Role Responsibilities:
- Work as part of a small team to support the administration of effective technical consultation and engagement with approximately 10 local authorities that will be directly affected by construction and operation of our client.
- Establish/maintain trusted channels of communication between the local government team and internal stakeholders.
- Organise appropriate meetings, events and workshops to engage with local authority officers at all levels.
- Keep accurate, well written and timely records of all stakeholder interactions between officers and our client’s project/stakeholder staff, ensuring our client’s CRM systems are kept up to date and that the information from those meetings is shared appropriately, both internally and with stakeholders. Ensure there is a robust audit trail of all consultation activity on the CRM system.
- Draft high quality, well written reports, presentations, documents and briefings for varied internal and external audiences, as required.
- Work with other External Affairs colleagues to support the consultation process, including at external stakeholder events, such as community roadshows and other public engagement events, as required.
- Ensure programme and reporting information is provided to the Programme and Data Manager.
Role Requirements
- Strong administrative experience including: documenting and following up on actions, maintaining accurate meeting notes and minutes, and organisation of meetings, including diary coordination and management.
- Experience of working in a stakeholder engagement team.
- Experience of working on major infrastructure projects, especially road projects, or major developments for public or private bodies.
- Experience in understanding and/or dealing with the complex and interrelated issues of planning, environment, transport, design, property and engineering matters on major development projects with local authorities or other public bodies.
- Well organised with an ability to work with a team to assist in planning and delivering meetings and engagement activity.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders.
- Understanding of local authority decision making and the political imperatives behind such decisions (desirable but not essential).
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to schedule work, deliver to tight deadlines, respond to changing situations and use personal initiative.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and ideally databases.
What is in it for you:
- Competitive hourly rate
- Stable contract duration