Internal Communications Manager bei Apa

The Opportunity

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 for an employee communications manager to join our Communications team in the Sydney CBD office on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Communications, the role of Communications Business Partner, Operations will partner with executive and senior leaders to design and deliver employee and corporate communications to frontline employees, supporting understanding and connection to divisional strategy, operational priorities and key culture and change programs.

This is a high-impact role with a focus on turning complex operational and strategic information into clear, compelling messaging for frontline teams nationally. You will work closely with Group Executives and General Managers, providing strategic advice on communications, engagement, and issues management.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Executive Leadership Team member and divisional General Managers to build and deliver divisional communication strategies and materials aligned to business, culture, and change priorities.

• Develop and deliver high-quality communication materials and events for our Operations division, including executive emails, Town Halls, frontline updates, Empower articles, and Viva Engage content.

• Provide strategic communications advice and coaching to senior leaders on messaging, tone, change communications, and issues/crisis management.

• Ensure divisional communications are planned, aligned, and integrated with enterprise-wide communication strategy, governance, and reporting.

• Establish and maintain communication systems and processes that ensure timely, consistent and effective employee messaging.

• Monitor communication effectiveness and engagement, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Your background

• Proven experience in internal or corporate communications within a large, complex organisation - experience partnering with Operations teams and delivering employee communications to frontline employees in energy or related industry is highly desirable.

• Strong capability in advising senior leaders and developing communication strategies that support engagement, change and organisational priorities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex or technical information into clear, engaging messaging.

• Confident presenter with strong storytelling skills and experience delivering communications through multiple channels and formats.

• Ability to manage competing priorities, operate calmly under pressure, and deliver high-quality outputs at pace.

• Collaborative working style, with well-developed stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence across diverse teams.

Working at APA

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.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.

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.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.