Community Liaison Officer at WTS Energy

WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industries. We supply engineers and consultants to our clients' projects and operations, and perform employment outsourcing services such as workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Community Liaison Officer

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Dimensions

• Job holders to organize and hold meetings with stakeholders.
• Proactive in action to prevent blockades, protests, and demonstrations by landlords, youths, and Communities.
• Identification of stakeholders, communication on the Company`s actions, policy, and programs
• Liaison with local communities and project contractors on issues to maintain good relationships.
• Resolution of conflicts and complaints from local communities.
• Any other work will be delegated to him by the Project Community Affairs Manager from time to time.

Activities

• Coordinate landlord families, communities, youth organizations, and other stakeholders’ activities as approved by the Manager of, the Community Affairs Project.
• Liaise with the hierarchy to mobilize contractors on the project to the site and ensure their smooth operations.
• Settlement of conflicts between landlord families and contracting companies on project activities.
• Daily monitoring of contracting companies’ activities within community Main Development Project locations.
• Attend and keep records of meetings held with stakeholders or interest groups.
• Carry out any other duty that may be assigned by the Community Affairs Manager.

Accountabilities

• Enhance the relationship and corporate image of COMPANY.
• Monitoring compliance of Contractors/Service Providers working in the field with landlord families, interest groups, youth associations, NGOs, CBOs, and governmental authorities on COMPANY Community Relations policy.
• To build and facilitate good relationships with landlords and stakeholders that will promote friendly coexistence without or with less disruption to operations.
• Prevent and reduce blockades, protests, or any activity by the community that will stop operations resulting in loss of revenue.

Qualifications

• Minimum of an OND, HND, or B.Sc in a reputable discipline. With not less than 5 years of experience in the industry.
• A good knowledge of people with competencies in negotiation and persuasion. Fluency in Ekpeye and Ogba languages will be an added advantage.
• Computer literate with good demonstration in excel.

Context & Environment:

• Scope of work covers construction of facilities and operation in the Project site and pipeline in OML58.
• Job holder is exposed to a dissatisfied population group that if not monitored could lead to an explosion of violence and disruption of operations causing losses to the company.
• The environment is volatile with youth restiveness and militancy.
• Contractors working on the project with poor Community Relations is a threat to the peaceful operation.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.