Job Description
Bring people, knowledge and ideas together to help shape the future of Australia's water sector.
Are you a natural connector and relationship builder who enjoys bringing smart people together around complex issues and ideas?
Interested in turning specialist knowledge and sector expertise into insights, collaboration and meaningful impact?
Do you have water sector experience, a knack for seeing connections and trends and an ability to translate complexity into clear, useful insights?
If you're curious and collaborative and you value the power of shared knowledge to influence change — this could be your next career move.
Here's an opportunity to harness the collective expertise of the water sector and play a key role in creating a sustainable water future.
Heart Talent is delighted to partner with the Australian Water Association — the peak body for Australia's water sector — to find the newest member of their growing advocacy and capability team.
Powered by their vision for a sustainable water future, AWA is evolving from a connector of water professionals into a catalyst for system-wide change — and advocacy sits at the heart of how that change will happen.
With a new five-year strategy, new advocacy plan and a roadmap through to ****, there's real momentum behind growing AWA's voice with government, making this an exciting time to join the organisation.
What's on offer
permanent, full time role
Chatswood office
hybrid working — 3 days in office/2 days WFH
salary packaging benefits to boost take home pay
novated leasing for vehicles
respected brand in a thriving sector
investment in advocacy, capability and sector-level impact
About the opportunity
This role will see you:
lead and evolve AWA's specialist technical networks and communities of practice
build engagement and participation across members, volunteers, technical experts and partners
work closely with volunteer chairs and committees to enable effective network leadership




capture knowledge and insights emerging from networks, events and technical collaboration
translate complex technical expertise into practical resources, sector insights and strategic intelligence
identify emerging water-sector trends, challenges and innovations
connect technical expertise with AWA's advocacy, policy, capability and member-value agenda
support partnerships and collaboration across industry, government, research and adjacent sectors
provide technical/subject-matter into shaping conferences, webinars, member circles and capability programs
connect networks with broader organisational programs
evaluate network effectiveness, engagement and impact and continuously improve the model.
About you
You're a natural connector and relationship builder with experience working withtechnical/professionalaudiences.
Your experience includes professional networks, committees, working groups or communities of practice and translating specialist expertise into organisational or sector outcomes.
You have experience working in the water, sustainability, circular economy or infrastructure sectors and an ability to understand technical subject matter without necessarily being a deep technical expert.
We'd love you to bring:
robust stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
experience working with senior/technical specialists
ability to build, activate and sustain professionalcommunities/networks
exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills
ability to translate complex information for different audiences
consensus-building and influencing skills
strong systems thinking — able to see connections between technical issues, policy, industry and organisational priorities
program/project management
partnership development and cross-sector collaboration
ability to work effectively with volunteers, committees and subject-matter experts
ability to identify useful insights/trends from multiple sources
strong evaluation skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
Interested?

📌 Networks And Knowledge Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 AWA
📍 New South Wales