About Purpose of Position: Stakeholder Engagement Specialist Jobs at Anglo American

Job Description:
As a Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, you will be expected to contribute to the management of the operation’s social and human rights impacts and risks and build a mutually beneficial long-term relationship with Venetia Mine affected stakeholders. For this, you will be responsible for conducting reviews and assessments to understand the area of influence and stakeholders, support the analysis and development of stakeholder engagement planning, carry out stakeholder engagement plans and monitor and evaluate the results of engagement activities.

You will also be required to:

Support and collaborate with studies, assessments, reviews needed for planning of social performance.
Support and collaborate with the development of long-term and annual plans for social performance. Mainly the Social Management Plan and the Stakeholder Engagement, but additionally any other related social impact management plans.
Execute stakeholder engagement activities both according to social performance plans or as required.
Maintain opportune and detailed records of engagement activities and their results, as well as the analysis and recommendations generated from these.
Support and collaborate with the operation of a grievance mechanism and the management of grievances.
Support and collaborate with the identification, categorization and consequence rating of social and human rights impacts and risks, as well as contribute to design and implement corresponding controls.
Support and collaborate with social performance monitoring and evaluation activities.
You will also be required to:

Provide inputs into the development of the Social Management Plan for Venetia Mine
Develop and maintain a stakeholder engagement system to capture engagements and actions arising from stakeholder engagement interventions
Development and successful delivery of stakeholder engagement plans in accordance with the overarching stakeholder engagement strategy
Manage stakeholder mapping and prepare communications to stakeholders and respond to stakeholder enquiries
Manage stakeholder engagement coordinators, providing guidance and directing their workload activities to ensure timescales and requirements are met
Provide briefings and support to technical teams for meetings with stakeholders
Arrange and attend stakeholder meetings with technical and other team members and ensure feedback of stakeholder responses and requests to technical teams are responded to within agreed timescales
Prepare and manage workshops, roundtable and forum logistics including developing agendas, project plans, minute taking and production of reports
Ensure accurate audit trail maintained of all stakeholder engagement and all contact/activities are recorded on stakeholder database
Attend client-facing meetings, collaborative planning workshops and report to client on progress
Ensure accurate reporting of engagement interventions as and when required
Develop and review Stakeholder Engagement policies and procedures
Evaluate the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement plans and implement corrective actions
Identify, document, monitor and develop appreciate management actions to address all social commitments
Provide expert guidance regarding conflict transformation and management methodologies, negotiation and conflict prevention
Develop and execute workplans for building capacity in conflict transformation and management
Facilitate the establishment and operation of Venetia Mine Accountability Mechanisms within the Musina and Blouberg Municipal areas
Provide input into departmental budgets and monitor budget spend in area of responsibility
Facilitate and foster good stakeholder relationships across business and communities
Continually improve social performance and community engagement strategies to ensure best practice

Anglo American Stakeholder Engagement Specialist Job Requirements

Anglo American Stakeholder Engagement Specialist job requirements are following:-

Qualifications:
Education required:

A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
Post graduate qualification in relevant field would be advantageous
Experience & knowledge required:

At least 5 years’ experience in Stakeholders Relations
Knowledge in conflict transformation and management and mitigation practices,
Knowledge and/or experience of social impact assessment, human rights due diligence/ impact assessment, participatory methodologies, social project planning and management (theory of change, logical framework matrix, etc.)
Knowledge of international standards: IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principals, ICMM, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Computer literate (MS Office at intermediate level)
Fluent in English (written and verbal)
Ability to communicate in other African languages would be advantageous
Experience in developing and successfully implementing stakeholder engagement plans
Proven ability to work and multi-task under pressure, respond quickly to changing situations in complex project environments, prepare responses/narrative quickly and clearly and use personal initiative
Good interpersonal and networking skills, highly articulate team player
Good analytical and strategic planning skills

Stakeholder Engagement Specialist Job Responsibility for Anglo American Job Vacancy

Additional information:
Who we are

De Beers Group is a company with a rich history and a sparkling future.

Since 1888 our experts have searched the world for nature’s most precious gem. Our diamonds bring beauty to the world. But we think they can do so much more. We want our diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant – for our people, our customers and the world around us.

Venetia Mine is part of De Beers Group Managed Operations Business which integrates mines, operations and support functions in the De Beers Group producer countries of Canada and South Africa to shape a safe, sustainable future for De Beers Group’s people, shareholders, communities and partners.

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