Job Description

COMMUNITY LIASON OFFICER

Job Dimensions

• Job holders to organize and hold meetings with stakeholders.
• Proactive in action to prevent blockades, protests, and demonstrations by landlords, youths, and Communities.

• Identification of stakeholders, communication on the Company`s actions, policy, and programs
• Liaison with local communities and project contractors on issues to maintain good relationships.
• Resolution of conflicts and complaints from local communities.
• Any other work will be delegated to him by the Project Community Affairs Manager from time to time.

ACTIVITIES

• Coordinate landlord families, communities, youth organizations, and other stakeholders’ activities as approved by the Manager of, the Community Affairs Project.
• Liaise with the hierarchy to mobilize contractors on the project to the site and ensure their smooth operations.
• Settlement of conflicts between landlord families and contracting companies on project activities.
• Daily monitoring of contracting companies’ activities within community Main Development Project locations.
• Attend and keep records of meetings held with stakeholders or interest groups.
• Carry out any other duty that may be assigned by the Community Affairs Manager.

CONTEXT & ENVIRONMENT

• Scope of work covers construction of facilities and operation in the Project site and pipeline in OML58.
• Job holder is exposed to a dissatisfied population group that if not monitored could lead to an explosion of violence and disruption of operations causing losses to the company.
• The environment is volatile with youth restiveness and militancy.
• Contractors working on the project with poor Community Relations is a threat to the peaceful operation.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Enhance the relationship and corporate image of COMPANY.
• Monitoring compliance of Contractors/Service Providers working in the field with landlord families, interest groups, youth associations, NGOs, CBOs, and governmental authorities on COMPANY Community Relations policy.
• To build and facilitate good relationships with landlords and stakeholders that will promote friendly coexistence without or with less disruption to operations.
• Prevent and reduce blockades, protests, or any activity by the community that will stop operations resulting in loss of revenue.

Qualifications

• Minimum of OND, HND, or BSC in a reputable discipline. With not less than 5 years of experience in the industry.
• A good knowledge of people with competencies in negotiation and persuasion. Fluency in Ekpeye and Ogba languages will be an added advantage.
• Computer literate with good demonstration in excel.