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• Permanent full-time opportunity
• Location: Alexandria NSW |Work from home flexibility

About Ampol

At Ampol, we keep millions of people moving every day and continue to be Australia’s leading transport fuel supplier and convenience retailer.
Energy Transition and Decarbonisation is one of Ampol’s four strategic pillars, a key priority area that will help ensure we deliver on our purpose to ‘power better journeys today and tomorrow’.

Over the next few years Ampol will be working to evolve our energy offering to ensure we continue to meet the ongoing needs of our customers and deliver an energy offering that best leverages marketplace opportunities as they arise.

About the role

In this role, you will support the team in developing communications and executing engagements that build Ampol’s reputation with government, industry and other external stakeholders.

The role cover policy analysis and preparation of submissions and advice on areas of public policy impacting Ampol’s business. The role will also support engagement with local, state and federal politicians, and support the development of other written materials, including reports, speeches and other briefing documents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research and prepare submissions, briefing documents and other external communications to support advocacy on political and/or regulatory issues.
• Maintain strong relationships to facilitate understanding of the political and regulatory environment, operational issues and to ensure effective communications.
• Provide regular reporting to the team on current and emerging public policy issues and to build awareness of the policy environment among senior leaders.
• Support the team in developing speeches for executives, engagement briefing notes, preparation of meetings and other written documents to support the broader function.

About you

You will join a team who share an interest in government affairs and politics. You will be a self- starter and bring well developed interpersonal and communication skills and will be able to build strong relationships both internally and externally.

Key skills and experience

• Relevant qualification or equivalent experience in a similar role
• Knowledgeable and interest in policy and government affairs
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including attention to detail
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite

Our benefits

• Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars!
• We are flexible. Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value.
• Remote Working: Support for up to 3 months remote international working (conditional to 5 days paid leave for every 30 days of remote work).
• We value recognition. We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.
• Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid). In addition to the 12 months of unpaid parental leave, employees may apply for a further 12 months of unpaid parental leave (a total of 24 months for each birth)
• BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.
• Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available.
• Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme
• Leave Options – Up to 6 weeks annual leave and additional Wellbeing leave days.
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.
• Check out our benefits and policies on the Work180 website.

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol.

Applications close on Tuesday 24 October 2023 however applications will be reviewed shortly after submission