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• Serve as the primary point of contact with our customer’s community, stakeholder engagement, and communications teams, fostering strong relationships and open dialogue. 
• Develop and execute engagement strategies to build trust, address community concerns, and support project delivery in compliance with contractual and sustainability commitments. 
• Work with project team members to facilitate timely, transparent communication between project stakeholders, ensuring that stakeholder needs, feedback, and issues are appropriately managed and resolved. 
• Monitor public sentiment and community feedback, communicating relevant information to project leadership. Takes initiative to propose activities to address pertinent stakeholder concerns to project leadership and customer. 
• Collaborate with project leadership and other functional teams to align engagement and communications strategies with broader project and business-wide objectives. 
• Maintain records of outreach activities, stakeholder contacts, and communications initiatives for reporting and compliance purposes. 
• Create engaging stories and informative content for diverse platforms, including newsletters, SharePoint, websites, press releases, and social media, to highlight the project’s progress and impact. 
• Manage and support media relations, including responding to media inquiries, preparing press materials, and maintaining relationships with local and regional media outlets in collaboration with the GBU/corporate communications and the customer. 
• Support crisis communications planning and execution to ensure consistent, accurate messaging during incidents or emergencies, working with GBU/corporate teams and the customer. 
• Represent the project at community events, stakeholder meetings, and public forums as required. 

• Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences - communications, public relations, political science, or a related field.  

• Proven experience in stakeholder management, community engagement, or project communications preferably on large infrastructure or energy projects. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience creating content for a range of channels and audiences. 
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building abilities, ability to listen and collaborate in seeking solutions. 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. 
• Experience with media relations and crisis communications planning. 
• Proficiency in relevant digital tools and platforms (e.g., SharePoint, social media, newsletters). 
• Familiarity with IAP2, certification a plus. 

Other Requirements:

• Travel to community locations required. 
• Availability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends on occasion, to support engagement activities and events. 

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