COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER -KAHAMA

Position Summary:

Tembo Nickel (TN) is seeking to recruit a Community Relations Officer to join the Tembo Nickel Project Team. She/he will have full responsibility for the assigned activities and be one of the primary interfaces with the identified local stakeholders. S/he will maintain regular communications with local government officials and other strategic partners at Village, Ward, and District level.

This is a Fixed Term contract of 1 Year and the successful candidate will report to the site Project Lead

Duty Station: Tembo Nickel Project Site-Kahama

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between TN and identified local stakeholders.
• Provide updates of assigned tasks on important achievements/constraints encountered at a weekly department meeting.
• Attend daily department morning briefing session.
• Work with Community Relations team to support implementation of community development programs, community awareness creation and community capacity building.
• Work with the Resettlement team to support the Resettlement Action plan and Livelihood Restoration program.
• Support Contractors and other TN lead departments on Community Relations affairs.
• Assist development of documentation, surveys, and relevant reports (e.g., Socioeconomic surveys, stakeholder engagement report, weekly report etc.)
• Support data management – collection, cleaning, and analysis.
• Support development of department plans, implementation, and follow-up of department activities.
• Jointly with the Community Relations team, undertake monitoring, internal evaluation and documentation of all work done by the CR Department
• Undertake other duties as reasonably assigned by the Community Relations Lead.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Rural and Urban Planning, Community Development or related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in the same or related role.
• Computer literate and fully conversant with basic computer applications.
• Experience in resettlement projects will be an added advantage.

Tembo Nickel offers a competitive remuneration package and ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted.