Manager Stakeholder Relations

This senior role is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and in particular:
Ensuring stakeholders are recognized as partners in the development and delivery of the KZN mining project

Developing and implementing stakeholder engagement strategies including informing, consulting and involving stakeholders and evaluating the effectiveness of these strategies

Advising senior management of issues and/or risks to stakeholder relationships as soon as they arise so risks can be managed effectively

Ensuring management and staff understand the value of, and are committed to, the genuine participation of stakeholders in the development and long term operation of the project.

Ensuring that strategies and tactics are designed to meet stakeholder needs with a well understood customer-focus

Managing the effective delivery and ongoing implementation of a stakeholder contact management system

Managing the measurement of stakeholder satisfaction and developing and implementing strategies to improve levels of satisfaction

Strategizing and guiding the Corporate Social Investment programs for the Project

Capacitating stakeholder groups where necessary

Interacting with specialist consultants particularly related to Social Impact Assessment and public participation programs.

**REQUIREMENTS**

10 - 15 Years' extensive and diverse experience in stakeholder engagement and/or management

Corporate and government experience in stakeholder engagement/management, communications, and consultation.

Tertiary qualifications in communications, business, public relations or relevant field (desirable)

Experience and deep understanding of the traditional authority structure and the relationships, responsibilities and accountabilities of national, provincial and local government structures.

Highly developed influencing and relationship management skills

Outstanding interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills in **English and isiZulu**

High level project management skills

Ability to work closely with and lead a small team

Tenacity and perseverance in dealing with widely diverse human relationships

**Application Procedure**

Femminit Recruitment

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R40 000,00 - R70 000,00 per month

**Education**:

- Diploma (required)

**Experience**:

- Stakeholder Relations: 8 years (required)
- Mining: 5 years (required)

**Language**:

- IsiZulu (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal (required)