Officer, Community Liaison at American Tower Africa

American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.

We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Officer, Community Liaison

Job Identification: 1702
Location: Rivers
Job Category: Legal
Organization: Security

Responsibilities
Regulatory Compliance:

• Monitor and ensure internal processes, policies and SLAs are followed to guarantee approvals, Licenses and Permits are expeditiously obtained for site build.
• Develop and maintain beneficial relationships with key officials at the second and third tiers of government with a view to deriving benefit for ATC Nigeria.
• Continually scan the environment, advice and recommend strategies to the Zonal Regulatory Managers for meeting challenges posed by communities, government at the state and local government levels.

Community & Stakeholder Relations:

• Handle and resolve community related issues which may arise during Zagreb, build to suit (BTS), and build to fill (BTF) projects.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, especially landlords and host communities, to the benefit of ATC Nigeria
• Act as primary interface between ATC Nigeria, non-governmental stakeholders and partners with a view to resolving disputes and disagreements that arise from such relationships
• In conjunction with relevant internal functions, ensure beneficial image for ATC Nigeria in the appropriate quarters at the state and local government level.
• Manage and advice Zonal Regulatory Manager on issues and challenges at the Zonal level.
• Contribute to the savings in the Region from negotiations with communities and government Agencies

Legal & Regulatory Support:

• Ensure compliance to established reporting matrix for monitoring the achievement of zonal legal & regulatory goals to ensure harmony with ATC Nigeria objectives.
• Provide advice and support to other zonal managers to enable opportunity recognition and access and risk identification and mitigation.
• Ensure compliance to applicable regulations and monitor availability of all relevant documentation to meet compliance requirements at zonal level.

Operational Support:

• Co-ordinate with regional technical staff to enable opportunity recognition and access, and risk identification and mitigation for successful implementation of Zagreb, build to suit (BTS), and build to fill (BTF) projects.
• Ensure compliance to applicable regulations and monitor availability of all relevant documentation to meet compliance requirements at the zonal level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, LL.B., BL.
• LL.M or post graduate degree in humanities is an added advantage
• 2 - 3 years of varied experience in relating with government, community and managing community issues.

Application Closing Date
1st July, 2025, 12:59 AM.