NRL are currently recruiting for a Local Authority Issues Coordinator to work with a client of ours on an initial 6-month contract, based in Aldgate, London.
Role Responsibilities:
Support Negotiators to identify issues of concern, prioritise these, and drive forward discussions and resolve these issues
Support the negotiator to deliver each bespoke stakeholder engagement action plan
Support the negotiator to track and record negotiations, as they progress identifying tools needed to move things forward e.g. position statements and work with lead negotiator to prepare these tools;
Support negotiator to manage issues logs to maintain current records of the project position and report on this position
Work with team administrator to do support work on the PPAs, document discussions, including preparing meeting records and work with the External Affairs team to log correspondence in CRM
Support negotiator to manage interface with internal technical specialists to prepare information/actions required on specific technical issues, where appropriate hold working sessions with technical specialists to identify a way forward on resolution of issues
Support the negotiator to organise external working groups
To deliver parent company programme governance requirements as required
To consider programme legacy and in all decision making in the same way as cost, risk and time
To look for ways to encourage innovative thinking around how to improve legacy benefits
To hold health, safety, security and wellbeing (HSSW) as a key programme value and to participate in the creation, development and implementation of HSSW strategies by the programme leadership team
What you’ll need:
Good interpersonal skills and personal resilience to working under stress/different styles of leadership/getting things done
Good data management and recording skills
Good organisational skills
Ability to work across and co-ordinate a wide range of data sets and information
Ability to work with information from a range of technical skill sets internal and external (engineering, environment etc)
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Advanced Microsoft Office skills including Word, PowerPoint and Excel Good interpersonal skills with an ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Demonstrable experience of successfully working in/adapting the philosophy of a ‘One Team’ environment within an NEC contract context
Examples of exercising sound judgement, leading and facilitating decision making on complex issues among multiple parties
Educated to degree standard with a relevant second degree and membership of an appropriate professional body or equivalent work history[AP1]
Demonstrable experience of working in a major infrastructure project in a similar industry &/or to working in a matrix and dispersed team
What’s in it for you?
Competitive hourly rate
Stable contract duration