Senior Authority Coordinator

Egis Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Senior Authority Coordinator in Dubai to manage stakeholder relationships and coordinate planning efforts. The role involves liaising with government authorities to secure necessary approvals and permits, ensuring project managers deliver required documents on schedule. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in architecture, with at least 10 years of experience and local authority registration. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence project success and maintain effective communication across various stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in stakeholder management and planning processes.
• Must hold Local Authority Engineer registration and a B. Sc in Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning efforts and maintain stakeholder management register.
• Facilitate approvals and permits with government entities and project managers.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Planning Processes

Communication Skills

Risk Monitoring

Education

B. Sc in Architecture

Local Authority Engineer registration (DM Unlimited)

Membership of a professional body

Job description

EGIS is currently seeking a Senior Authority Coordinator, to be based in Dubai. The successful candidate will coordinate planning efforts affecting impacted stakeholders for all project plans, including governance and communication with end users and stakeholders to maintain a consistent and accurate message from project staff.

Responsibilities:

1. Maintains the implementation of the stakeholder(s) management register and updates as required.
2. Strong knowledge of planning processes is required to coordinate with the authorities and government entities for clarifications, justifications, and permits from statutory authorities.
3. Facilitates business leads, design engineers, and project managers with the overall permitting process to secure required approvals, NOCs, and project permits.
4. Ensures PMs deliver required documents on schedule and in accordance with Authorities’ requirements, guidelines and standard specifications.
5. Coordinates with Government authorities regarding project submissions, revisions, clarifications, approvals, justifications and approvals by statutory authorities.
6. Reviews all document completion processes to be submitted as required by the local authorities on behalf of EGIS.
7. Should hold current links at senior levels with Government and Utility providers.
8. Responsible for developing Stakeholder relationships as a face of EGIS.
9. Monitors project progress, periodically updates status via dashboards and notifies the head of AOR / PM of any potential risks in the permitting process that could impact the schedule.

Qualifications:

1. B. Sc in Architecture.
2. Local Authority Engineer registration (DM Unlimited).
3. Working towards or attaining membership of a professional body preferred.
4. Minimum 10 years post-undergraduate experience.