A Community Engagement Officer is required for a highly regarded global renewable energy project development company.
The Community Engagement Officer will be responsible for the negotiation of neighbour agreements and implementation of broader community engagement strategies.
Responsibilities
- Work with the development teams to develop new Community Relations Strategies (CRS) on a project-by-project basis.
- Facilitate the negotiation of land agreements with host landowners, co-ordinating legal, technical, and commercial negotiation support.
- Lead discussions with local councils.
- Assist with project submissions, development applications and Q&A.
- Support the development team and project manager with on-site project activities and assessments required to facilitate development, construction and operations of projects.
- Manage and update project websites in coordination with the development and IT teams.
- Manage the production of newsletters to provide updates to community on project progress.
- Work with the development team on material for presentation to various stakeholder groups including FAQ information sheets, visual presentations, etc.
Requirements
- Well-developed experience in community relations or stakeholder engagement, preferably from infrastructure or energy projects.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Able to think strategically, facilitating the long-term health of the organisation through implementation of community benefit schemes with genuine lasting benefits for host communities.
- Meticulous, with high attention to detail and very high level of integrity.
- Demonstrable skills in conflict management and resolution.
- Action-oriented: able to drive tasks to completion.
- Good knowledge of relevant planning and land laws and statutory compliance requirements.
- Australian driving license.
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically, including being flexible with working hours to accommodate landowner, community and stakeholder availability and travel requirements.
- Permanent resident or Australian Citizen.
Freshwater Group
Freshwater Group is a best practice renewable energy recruitment business that focuses on all renewable and low carbon emission, energy efficiency and disruptive clean technology businesses as well as energy infrastructure, storage, and management.
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