Community Liaison Officer - Atlantis at Lesedi Nuclear Services Pty Ltd

Purpose of the role:

• The Community Liaison Officer will implement the stakeholder engagement activities and execute external community campaigns activities.

Duties:

Participate and contribute to a safe and healthy work environment where workers, external service providers/contractors can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment. Ensuring that the project activities are carried out without any disruptions.

• Keep the community informed on the progress of the project
• Coordinate public relations and Stakeholder events.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders in line with Community Engagement Plans and reinforce a positive representation of Lesedi to the Community.
• Continuously provide feedback to the Project Manager on community concerns and priorities with the view to revise intervention strategies where necessary.
• Schedule outreach meetings with local community members to discover their issues and concerns.
• Manage the recruitment of workers from the sub-council job-seekers database
• Collate, analyse and write reports to share insights with Lesedi, conduct further research and organize follow-up meetings to address outstanding concerns with community leaders / members, clients, and employees.
• Liaise with all stakeholders and be the first point of contact to build an effective communication structure, enhancing a harmonious internal and external relationships by ensuring the quality-of-service delivery achieve set goals.
• Promptly resolve incidents and other events
• Support the current SD&L programmes to educate the community members about the projects and to support active community participation
• Assist Lesedi supervisory staff in the management of the workers.

 Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• National Diploma in Public Administration or equivalent
• Valid South African Driver’s license
• Bachelors’ Degree will be advantageous

 Experience:

• 3+ years’ experience in a community outreach environment, community based activities with a good understanding of local communities, their norms and culture
• Computer literacy in MS Office