- South Africa
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Agriculture
- Reference: 50559
Vacancy Details
Employer: SAPPI
* Assist operational management with stakeholder relations and enable stakeholder relations capacity
* Develop sound community relations with communities within which Sappi operates, exposing them to the Sappi value chain for better understanding of the forestry business, ABCD thinking and the Stop and Think Before you Act (STBA) culture.
* Identify and meet community leaders and traditional authorities in communities that border Sappi plantations and ensure ongoing two-way communication on issues of common interest as indicated in the Stakeholder Engagement Strategy.
* Work with the Abashintshi programme to facilitate and support community development
* Facilitate Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) philosophy for shared value in all communities (Own and Khulisa) in which Sappi operates
* Advise communities and implement community development and/or welfare projects
* Map out community assets
* Establish Community Social Investment Plans for identified priority communities including proposing roll out plan and budget
* Engage community self-help enterprsies (co-operatives, garden projects) on sustainable development in Sappi communities, exposing them to the ABCD thinking
* Co-ordinate activites and ensure sound relations with business partners engaged by Sappi to support development initiatives at any time in response to Sappi's impact and shared value driven CSI strategy as well as ensure continuous monitoring, evaluation and reporting
* Hold monthly feedback sessions with Abashinshi and quaterly check-in sessions with Abashintshi as well as conduct site visits on their community ABCD initiatives
* Assist and attend to different structures that exist in Sappi communities including CPF's, Community Forums, Honey Harvester & Cattle Keepers, on issues of risk for the identified key risk factors as detailed in the Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
* Engage communities on theft of timber and seedlings in conjunction with operations, the security service provider and CPF's
* Support the Khulisa programme by providing social facilitation expertise to existing and expansion projects
* Liaise with teams and providing capacity support on social, community and institutional issues as well as perceptions of Sappi as communicated to Foresters
* Support through training on the establishment and implementation of appropriate conflict resolution mechanisms and protocols
* Support the establishment and maintenance of required institutional structures for community engagement in community projects where Sappi is a partner
* Receive, acknowledge and investigate requests for assistance and other support from Sappi communities
* Liaise with Communication/Corporate Relations department in terms of communicating departmental activities including projects
* Support and co-ordinate Sappi regional/area departmental events
* Prepare weekly and monthly reports of activities, movements and outcomes of engagements
* Assist the Stakeholder Relations Manager in projects What are we looking for?
* National Diploma in a related community relations or rural development field
* A Bachelor’s Degree will be advantageous
* Min 3 years relevant experience
* Good rural development and project management focus experience advantageous
* Driver’s licence (Code EB) What’s in it for you?
* Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence.
* Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
* Opportunities to travel (dependent on upon the role).
* Market leading leave benefits.
* Employee wellbeing benefits.
Candidate Requirements
What’s in it for you?* Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence.
* Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
* Opportunities to travel (dependent on upon the role).
* Market leading leave benefits.
* Employee wellbeing benefits.
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About SAPPI
Sappi was formed in South Africa in 1936 to serve South African consumers with locally produced paper.
We have a tradition of innovating and developing new products to meet local demand for newsprint, uncoated graphic and business papers, packaging and speciality papers used and protect our customers’ products especially in the agricultural sector and speciality papers used in the convenience food, confectionery, cosmetic and luxury markets, and tissue products for household, medical and industrial use in the Southern Africa region.
We are also the world's largest manufacturer of dissolving wood pulp (DWP), which are used worldwide by converters to create viscose fibre for fashionable clothing and textiles, acetate tow, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of consumer and household products. Almost all of the production of our mills in South Africa is exported.
Our headquarters in Johannesburg (South Africa), manages the sub-divisions of Sappi Forests, Sappi Paper and Paper Packaging, and Sappi Specialised Cellulose. A number of regional functions like finance, human resources, sales and marketing, technical and engineering as well as board functions are also based there.
We are looking for people with the right attributes
Whether you’re mild or wild at heart, you could have what it takes to work in forestry.
We’re looking for people who...
Are hardworking, passionate, and professional;
Share our ambitions to be the benchmark in forestry;
Will take well-considered risks to grow the value of our business and returns for our shareholders; and Own their work and have pride in it.
Like a blank sheet of paper, a career at Sappi offers infinite possibilities. There has never been a better time to build a career at Sappi.
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