About Seqwater

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

About Your Opportunity

As the Events and Engagement Advisor, you will play a key role in the development and delivery of Seqwater’s community event strategy, focusing on events that enhance employee, stakeholder and community education and engagement in alignment with the Seqwater’s corporate strategy. You will also provide high-level community engagement advice and issues management support across the business on a range of matters, including minor to moderate infrastructure projects, as well as maintenance and operations activities, to help strengthen advocacy and build social licence.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage major events and engagement activities, including end‑to‑end delivery of community, industry and internal events aligned to Seqwater’s events strategy.
• Provide expert advice and support to internal stakeholders on best‑practice event planning, community engagement and issues management, ensuring compliance with governance, tools and work instructions.
• Deliver community engagement and issues management support across infrastructure projects, operational activities and customer matters, including drafting clear, high‑quality responses to enquiries.
• Support strategic community engagement campaigns that align with Seqwater’s corporate objectives and strengthen stakeholder relationships and partnerships.
• Contribute to emergency and incident response activities, including participation in the 24/7 on‑call roster for emergency management, flood operations, media and social media issues management. 

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in communications, events, community engagement or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in communications, events or community engagement roles, including managing events (preferably large‑scale and/or community‑focused).
• Demonstrated expertise in community engagement and issues management, ideally within an operational or infrastructure‑focused environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex and technical information into clear, accessible messaging for diverse audiences.
• Strong event management and stakeholder engagement capability, including planning and delivery, governance, risk management, and relationship‑building with internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly developed interpersonal, organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, changing environment and meet competing deadlines.

This role will be offered on a full-time fixed term contract until March 2028, with a salary ranging from $108,322 - $119,130 per annum plus 12.75% superannuation.

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au   We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/

If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you! 

To apply

Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.

Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Thursday 14th May 2026

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.