Internal stakeholder engagement including liaison with technical colleagues and multi-disciplinary teams, preparing internal reports and presenting to internal meetings
Planning and delivering public information / public consultation open days/evenings and online events.
Event management for ministerial sod turnings and official openings of water and wastewater projects.
Organising, attending, presenting, and taking minutes at stakeholder meetings
The candidate should be able to organise key events (project launches, public consultations).
Taking responsibility for communications on projects to achieve the client’s vision and objectives.
Writing - project briefing sheets, press releases, website articles, social media content, etc.
Message development to make technical / complex information accessible and relevant to the general public, businesses, elected public representatives, and other stakeholders.
Stakeholder mapping, relationship management and maintaining up-to-date contact databases, in line with GDPR.
External stakeholder engagement including with contractors, residents’ associations, interest groups and elected representatives.
Devising and implementing project communications plans.
Requirements
honours degree
2+ years
stakeholder mgmt
account mgmt
analytical
report writing
The candidate must have demonstrable experience of implementing successful communications strategies, including developing communications collateral, media and social media campaigns, event management and stakeholder engagement.
The candidate should have demonstrable account management experience including managing client relationships and reporting.
The candidate must have a minimum of 2 years’ post graduate relevant experience in communications for projects with experience of infrastructure or climate action projects being an advance.
The candidate should have strong analytical skills and the ability to support the development of communications strategies and plans for the designated area where required.
The candidate should have the ability to prioritise tasks and work with schedules while remaining focused on team goals.
The candidate should have experience of delivering projects in a deadline driven and evolving environment.
The candidate should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Hold an honours degree (Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications) in a relevant academic discipline: Communications, Public Relations, Social Sciences, Behavioural Economics, Law or Business.
The candidate must have, strong communications skills, strong report writing skills and excellent stakeholder management skills.