Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Clean Energy Regulator; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary packaging

Learning and development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

A governmental agency in Canberra is seeking an Executive Level 2 Stakeholder Engagement Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team focused on strategic stakeholder engagement. The role involves setting clear service standards, managing stakeholder intelligence, and providing strategic advice. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and communication skills, as well as the ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment. The position reports on effectiveness and drives continuous improvements, ensuring high-quality stakeholder experiences.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to set clear service standards.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and engagement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team in stakeholder engagement.
• Establish and maintain a stakeholder intelligence hub and engagement strategy.
• Provide authoritative advice to senior leaders on stakeholder risks and opportunities.
• Design, deliver and evaluate evidence‑based engagement activities across channels including public enquiries, media, forums and outreach.
• Oversee issue and risk management, accessibility and quality assurance to ensure positive stakeholder experiences.
• Monitor effectiveness, report insights and drive continuous improvement; build team capability and manage workforce planning, resourcing, budgets and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Strategic thinking

Job description

We are an economic regulator accelerating carbon abatement for Australia. We do this by administering Australian Government schemes to measure, manage, reduce and offset carbon emissions in Australia.

Our role is determined by climate change law. We administer schemes that contribute to the Australian Government climate target of reducing emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050.

Find out more about the Clean Energy Regulator and what we have to offer, please visit our website and for the latest update on activities, you can follow us on LinkedIn.

Work with us

Working with us isn’t just a job, it's a chance to have a rewarding career. We're looking for people with diverse skills, expertise and experience to work with us to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy in Australia.

About the Section

The Stakeholder Engagement section was established following a recent restructure of the communications function to strengthen the agency’s external-facing capabilities and deepen stakeholder insight and impact. The section comprises four integrated teams:

• Contact Centre
• Media
• Events and Conferences
• Stakeholder Engagement

The position exercises overarching authority and responsibility across the four teams, providing leadership, direction, setting priorities and ensuring alignment of all engagement, media, events and public enquiries.

As the agency’s primary front door for external enquiries and engagements, the section models a professional, informed and service oriented approach. It works collaboratively and with a solutions mindset to address complex issues, provide clear guidance and create positive stakeholder experiences.

Partnering closely with the Communications section and the broader agency, the Stakeholder Engagement section designs and delivers informed, thoughtful, strategic and contemporary engagement opportunities.

Our focus is on high quality interactions and measurable outcomes that support the achievement of agency priorities and strengthen trust with our stakeholders.

The section oversees engagements that inform stakeholders about current programs with the potential future possibility of creating meaningful two-way dialogue. It establishes a whole of section intelligence capability to systematically collect, analyse and share insights from all teams, building a clear view of the external landscape that influences the agency’s work. Using this evidence, it adds value by providing strategic direction, evidence based advice on opportunities, risks and stakeholder impacts.

The role leads a diverse, multidisciplinary section to ensure work is coordinated, integrated and of high quality. The leader of this section will foster inclusion, psychological safety and continuous capability development through coaching and feedback. The role will also bring practical fluency in the section’s delivery disciplines and tools to build credibility, lift performance and deliver consistent, stakeholder centred results.

About the Role

We are seeking an Executive Level 2 Stakeholder Engagement Manager to provide strategic leadership and drive high‑quality, coordinated engagement across the organisation. Duties include, but are not limited to: leading a multidisciplinary team and setting clear service standards; establishing and maintaining a whole‑of‑section stakeholder intelligence hub, governance framework and overarching engagement strategy; and providing authoritative, timely advice to senior leaders on stakeholder risks, opportunities and priorities.

The role designs, delivers and evaluates evidence‑based engagement activities that inform stakeholders and enable meaningful dialogue across a range of channels, including public enquiries, media, forums and targeted outreach. You will oversee issue and risk management, accessibility and quality assurance to ensure positive stakeholder experiences, while monitoring effectiveness and reporting insights to drive continuous improvement. The role also builds team capability, maintains strong awareness of internal and external environments, and manages workforce planning, resourcing, budgets and reporting to ensure sustainable, high‑performing operations.

How to Apply

To learn more about this role, please click on 'Apply' to view the Clean Energy Regulator Careers page.

Other Benefits

• Competitive salary packaging and leave options, including purchase leave.
• Diverse, supportive, inclusive and agile work environment, with staff at all levels being part of conversations with the senior executive and being offered the opportunity to experience different types of work.
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities.

Applications close 11.30pm on Thursday, 16 April 2026.