Job Description

Posted 6 days ago

Title / Position: Community Affairs Manager
Location: supporting sites in the areas of: London, Wales and Leeds. Around 30% of the time will be travelling, equally divided.
Type: Contract
Top Must-Haves:
* Extensive experience in community and local government affairs, preferably with a focus on large infrastructure and construction projects.
* Experience presenting/meeting and building trust with diverse stakeholders including government officials, community leaders, non-profits, environmental groups, STEM education partners and students in a variety of environments (rural, suburban and urban).
* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced multinational environment working across multiple lines of business.
* Experience managing contractors, agencies, and/or other third parties.
* Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
* Ability to communicate and work in English.
Job Description:
Responsibilities
– Local stakeholder & community engagement
* Act as the primary point of contact between datacenters and local communities in the UK.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with local stakeholders, including residents, NGOs, businesses, and municipal actors (e.g., Authorities Having Jurisdictions, mayors).
* Support government engagement at local and regional levels, ensuring clarity on roles, expectations, and processes.
Community Strategy & Social Impact
* Create and implement location specific community strategy plans aligned with mission and CO+I priorities.
* Coordinate qualitative (e.g. community listening sessions) and quantitative data collection and turn into actionable insights to understand community needs, risks, and opportunities.
Reputation, Risk & Issues Management
* Monitor and address community concerns proactively; support complaint management and crisis related communications.
* Coordinate hyper local narratives in collaboration with Comms.
* Ensure consistent, transparent, and community informed messaging across internal and external channels.
* Support storytelling efforts to highlight program impact, foster trust, and strengthen social license to operate.
Program Delivery & Execution Excellence
Internal & Cross Functional Collaboration
* National travel approximately 30% and limited international travel