Stakeholder Engagement Lead

4 weeks ago

Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom Allen & York Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Stakeholder Engagement Lead to join our team at Allen & York. As a key member of our organization, you will play a critical role in supporting the Water Resources East (WRE) team in planning and delivering a program of stakeholder engagement to consider objectives, priorities, options, and trade-offs in bringing river systems and waterbodies across Eastern England back to health.

Key Responsibilities

  • Direct day-to-day leadership of a stakeholder engagement program that successfully delivers Environmental Destination (ED) investigations.
  • Promote and facilitate multi-sector involvement at all stages of the program, improving multi-sector representation, and gaining buy-in to work together to address common challenges.
  • Build trust between all parties involved in the program to support the development of collaborative solutions and reach consensus around environmental aims.
  • Create an engagement program that leads to shared decision-making and prioritization of environmental improvements and investment within catchments.
  • Bridge the gap between technical work and collaborative decision-making, working within the technical and program management team, the person will need to develop a good level of understanding of the technical concepts and goals of the program and develop enough knowledge to be able to work with and gain trust from people across different sectors.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Act as WRE's lead point of contact with agricultural sector representatives, including the National Farmers Union (NFU), Country Land Business Association (CLA), Water for Food Group (WfFG), and existing and new Water Abstractor Groups (WAGs).
  • Support WfFG with the development of a WAG toolkit, setting out how groups of abstractors can work together, and with regional groups like WRE, to understand their water needs and their role in finding solutions to changing water availability.
  • Support Local Resource Option (LRO) screening studies, led by the Environment Agency, taking a lead role in specific tasks around stakeholder mapping and engagement.
  • Run WRE's Agriculture Forum, with key work in 2024/25 to develop a framework for integrating agriculture into WRE's regional planning approach, working with WRE's Technical Director, WfFG, and existing WAGs.
  • Support the team in the day-to-day running of the 'virtual' office, getting involved in all aspects of the small but busy team's activities.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in stakeholder engagement and program management.
  • Strong understanding of water resources management and environmental planning.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including 26 days annual leave increasing up to 30 days, bonus scheme, pension scheme, and health and wellbeing benefits. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

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