Stakeholder Manager

Overview

Your role

• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies and communication plans for major infrastructure and development projects.
• Act as a senior point of contact for clients, providing strategic stakeholder management advice and ensuring the successful delivery of project objectives.
• Lead and coordinate engagement with statutory bodies, local authorities, and elected representatives throughout project development and consenting processes.
• Manage relationships with non-statutory stakeholders, including community organisations, interest groups, business representatives, landowners and members of the public.
• Monitor and manage stakeholder-related project risks and support the resolution of complex stakeholder issues.
• Coordinate stakeholder identification, mapping and analysis to inform stakeholder risk and opportunity management.
• Provide strategic advice to project teams and clients on stakeholder issues, sensitivities and opportunities.
• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of public consultation programmes in support of infrastructure development and consenting processes.
• Support project teams in communicating complex technical information in a clear, and accessible manner appropriate for the target audience.
• Support project governance, reporting and programme management activities related to stakeholder engagement.
• Lead, mentor and support Stakeholder team members, fostering professional development and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to resource planning, project management and the continuous improvement of stakeholder engagement processes and methodologies.
• Support business development activities, including client engagement, networking, framework opportunities and proposal preparation.
• Promote AtkinsRéalis as a market leader in stakeholder engagement and public consultation across Northern Ireland’s infrastructure sector.
• Degree educated in a relevant discipline e.g. Project Management, Communications, Geography, Planning, Estate / Property Management.
• Extensive experience delivering stakeholder engagement and public consultation programmes for infrastructure, energy, transportation, utilities or environmental projects.
• Strong knowledge of the Northern Ireland’s planning, environmental and regulatory landscape.
• Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder environments and build productive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience leading public consultation programmes and engaging directly with communities and statutory bodies.
• Strong leadership, client management and business development capabilities.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to identify opportunities to grow client relationships and service offerings.
• Working knowledge of GIS and its application.
• Practical experience planning and delivering Social Value commitments for Infrastructure projects.
• Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
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About you

Rewards & benefits

About AtkinsRéalis

Additional information

Worker Type

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Qualifications

• Degree educated in a relevant discipline e.g. Project Management, Communications, Geography, Planning, Estate / Property Management.
• Extensive experience delivering stakeholder engagement and public consultation programmes for infrastructure, energy, transportation, utilities or environmental projects.
• Strong knowledge of the Northern Ireland’s planning, environmental and regulatory landscape.
• Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder environments and build productive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience leading public consultation programmes and engaging directly with communities and statutory bodies.
• Strong leadership, client management and business development capabilities.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to identify opportunities to grow client relationships and service offerings.
• Working knowledge of GIS and its application.
• Practical experience planning and delivering Social Value commitments for Infrastructure projects.
• Rewards & benefits
• Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
• Rewards and benefits – Careers at AtkinsRéalis
• About AtkinsRéalis
• We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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• Additional information
• Security clearance
• This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
• We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.
• Worker Type
• Employee
• Job Type
• Regular
• At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.