Australia Engagement Lead

World Benchmarking Alliance

12h

About The Position

The Australia Engagement Lead will strengthen and co-lead delivery of WBA’s dedicated engagement strategy in Australia, which began at the start of 2025. The role is part of WBA’s global Company and Industry Engagement Team and focuses on closing the corporate accountability gap through company and stakeholder engagement.

The successful candidate will apply technical expertise in biodiversity, nature, or food and agriculture to analyse WBA company research and data, identify trends and gaps in performance, and develop insights that inform engagement with high-priority companies. They will build relationships with companies, business platforms, and other organisations in or linked to Australia through their value chains, using WBA’s research to encourage company learning and stronger sustainability action.

The role also involves representing WBA in meetings and external events, monitoring developments and opportunities across relevant sustainability topics, and sharing insights from Australian engagement across WBA’s research and engagement work. The Australia Engagement Lead will work closely with the Australian Stakeholder Lead to deliver WBA’s broader Australian strategy.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant sustainability experience, with strong technical expertise in one or more areas including biodiversity and nature, or food and agriculture.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to analyse company-level data, identify trends and patterns, and turn complex information into clear, compelling insights.
• Good understanding of challenges and opportunities facing companies and their supply chains in relation to biodiversity, nature, food and agriculture, and/or interconnected sustainability transitions.
• Ability to navigate across different sustainability themes.
• Proactive approach to external engagement and the confidence and initiative to identify opportunities, build relationships, and engage constructively with companies, business platforms, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate complex sustainability issues clearly to companies, financial institutions, policymakers, and civil society organisations in bilateral meetings and public forums.
• Strong existing sustainability networks in Australia, particularly with companies, business platforms, financial institutions, policymakers, and/or civil society organisations relevant to WBA’s work.
• Excellent strategic and innovative thinking and strong project management skills, including the ability to turn research and analysis into practical insights that inform company engagement and support learning and action.
• Collaborative, thoughtful, calm under pressure, comfortable in a fast-paced and changing environment, and able to take initiative and work independently.
• Ability to work mainly in Sydney hours, with flexibility to regularly join internal meetings in the GMT AM timezone, averaging about two days a week with an overlap.

Responsibilities

• Apply technical expertise in biodiversity, nature, or food and agriculture to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities in company performance and inform engagement with high-priority companies.
• Analyse WBA company data and research to identify findings and insights about progress, remaining gaps, and actions needed to improve sustainability performance.
• Identify, build, and nurture relationships with high-priority companies, business platforms, and other organisations in or linked to Australia through their value chains.
• Use WBA research and insights to stimulate company learning and encourage stronger corporate action.
• Represent WBA in bilateral meetings and external events, including industry forums, conferences, roundtables, and policy dialogues.
• Monitor developments, risks, and opportunities across biodiversity, nature, food and agriculture, and related sustainability issues, and use insights to shape WBA’s Australian company engagement approach.
• Share insights and learning from Australian engagement within WBA, connecting company practices to wider research and engagement workstreams.
• Work closely with the Australian Stakeholder Lead to deliver WBA’s broader Australian strategy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed