SENIOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER (1)

Position Summary:

Tembo Nickel is seeking to recruit Senior Community Relations Officer to join 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 Division level.

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

Duty Station: Tembo Nickel Project Site- Ngara

Duties and Responsibilities

Serve as liaison between TN and identified local stakeholders. Par­ticipate in local stakeholder engagement activities and ensure that any inquiries or complaints from local stakeholders are dealt with promptly and sensitively
Facilitate the Project’s development activities through appropriate stakeholder engagement and feedback
Assist with key studies and research with a social aspect e.g. Envi­ronmental & Social Impact Assessment and Health Impact Assess­ment
Provide updates of assigned tasks on important achievements/con- strains encountered in a weekly basis
Facilitate key Project work streams that have a community interface g. resettlement and exploration/surface drilling
Assist Human Resources and Supply Chain to ensure that the Proj­ect identifies and leverages local content opportunities (e.g.. local employment/training and local procurement)
Assist other Project departments (e.g. Security and Health. Safety & Environment) to identify and plan mitigation strategies for key social impacts
Attend daily department morning briefing session and all planned department meetings
Write and submit all relevant reports (e.g. stakeholder engagement report, weekly report etc) to the Community Relations Lead for re­view and submission.
Participate on development of department plans, monitoring and evaluation of department activities
Jointly with Community Relations team, undertake monitoring, inter­nal evaluation and documentation of all work done by CR Depart­ment
Undertake other duties as reasonably assigned by Community Rela­tions
In the absence of CRL the Senior Community Relations Officer will act as Community Relations Lead.
Qualifications and Competencies

Bachelor’s degree in social science or related discipline
Minimum of 5 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.