Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for shaping, defining, and implementing the Project Stakeholder Engagement Strategy.
  
• Manages and participates in the development of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) for the pre-construction and construction periods.
  
• Ensures the implementation of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
  
• Ensures local authorities, communities and civil society including NGOs are engaged with and consulted on Project status and activities.
  
• Ensures consistency of messaging at the local authority and community level.
  
• Oversees the management and responses to community concerns, questions, expectations, and grievances. Ensures societal risks are identified by the field team, reported and registered in the social risk register.
  
• Supervises the development and maintenance of an updated stakeholder mapping in liaison with other Project teams and contractors.
  
• Supervises the production and distribution of appropriate disclosure materials, including alternative methods to communicate effectively with specific stakeholders (e.g., local communities) in coordination with the Communication team.
  
• Validates and monitor the Stakeholder Engagement Plan of geo-surveys and other contractors.
  
• Coordinates with the Land teams to provide support if required.
  

Social Studies

• Monitors stakeholder engagement being undertaken as part of the ESIA and other social studies.
  
• Assists and facilitates field surveys and studies related to ESIA and other social studies.
  
• Identifies the need for any specific social studies and defines the scope
  
• Acts as Company Representative for social studies during their execution
  
• Reviews and comments on social studies reports.
  

Team management

• Recruits and manages Stakeholder Engagement teams.
  
• Responsible for developing an overall Stakeholder engagement planning for the team in line with the SEP
  
• Ensures field team is providing work plans every 6 months in line with the SEP. updated on a weekly basis.
  
• Leads, mentors, coaches and manages SE team, participates to the training of SE team and regular coaching sessions in the field.
  

• Ensures that a track record of all stakeholder engagements, stakeholder concerns and expectations, stakeholder grievances, social risks, is maintained and commitments respected.
  
• Reports weekly to the Land and Social Manager on stakeholder engagement and social studies progress against schedule and objectives.
  
• Provides relevant information to organization Land and Social Manager on emerging risks to organization Project image, staff, and assets.
  
  

Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to develop and maintain good relations with a wide range of stakeholders. Proven ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
  
• Negotiation, conflict management skills.
  
• Good Computer skills; report writing and analytical skills.