- Western Cape
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Contract
- Sectors: Engineering PR & Communication
- Reference: 82873
Vacancy Details
Employer: Lesedi
Purpose of the role:
The Community Liaison Officer will implement the stakeholder engagement activities and execute external community campaigns activities.
Duties:
Participate and contribute to a safe and healthy work environment where workers, external service providers/contractors can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment. Ensuring that the project activities are carried out without any disruptions.
- Keep the community informed on the progress of the project
- Coordinate public relations and Stakeholder events.
- Engage with relevant stakeholders in line with Community Engagement Plans and reinforce a positive representation of Lesedi to the Community.
- Continuously provide feedback to the Project Manager on community concerns and priorities with the view to revise intervention strategies where necessary.
- Schedule outreach meetings with local community members to discover their issues and concerns.
- Manage the recruitment of workers from the sub-council job-seekers database
- Collate, analyse and write reports to share insights with Lesedi, conduct further research and organize follow-up meetings to address outstanding concerns with community leaders / members, clients, and employees.
- Liaise with all stakeholders and be the first point of contact to build an effective communication structure, enhancing a harmonious internal and external relationships by ensuring the quality-of-service delivery achieve set goals.
- Promptly resolve incidents and other events
- Support the current SD&L programmes to educate the community members about the projects and to support active community participation
- Assist Lesedi supervisory staff in the management of the workers.
Qualifications:
- Grade 12
- National Diploma in Public Administration or equivalent
- Valid South African Driver’s license
- Bachelors’ Degree will be advantageous
Experience:
- 3+ years’ experience in a community outreach environment, community based activities with a good understanding of local communities, their norms and culture
- Computer literacy in MS Office
Should you not hear from us within 21 days of the closing of the advert, kindly regard your application to have been unsuccessful.
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