Native Title Lead

APA • Newman, CA

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About The Position

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 Native Title Lead to join our Access and Approvals team in Perth on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Access and Approvals Manager, you will build, manage, and maintain trusting, respectful and productive relationships with traditional owners, have a good moral compass and act with integrity, negotiating native title agreements and providing advice in relation to native title for new development projects.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (such as Archaeology, Planning, Environmental Science, Legal, Sustainability, Construction etc).
• Extensive experience in Indigenous relationships, Indigenous engagement and agreement making.
• Extensive experience in a similar lead role within the renewables, infrastructure, construction or power projects sector
• The ability and willing to travel to remote project sites
• Sound analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, along with strong attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Provide extensive guidance on the native title requirements for new projects.
• Identify, schedule and manage all aspects of the native title workstreams for key projects
• Overseeing specialist consultants, along with supporting power generation and business development roles by providing advice on feasibility, schedule, and cost of potential projects
• Assess strategies and feasibility for land access options required for development projects
• Develop projects to achieve customer and corporate objectives

Benefits

• At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.
• We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs.
• We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.
• We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.
• APA is an equal opportunity employer.
• The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority.
• We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level