Senior Project Communications Advisor – Secondment

Description

• Organising, attending, presenting, and recording notes at stakeholder meetings
• Writing project briefing sheets, press releases, website articles, social media content, etc
• Event management for official openings of water and wastewater projects
• External stakeholder engagement including with contractors, residents’ associations, interest groups and elected representatives
• Devising and implementing project communications plans
• Planning and delivering public information / public consultation open days/evenings and online events
• Managing communications on projects to achieve the client’s vision and objectives
• Stakeholder mapping, relationship management and maintaining up-to-date contact databases, in line with GDPR
• Internal stakeholder engagement including liaison with technical colleagues and multi-disciplinary teams, preparing internal reports and presenting to internal meetings
• The candidate should be able to organise and manage key events (project launches, public consultations etc.)

Requirements

• 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 should have strong analytical skills and the ability to develop strategic communication plans for the designated area where required
• The candidate must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely with clients to achieve high levels of satisfaction and win-win outcomes
• The candidate must have experience in planning and delivering projects and programmes of work in line with the project management lifecycle
• The candidate should have, strong communications skills, strong report writing skills and excellent stakeholder management skills
• The candidate must be a highly motivated professional with a proven ability to perform at both strategic and operational levels
• The candidate should have the ability to prioritise tasks, work with schedules and manage resources while remaining focused on team goals
• The candidate must have demonstrable experience of devising and implementing successful communications strategies, including developing communications collateral, media and social media campaigns, event management and stakeholder engagement
• The candidate should have proven experience of delivering projects in a deadline driven and evolving environment
• The candidate must have a minimum of 7 years’ post graduate relevant experience in communications with the majority relating to infrastructural or climate action projects
• The candidate should have demonstrable account management experience including client relationships and reporting.
• The candidate must have strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide teams.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance