Social Performance Coordinator/clo

Requisition ID: 42705
- Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

**Job Tile**: Social Performance Co-ordinator (ESG)/CLO

**Locaton**: Matjiesfontein Western Cape.

**Closing Date**:03/07/2025

**1. JOB PURPOSE**

Responsible for project-specific stakeholder engagement functions and community investment programmes.

The Social Development Co-ordinator /CLO will ensure that stakeholder engagement processes are developed and implemented in a planned, proactive and strategic manner, so that community risks are avoided and managed and relationships with beneficiary communities remain positive, or at the very least, remain stable.

This Co-ordinator is also responsible for design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the

project-specific community investment programmes that are built on strong relationships and built into a strategy for long term sustainable and transformational impact.

Aspects of the role require participation in the company’s overall Sustainability Strategy.

**2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Stakeholder Engagement**
- Develops project specific stakeholder engagement plans (“SEP”) that align to Oya Operations Corporate

Stakeholder Engagement Planning Process, including the design, implementation and management of a grievance mechanism.
- Manages the mapping of stakeholders and execution of stakeholder engagements, including but not limited to:

- Identifying and analyzing relevant and appropriate partners and stakeholders according to interest, impact and influence
- Developing a strategy for engagement with the various types of stakeholders, including consultation types and frequency
- Building strong working relationships with key partners, NPOs & other stakeholders (including IPPs) that contribute positively to the achieving the long term community development strategy
- Preparing and conducting community & stakeholder feedback meetings on an appropriate and frequent basis
- Engaging with relevant stakeholders at a frequency determined to be appropriate for each stakeholder
- Responding to community requests/ queries and complaints
- Attendance of stakeholder meetings
- Responsible for overseeing the implementation and maintenance of the community grievance mechanism

(formal process and structure) and ensuring that all grievances are addressed and closed out as per the project commitments
- Responsible for maintaining accurate records (presentations, minutes, attendance registers etc.) of all stakeholder meetings
- Manages the compliance of all community stakeholder related requirements and processes under environmental management programs (“EMPr”)
- Responsible for reporting back to management on stakeholder engagement and providing input to management reports on grievances, community matters and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Manages and works closely with the community project officer (“CPO”) to ensure stakeholder engagements are adequately undertaken.
- Acts as a point of contact for the local communities, communicating and distributing key project information
- Prepares and develops key project factsheets for distribution to management and community stakeholders to inform them about progress on project related activities
- Identifies key community risks (e.g. equal employment opportunities) and community opportunities to be managed at the local level to mitigate risk and to optimize initiatives undertaken respectively.
- Liaises with company’s project managers and site managers to disseminate pertinent community intelligence that may impact the project activities
- Co-ordinates with CPO and Contractors Community Liaison Officer regarding effective stakeholder engagement and information sharing.

**Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) Economic Development (ED) Reporting**
- Assists the ED team practitioners with any information and data gathering for REIPPPP ED reporting, as required
- Responds to any ED reporting related queries raised by various stakeholders, as and when required
- Assists in managing and coordinating the annual ED audits
- Responsible for Annexure B reporting on relevant SED and EnD projects
- Responsible for providing timeous reporting to all other areas of the business, including reporting to external stakeholders, boards and so on.

**Socio-Economic Development (SED)/ Enterprise Development (ED) Implementation**
- Assists the ESG team in the design and implementation of a long-term SED & EnD strategy that effectively addresses community needs.
- Assists the ESG team in the management of community needs assessment processes
- Identifies & designs sustainable initiatives that support the long-term SED & EnD strategy
- Manages the implementation of and monitors the initiatives that support the long-term SED & EnD strategy
- Identifies appropriate stakeholders necessary in implementing successful initiatives and manages these relationships
- Prepares yearly SED & EnD implementation plans that describe the initiatives to