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About the Role

This role focuses on advising clients on public affairs, policy, regulatory engagement, and stakeholder strategy, particularly where business objectives intersect with government policy, regulatory change, and broader geopolitical dynamics. The Senior Associate will deliver high-quality client work, manage day-to-day account activity, anticipate client needs, identify risks and opportunities, and contribute to the development of junior team members.

Responsibilities

Conduct research and analysis to understand market, geopolitical and/or business trends.
Prepare policy papers, policy response statements, and points-of-view on relevant policies.
Support clients in anticipating and responding to political, regulatory, and stakeholder developments.
Contribute to stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, and engagement strategies.
Support the development of integrated stakeholder engagement strategies across government, regulators, industry bodies, and other relevant audiences.
Support the development of public affairs strategies, including research, policy analysis, and scenario planning.
Develop a network of relevant external stakeholders across government, industry, media, and industry/trade associations.
Support client leads on engagement with state and federal government, both at political and bureaucratic levels.
Support development of narratives and messaging that support public affairs objectives.
Work with communications specialists to ensure alignment between public affairs strategy and broader reputation management efforts.
Support leadership in identifying and developing new public affairs opportunities.
Contribute to proposals, pitch materials, and client meetings.
Support workstreams and deliverables across public affairs-led accounts, ensuring high-quality execution and timely delivery.
Mentor and support Consultants and Associates contributing to their development in public affairs advisory work.
Work as a core member of integrated client teams, supporting public affairs and policy advisory engagements across Australia and the region.
Help ensure consistently high standards of delivery by supporting project coordination, research, and quality assurance.
Contribute ideas and analysis that inform client strategies, drawing on policy, regulatory, and stakeholder insights.
Engage actively with the wider Teneo team to build skills, share knowledge, and support the firm’s public affairs work across Asia Pacific.

Requirements

4 – 6 years of relevant experience in public affairs, policy advisory, corporate affairs, or related roles ideally within a consultancy or professional services environment.
Strong understanding of Australia’s political, regulatory, and stakeholder environment, with awareness of regional and global dynamics.
Strong interest in business, public policy, geopolitics, macroeconomic/finance events and a desire to work across the breadth of Teneo’s Strategy and Communications service offering.
Strong ability to grasp clients’ business objectives and provide strategic insight on the implications, risks and opportunities arising from key developments.
Excellent verbal and written skills in English.
Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
Possessing a strategic and entrepreneurial spirit, can-do attitude and being a team player is essential.
Bachelor’s degree in public policy, political science, international relations, law, economics, communications, or a related discipline.
A postgraduate qualification is an advantage.

Skills

Public affairs
Policy advisory
Corporate affairs
Stakeholder strategy
Government policy
Regulatory engagement
Geopolitical dynamics
Research
Analysis
Policy papers
Policy response statements
Stakeholder mapping
Engagement strategies
Scenario planning
Narrative development
Messaging
Briefing materials
Position papers
Executive talking points
Thought leadership
Reputation management
Business development
Proposal writing
Pitch materials
Client meetings
Project coordination
Quality assurance
Strategic insight
Microsoft Office Suite
PowerPoint
Excel

Location

Sydney, Australia

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Associate
4-6 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Postgraduate qualification

About the Company

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm.
We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.
Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges.
Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.
Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.
The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 42+ offices around the world.

Equal Opportunity

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, genetic information, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.