration tasks.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

You have established relationships with a wide variety of people, internally and externally and can deliver operational plans.

You have demonstrated your ability to deliver and host meetings and events.

You can work successfully across teams, without direct reporting line authority.

You demonstrate initiative and accountability; you are efficient, able to organise and prioritise work, garner resources and deliver required outputs whilst tackling multiple tasks.

You are a committed team player with excellent interpersonal skills, organisational and time management skills.

You have a high level of written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to deliver a message with enthusiasm and energy.

You bring with you, or are excited to develop, a working knowledge of (non-technical) engineering matters.

You have a background in delivering high-quality experiences and services.

You have experience in at least one of: member or customer service/engagement, policy, advocacy, media, STEM, industry engagement or corporate events.

*Please refer to the supporting documents to review the full success profile and measures of success in this role (on our careers website)

Why work for Engineers Australia?

People are at the heart of what we do and why we do it.

Enjoy competitive remuneration and salary packaging that recognises your expertise and contributions

Generous paid leave options including 15 days of Personal Leave and 2 days of Life Leave

Achieve a healthy work-life balance with hybrid working model, ensuring your personal well-being complements your professional fulfillment

Unlock career growth prospects, as we invest in you and provide avenues for advancement in EA.

A diverse, inclusive, and supportive team culture that supports you to lead and achieve

Proud AWEI Bronze Employer Award winner (2023–2029), championing a safe and inclusive workplace for LGBTQ employees.

Diversity, inclusion and your privacy:

Engineers Australia embraces diversity, inclusion and belonging and are committed to building a team that represents the communities that we live in and creating a safe inclusive environment for our people. We are a flexible workplace, please talk to us about your flexible working needs during our recruitment process. Our commitment to inclusivity means that we will work with you to ensure that your experience with us is accessible and welcoming. If you need any reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the job application, interview process, or to perform essential functions of the role, please know that we are here to support you. Please feel free to reach out to our Talent Team at ******@engineersaustralia.org.au , our dedicated point of contact for all accommodation-related matters. At Engineers Australia, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential for our success. We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disabilities, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other culturally diverse backgrounds. We look forward to welcoming candidates from all backgrounds and providing necessary support where needed to ensure a level playing field for all applicants. Please visit Engineers Australia’s website to view our Privacy Policy in relation to the collection of candidate information: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/privacy-policy

Thank you for considering a career with us.