Community and Stakeholder Manager

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This position is based in Sydney, Australia.

Iberdrola Australia is one of the country's largest renewable energy businesses. Our generation portfolio is more than 95% renewable and includes 9 wind farms, 3 solar farms, 2 grid scale batteries and 2 fast-start peakers.

This role sits in a team that interacts closely with and coordinates inputs from a range of internal stakeholders, including ESG & Sustainability and Legal.

Description- Build and maintain positive relationships with landholders, project neighbours, community groups and project stakeholders throughout the development of the project.- Manage community engagement, stakeholder management and complaints for development projects and the broader business.- Secure and maintain land tenure for all Iberdrola development assets and projects, from early engagement, through to construction handover.- Manage Iberdrola’s land portfolio across development projects and provide input to matters relating to land access, assessment, and tenure across the business. Community Engagement- Develop, manage and co-ordinate the delivery of community engagement events and programs, including the management of internal and external relationships to support projects in development.- Plan, develop and implementation community and stakeholder engagement plans. Stakeholder Management - Manage complaints and ensure regulatory compliance with internal and external complaints handling guidelines.

Responsibilities

Key Activities and results areas are:
Community Engagement- Develop, manage and co-ordinate the delivery of community engagement events and programs, including the management of internal and external relationships to support projects in development.- Plan, develop and implementation community and stakeholder engagement plans.

Stakeholder Management- Manage complaints and ensure regulatory compliance with internal and external complaints handling guidelines.- Establish, administer, and maintain auditable stakeholder complaints and land databases, and manage notification of agreement expirations, extensions, and renewals. - Coordinate required content and participate in internal and external audits of complaints management system. - Provide support to the development team where required and particularly where related stakeholder matters arise

Education- Bachelor / Master of Commerce, Engineering, Science, Planning, Law, Property and Social Science will all be considered.- Knowledge of project management, NSW planning approval process, major infrastructure projects, the Australian energy market

Experience- Driven individual with minimum 4 years’ professional experience in resources, energy or consulting (preferably wind, solar or BESS), planning and working with multidisciplinary teams- Demonstrated landholder and stakeholder liaison- Experience with land agreements- Demonstrated relationship management skills- Efficient and effective project management- Ability to work unsupervised and thrive within a team environment- Excellent written and verbal communication skills- Demonstrated use of initiative and a common-sense approach- Negotiation skills- Successful development and management of relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders- Successful coordination of internal team inputs through the development phases- Effective resolution of project development issues

Others- Full time- As a worker, you must comply so far as reasonably practicable, with any reasonable instruction that is given by Iberdrola Australia to comply with health and safety requirements- Ability to travel to site and work remotely- Full Drivers’ licence

Mobility Information

Job Posting End Date:
May-23-2025#LI-DNI