Principal - Indigenous Relations & Community Partnerships

About us

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

At our Group Office

Working in our Group Office, you have a front row seat to our vision and are a part of the bold, inspired teams who are engineering its success. We’re an agile, entrepreneurial company and we value smart people and creative thinking. When you work with us, you’ll always have the opportunity to progress from where you started. Based in the Brisbane CBD, our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation support assistance, novated car leasing, life insurance and income protection, short term incentives, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days. 

This role will work a 5/2 roster from the Brisbane or Sydney office with 2 days WFH option available.

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

About the Role

As the Principal Community Affairs and Native Titles, you will play a strategic and high‑impact role leading Evolution’s external engagement, Native Title and Indigenous affairs work across multiple jurisdictions. You’ll operate at the interface of governance, law, risk and performance, ensuring our agreements and engagements are robust, auditable and value‑creating.

Your work will involve:

• Leading complex negotiations and consultations with Traditional Owner groups and government stakeholders, including drafting, reviewing and operationalising agreement terms, milestones and implementation plans.
• Designing and maintaining governance frameworks for Native Title, cultural heritage and community affairs (policies, standards, RACI, decision rights) and integrating them into Group risk and ESG processes.
• Supporting risk reporting, governance activities and assurance processes, including maintaining risk registers, controls and Board/ELT reporting.
• Coordinating agreement lifecycle management including due diligence, approvals, execution, variations and performance monitoring.
• Establishing source‑of‑truth records, document control and analytics dashboards to track obligations, commitments and KPIs.
• Developing and delivering cross‑cultural capability and reconciliation initiatives aligned to internal strategies and action plans.
• Engaging in industry advocacy and representing Evolution in forums and working groups to influence policy and best practice.

About You

You are a senior community affairs and Indigenous relations professional with deep experience navigating Native Title, cultural heritage and complex stakeholder environments. You bring strong capability in consultation and negotiation, including shaping agreement structures, drafting obligations and managing performance against defined milestones. You have governance and risk expertise, with the ability to build and maintain frameworks, registers and controls, while preparing clear, decision‑ready reporting for senior leaders. Your operational understanding enables you to embed agreement obligations into site plans and schedules, supported by disciplined document control, data accuracy and analytics. You are collaborative, culturally respectful and able to work with high autonomy, bringing resilience, sound judgment and the ability to manage sensitive issues in a calm and solutions‑focused manner. Experience developing or delivering cross‑cultural education or reconciliation initiatives is highly regarded, as is your ability to build trusted relationships with Traditional Owner groups, government bodies and internal stakeholders.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter. 

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