Community & Social Licence Manager

at  JERA Nex Limited

JERA Nex is a company created by JERA to scale renewable energy for a sustainable future. JERA Nex combines the resilience of JERA, one of the world’s largest electricity producers, with the agility and focus of a dedicated renewables business that can act at the pace required to drive the global energy transition.
JERA Nex invests in, currently owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy assets, with a portfolio over 3GW that includes offshore wind, onshore wind and solar, as well as battery storage. This includes Parkwind, its wholly owned subsidiary. Headquartered in London, and with centres of excellence in Belgium, Japan, Taiwan and the US, our team of more than 300 renewable and energy industry experts combines global knowhow and experience with the local expertise and knowledge necessary to deliver successful projects.
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Community & Social Licence Manager for an exciting renewables infrastructure project in Gippsland, Victoria.

• Develop and deliver communications and stakeholder engagement plans to support the project strategy and build social licence.
• Build positive and collaborative working relationships with partners and community, education, industry and government agency stakeholders.
• Represent the project in the community, at public events and stakeholder meetings.
• Consult with community to ensure the voice of stakeholders is considered in project planning and social benefits are identified and realized.
• Facilitate the meaningful collaboration of project partners, including Traditional Owners, in project planning and development.
• Ensure stakeholder enquiries are effectively resolved in a timely and respectful manner.
• Lead the preparation of and delivery of community focused events and communications materials.
• Undertake project reporting of the Community and Stakeholder function.