Government Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Lead (m/f)

Duties

• Stakeholder identification and assessment in provincial government, CSOs/NGOs and development actors
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with identified stakeholders through continuous relational and operational engagement
• Provide operational support to Pemba-based, Afungi and Maputo based functions in relation to engagement with stakeholders, especially provincial government
• Represent project in engagement with provincial government and functional areas as required
• Promote broad-based awareness, understanding of the project amongst Pemba stakeholder groups
• Develop and maintain stakeholder database relevant to project and functional activity occurring at the provincial level
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to enable project operations and delivery of work scope of key functional areas
• Facilitate Project engagement with key stakeholders as required by Pemba/Afungi/Maputo based Project staff
• Lead CSO engagement and coordination of quarterly CSO update meetings
• Engage humanitarian/development stakeholders to ensure awareness of programs and activities relevant to project and social management plan

Requisites

• Degree in Public Relations/Government Affairs/Political Science or related discipline
• Minimum 5-7 years in a government affairs/stakeholder engagement role requiring project representation, building and maintenance of relationships, etc.
• Familiarity with requirement of large scale private sector projects (especially OGM) an advantage
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in Portuguese and English; additional languages considered to be an advantage
• Good public speaking, oral and written language skills in Portuguese and English
• String MS Office skills particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted