Responsibilities

Stakeholder and Rights Holder Engagement

• Be responsible for planning and implementing a Stakeholder and Rights Holders Register and Engagement Strategy which is benchmarked against proven national experience having regard to equivalent scale infrastructure projects.
• To proactively implement the strategy maintaining an active risk and opportunity register for the Senior Management Team.
• To plan, coordinate and record all stakeholder and rights holders engagement (indigenous, political, governmental, technical, business, fisheries groups and individual fishing groups).
• To attend meetings with selected stakeholders and rights holders as agreed with the Senior Management Team.
• To lead on the preparation of any required documentation for internal or external reporting of same (e.g. to accompany future application(s) for statutory consent).
• To support the Project Team with all applications and responding to observations and maintaining good records of these observations.

Community Liaison

• To assist in the development of, and be responsible for, the implementation of a best-in-class community engagement strategy in conjunction with the project team.
• Oversee and monitor the implementation of the strategy, ensuring that that the message delivered to the public is that there is a genuine willingness to engage.
• To proactively identify relevant community groups and develop effective and meaningful communication methods (including supporting tools and materials) with same.
• To undertake the role of a liaison officer and provide a two-way point of contact between community groups and DP Energy.
• To be visible within and accessible to the relevant communities and their representative groups.
• To organise and attend engagement activities with community groups.
• To maintain comprehensive records of community engagement activities.

Facilitating Sustainable Community Support Activities (both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communities)

• To assist in the development of, and be responsible for, the implementation of community-based activities that facilitate and support the promotion of sustainable communities during the pre-consents phase.
• To proactively identify relevant activities or tools that bring tangible benefits to the community before, during and after the construction of the renewable energy project.
• To organise and attend engagement meetings with community groups and leaders to promote and implement sustainable community activities.
• To maintain comprehensive records of all community engagement activities.
• To develop the design and implementation of DP Energy’s community benefit fund and / or community investment strategy in close collaboration with Senior Management.
• To be responsible for planning and implementation of consultation processes on any project community benefit fund and / or community investment opportunity.

Communications

• To be proactive and creative, identifying ideas and opportunities.
• Ensuring communications and engagement is ‘best-in-class’ and that the reputation of the developer and its projects is exemplary.
• To work closely and collaboratively with DP Energy’s senior management team and our partner/investor’s communication team(s).
• To ensure all external content and messaging used is approved and meets the approved corporate governance standards.
• To ensure that all engagement by project team members with third parties utilises consistent terminology and messaging.