Job Title: Community Liaison Officer

Division: Socioeconomic Development, Mozambique

Location: Cabo Delgado

Global Edge is an international firm specializing in project staffing for the Energy sector, with a presence in Mozambique since 2014. We are the game changers and multi-award-winning agency in the global staffing arena, redefining what excellence means in recruitment.

Our client, a global leading provider in the Energy industry, is looking to appoint a successful Community Liaison Officer to be based in Cabo Delgado

Activities  The position exists to enable the Project and the local communities to:

• build and maintain strong relationships based on trust and mutua respect
• present Project update to the community, vis-a-vi present community concerns and grievances to the company
• ensure that issues are resolved promply, fairly and consistently
• on the one hand facilitating project operations and social management programs through engagement with the communities • regular engagement with community stakeholders, including local civil society organizations, households, and vulnerable groups, with the aim of building the trust and respect of the community
• understanding how community expectations, needs, interests, concerns, and levels of influence might affect project activities, this forms the basis of engagement as well how project activities might affect community wellbeing and community dynamics
• Stakeholder Mapping: understanding and mapping various community stakeholders and their needs, interests, concerns and levels of influence in a way that can used for project decision making.
• Action Plan: Identify opportunities from feedback and determine actions, revisit goals, and plan next steps for follow-up and future engagement
•  capture engagement activities carried out and submit daily reports to the line manager about the situation in community.

Qualification

• The position requires a bachelor’s degree in social sciences or related field with skill in local languages of Cabo Delgado