Community Relations Officer

Department: Community

Position: Community Relations Officer

Location: Reko Diq Mine Site Balochistan

Qualification

Bachelors Degree (Masters degree will be preferred) in Gender studies/ Sociology/Social Sciences)

Experience:

Experience

At least 3-5 years of relevant experience

Requirements

Fluent in reading, writing, speaking and interpreting in Balochi language, required.

Responsibilities

• Develop gender-sensitive indicators to monitor and evaluate the impact of programs/ projects and to prepare reports and recommendations based on evaluations and community feedback.
• Design gender-responsive programs, ensuring that gender perspectives are integrated across all sectors and levels of company or project. Ensure inclusivity in recruitment, training, and capacity-building initiatives.
• Promote awareness of gender issues and facilitate cultural change within the organization and community, Conduct gender sensitization and training sessions for employees, stakeholders, and host communities.
• Engage with key stake holders including Tribal Notables, Political Parties, community leaders, and youth groups to address specific gender-related concerns and cultural sensitivities.
• Document best practices, lessons learned, and success stories related to gender-focused initiatives, submit weekly and monthly reports.
• Facilitate effective two-way engagement with stakeholders, built on honesty, transparency and trust bases.
• Co-develop and maintain a registry of local stakeholders with the aim of keeping the database of the surrounding communities to the Project. Stakeholders include communities, traditional leaders, local and regional government officials, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), vulnerable groups, representative organizations etc.).
• Maintain a transparent, proactive and effective relationship with stakeholders particularly women in the Projects area of influence through the implementation of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan. This involves: Developing communication techniques and monitoring tools, developing key messages, analyzing and evaluating queries, complaints and emerging issues, and monitoring activities in the field.
• Facilitate in conducting Community Development Committees monthly meetings, and other female related events.
• Ensure stakeholders are sensitized and updated on Project activities and presence.
• Implement the Projects Grievance Mechanism by communicating the mechanism to stakeholders, and raising, recording and overseeing the investigation and resolution of complaints and grievances in a timely manner.
• Facilitate participatory diagnostic workshops with the various Community Development Committees; identify the needs and problems of the selected communities; facilitate the prioritization of needs and the identification of achievable community development initiatives.
• Manage community development projects; Prepare terms of reference, establish performance indicators and monitor activities in the field with the implementing agencies and participate in activities to measure the impact of the programs.
• Carry out social and economic monitoring activities in our communities, as well as monitoring the impacts (positive and negative) of our operations to support the development of consultation, evaluation and action techniques.
• Undertake induction and awareness training programs for employees, contractors and consultants to ensure that all workforces are properly briefed on community affairs issues and the messages are properly communicated.
• Monitor population influx in surrounding communities and towns and implement population influx management program in collaboration with planning authorities.
• Support Supply Chain with the identification of local business opportunities to be included in the local supplier development program.
• Support and monitor compliance with the Companys social targets, such as local hiring and local purchasing.
• Support the coordination and execution of training aimed at companies in the process of formation within the local supplier development program and the identification of technical training needs in the communities.
• Assist Community Manager and officers in their activities.