Overview
Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Government Relations Officer (EA2025/180) – ACCC, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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We’re hiring at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). We focus on ensuring a secure, reliable and affordable energy future for Australia as it transitions to net zero emissions, and we value flexibility in how this role can be performed from any ACCC office in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, or Sydney.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds including First Nations peoples, people with disability and those from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
What you will do
- Contribute to executive support for the Chair, Board and CEO for external engagement, including identifying priority issues and coordinating briefing material and advice.
- Provide advice and support to other areas of the ACCC about best practice stakeholder engagement to promote proactive engagement with government, industry and consumer groups to achieve strategic objectives.
- Engage and coordinate with internal stakeholders to support external facing obligations and engagements, including participation in parliamentary processes (such as Senate Estimates and Inquiries).
- Work with staff across the agency to improve access to consumer insights (panels, focus groups, etc.), including leading secretariat support for the Customer Consultative Group.
About you / Qualifications
- Well-developed understanding or ability to quickly acquire knowledge of the energy sector, and understanding of the role, purpose and objectives of the ACCC/AER.
- Strong communication skills, including transparent oral and written communication.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple tasks and competing priorities.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, including contributing to engagement activities and plans.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in communications, public policy, government, law, economics or related fields are highly desired.
How to apply
You will be asked to answer two behavioural questions (refer to the Candidate Kit) and submit your resume with key outcomes or what you are most proud of in each role you have held (2 pages maximum).
Salary and contact
Salary: $99,562 - $111,590 (plus 15.4% superannuation)
Contact Officer: Talia Monterosso 0401379187
Applications close
11:00pm (AEDT) Sunday, 5 October 2025
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