Workforce and Stakeholder Engagement Manager

About the role:
Lendlease are currently hiring for a Workforce and Stakeholder Engagement Manager to join our NSW Construction business.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering social, economic and community benefit outcomes across two of our ongoing major infrastructure projects in NSW.

The role will have two key areas of focus:
- Stakeholder and Community Engagement - Leading engagement and communication activities with a diverse range of project stakeholders and community representatives.- Workforce Development and Industry Participation - Delivering on key employment, skilling, training and diversity activities in line with project aspirations and obligations.

The role will include day-to-day interface with the project leaderships team, client representatives, key stakeholders and community representatives including Government representatives, not-for-profit groups, education sectors and First Nations groups.

This role is responsible for end-to-end management of the including strategic planning, initiative implementation, program administration and reporting as related to Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce and Industry Participation

To be successful you will need:
- Proven experience managing employment programs, community partnerships, and workforce participation programs.- Construction Industry experience, ideally from large scale Commercial, Healthcare, Civil and Major Infrastructure projects.- Experience with data capture, analysis, and reporting.- Strong written and verbal communication skills, as you will be communicating with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders.- Be an independent operator, able to manage your own time effectively, and lead and influence internal stakeholders, and project teams.- Knowledge and experience delivering outcomes aligned with NSW Government Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program (ISLP) highly desirable.

About Lendlease:
With a national delivery capability, combined with a sector-focused approach, Lendlease Construction provides innovative and industry-leading project management, design and construction services driven by detailed sector knowledge and experience. We push boundaries to create iconic places that are innovative, sustainable, and commercially viable.

We love a challenge and solving problems. Our clients come to us when it’s important: to handle complexity, drive diversity, offer strategic and long-term value, and to create innovative solutions.

Benefits of working at Lendlease:
We are committed to developing and retaining the best people and provide the best possible learning and development opportunities. We are a company who thrive on our employee’s wellbeing, and offer benefits including:
- Health & Well-being program, including well-being leave to relax and recharge, health assessments, and gym/exercise discounts.- Balance your career and personal life with work flexibility, purchase additional annual leave and extensive family support benefits.- 26 weeks paid parental leave for both parents.- 3x extra Wellbeing days per year (on top of annual leave).- Large pipeline of project work for career development and growth opportunities.- Bonus scheme, Employee Share Acquisition program and options for salary sacrificing.- Access to employee networks - First Nations Mob, Pride (LGBTQI+), EmbRACE (culturally diverse); GEN (gender).

At Lendlease we offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equitable treatment and equitable opportunity are just the norm. We remain committed to supporting under-represented groups and providing a wide range of inclusion initiatives, so that everyone is supported to thrive.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in our Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan, our Bronze Award with the Australian Workplace Equality Index by Pride in Diversity, and our generous parental leave policy of 26 weeks to any parent regardless of gender.