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This position is based in Sydney, Australia.
Iberdrola Australia is one of the country’s largest renewable energy businesses. Our generation portfolio is more than 95% renewable and includes 9 wind farms, 3 solar farms, 2 grid scale batteries and 2 fast-start peakers.
This role sits in a team that interacts closely with and coordinates inputs from a range of internal stakeholders, including ESG & Sustainability and Legal.
Description
- Build and maintain positive relationships with landholders, project neighbours, community groups and project stakeholders throughout the development of the project.
- Manage community engagement, stakeholder management and complaints for development projects and the broader business.
- Secure and maintain land tenure for all Iberdrola development assets and projects, from early engagement, through to construction handover.
- Manage Iberdrola’s land portfolio across development projects and provide input to matters relating to land access, assessment, and tenure across the business. Community Engagement
- Develop, manage and co-ordinate the delivery of community engagement events and programs, including the management of internal and external relationships to support projects in development.
- Plan, develop and implementation community and stakeholder engagement plans. Stakeholder Management · Manage complaints and ensure regulatory compliance with internal and external complaints handling guidelines.
Responsibilities
Key Activities and results areas are:
Community Engagement
- Develop, manage and co-ordinate the delivery of community engagement events and programs, including the management of internal and external relationships to support projects in development.
- Plan, develop and implementation community and stakeholder engagement plans.
Stakeholder Management
- Manage complaints and ensure regulatory compliance with internal and external complaints handling guidelines.
- Establish, administer, and maintain auditable stakeholder complaints and land databases, and manage notification of agreement expirations, extensions, and renewals. · Coordinate required content and participate in internal and external audits of complaints management system. · Provide support to the development team where required and particularly where related stakeholder matters arise
Education
- Bachelor / Master of Commerce, Engineering, Science, Planning, Law, Property and Social Science will all be considered.
- Knowledge of project management, NSW planning approval process, major infrastructure projects, the Australian energy market
Experience
- Driven individual with minimum 4 years’ professional experience in resources, energy or consulting (preferably wind, solar or BESS), planning and working with multidisciplinary teams
Preference may be given to candidates with the following:
- Demonstrated landholder and stakeholder liaison
- Experience with land agreements
- Demonstrated relationship management skills
- Efficient and effective project management
- Ability to work unsupervised and thrive within a team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated use of initiative and a common-sense approach
- Negotiation skills
- Successful development and management of relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
- Successful coordination of internal team inputs through the development phases
- Effective resolution of project development issues
Others
- Full time
- As a worker, you must comply so far as reasonably practicable, with any reasonable instruction that is given by Iberdrola Australia to comply with health and safety requirements
- Ability to travel to site and work remotely
- Full Drivers’ licence
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
Job Posting End Date:
May-23-2025#LI-DN
