Community Engagement Specialist
Job Description
Purpose of the Role
The Community Engagement Specialist supports the Development and the Delivery of Projects, through a whole of life cycle approach, building and maintaining trusted relationships between GreenPoint Energy and the communities where it operates. The role leads engagement across GreenPoint’s renewable-energy portfolio — including battery storage, wind, and solar developments — ensuring that every stakeholder impacted by our projects feels informed, respected, and heard.
Job Requirements
About You
You are a relationship-builder who combines empathy with commercial awareness. You’re confident in the field, capable in sensitive conversations, and able to translate complex project information into approachable language.
Essential Skills and Experience
Community Engagement and Relationship Management
Purpose of the Role
The Community Engagement Specialist supports the Development and the Delivery of Projects, through a whole of life cycle approach, building and maintaining trusted relationships between GreenPoint Energy and the communities where it operates. The role leads engagement across GreenPoint’s renewable-energy portfolio — including battery storage, wind, and solar developments — ensuring that every stakeholder impacted by our projects feels informed, respected, and heard.
Job Requirements
About You
You are a relationship-builder who combines empathy with commercial awareness. You’re confident in the field, capable in sensitive conversations, and able to translate complex project information into approachable language.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated experience in community engagement, stakeholder relations, or community development — ideally within renewable energy, utilities, or major infrastructure.
- Experience supporting or coordinating discussions related to commercial neighbour agreements, land access, or benefit arrangements.
- Strong interpersonal, conflict-resolution, and communication skills.
- Proven ability to manage sensitive community issues with diplomacy and composure.
- Familiarity with planning, environmental, and local-government processes.
- Experience with stakeholder management systems or CRMs.
- Current Australian driver’s licence and capacity for regional travel.
- Exposure to large-scale renewable-energy or grid-infrastructure projects.
- Understanding of social licence frameworks and benefit-sharing programs.
- Experience working with Traditional Owners or managing cultural-heritage requirements.
- Tertiary qualifications in communications, planning, social science, or environmental management.
- Collaborative and grounded; enjoys teamwork across disciplines.
- Emotionally intelligent, with high cultural and situational awareness.
- Practical, organised, and able to balance fieldwork with reporting obligations.
- Values transparency, integrity, and inclusion.
Community Engagement and Relationship Management
- Develop and implement community engagement strategies and communication plans for renewable-energy projects in line with GreenPoint Energy’s corporate values.
- Serve as a key point of contact for local communities, landholders, councils, Traditional Owners, and regional stakeholders.
- Facilitate and attend meetings with neighbours and affected parties to share information, address concerns, and gather feedback.
- Design and deliver community information sessions, pop-up events, and open days that promote understanding and trust.
- Identify opportunities for local partnerships, sponsorships, and initiatives that create shared value and reinforce GreenPoint’s social licence.
- Maintain a detailed stakeholder register (CRM) to track engagement, commitments, and actions.
- Prepare communication materials, FAQs, and community updates in collaboration with the Project team.
- Support with neighbour and community benefit discussions.
- Assist in preparing meeting materials, tracking outcomes, and maintaining clear engagement records.
- Provide local insight and relationship context to help shape equitable and well-informed agreements.
- Ensure community commitments are documented and followed through in collaboration with project teams.
- Support the integration of community feedback into project planning, environmental assessments, and design refinements.
- Provide advice to project teams on stakeholder and reputational risks, including early-warning indicators.
- Coordinate site visits, stakeholder tours, and community events to build understanding of GreenPoint’s projects.
- Assist with First Nations engagement and cultural heritage processes in collaboration with specialists.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of engagement tools, templates, and practices