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ABOUT FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA
Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia) is the national peak body for fire safety that provides information, services,
and education to the fire protection industry and the community it serves.
Our vision is a safer community where loss of life, injury and damage to property and the environment are minimised through effective fire protection. We carry out a variety of activities to engage FPA Australia’s members, customers, and stakeholders to protect life, property, and the environment from fire.
ABOUT THE ROLE
FPA Australia seeks a confident, compelling communicator to drive our advocacy and membership growth at the state and territory level. You
will be FPA Australia's ambassador and first point of contact in Queensland and Northern Territory. This important role involves
representing and advocating for the Association among regulators, government stakeholders, and allied agencies, while increasing membership
and promoting FPA Australia’s activities more generally.
This highly autonomous role is responsible for supporting FPA Australia's policy agendas and member engagement activities at the local level, ultimately helping to protect the community from the risk of fire. This involves enabling fire protection practitioners, lifting the professionalism, skills, and performance of the sector, and projecting FPA Australia's "voice" in the market.
Through collaboration with FPA Australia's State and Territory Committees and other members, the State Manager will surface and aggregate local issues and opportunities, and develop strategies to ensure that our industry continues to be respected and effective, and the FPA Australia is seen and heard as the proactive and collaborative leader in fire protection. Acting as the liaison between your region and our head office in Melbourne, you will relay local issues and solutions, and spot opportunities for membership, revenue, and risk management.
You will bring, and grow, professional networks that see you tapped-into emerging practices, shifting political priorities, and evolving standards and technologies. You will engage with politicians, regulators, industry group, and individual companies to share regulation and expand influence, and write policy submissions in support of that influence. Working across allied associations and coalitions, you'll support the broad market activities of FPA Australia across your region.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
DESIRABLE
If you are passionate about advocacy and influencing public policy in a safety-critical arena, have the skills and experience to drive our policy agenda and ambitions for membership, and are inspired by the opportunity to make an impact in the world of fire-safety, we would love to hear from you!
We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual
orientations, and for people living with disability. We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander employees.
If you are interested in this exciting role & meet the criteria, please click 'Apply'
& attach your cover letter & resume. Applicants
must be eligible to work in Australia. All
applications received will be treated as strictly confidential.
Most association leaders face a persistent challenge: growing and retaining members. It’s not uncommon to hear stories of
members who join for a year, drop off, and then rejoin two years later. While this cycle may seem harmless, it carries hidden costs—such
as staff time, marketing expenses, onboarding resources, and software overhead—that
can quietly drain your association’s budget.
Running an association or not-for-profit (NFP) is no small feat. Whether you're leading a professional body, a community group, or a
national peak organisation, one question always lingers:
“How do we know we’re doing well?”
It’s a fair question—and an important one.
How we help membership based, not-for-profit associations now and into the future.
