Stakeholder Engagement Manager

OCU; Oxford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

OCU is seeking a Stakeholder Engagement Manager in Oxford to build positive relationships with communities, local authorities, landowners, businesses, and other stakeholders across major infrastructure projects. This role focuses on transparent collaboration, and delivering engagement from early planning through delivery.

You will lead communications, organise public consultations and manage external consultants, ensuring consistent messaging with project teams and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder engagement, community relations, communications or public affairs.
• Proven ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex information clearly and effectively.
• Experience managing concerns and delivering successful engagement outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver stakeholder engagement strategies aligned to DNO and project requirements.
• Lead engagement with local authorities, communities, landowners, businesses, and affected stakeholders.
• Coordinate creation of public-facing communications including letters, factsheets, and information packs.
• Organise and support consultation activity such as public exhibitions, letter drops, and engagement events.
• Manage third-party stakeholder engagement consultants, ensuring quality and consistency of delivery.
• Work with consents, pre-construction, and delivery teams to ensure aligned messaging and planning.
• Collaborate with DNO stakeholder teams to support wider engagement strategies.
• Track, manage, and resolve stakeholder queries, feedback, and concerns in a timely and professional manner.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Community relations

Communications

Public affairs

Relationship building

Organisational & project management

Written communication & presentation

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Description

Regular Travel

Department: Regulated Power

Location: Oxford

Description

Location: Oxford | Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Office Based | Regular Travel

Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.

The Opportunity

As the UK continues to invest in its energy infrastructure, effective stakeholder engagement has never been more important. As a Stakeholder Engagement Manager at OCU, you'll play a key role in building positive relationships with communities, local authorities, landowners, businesses, and other stakeholders across major infrastructure projects.

Working within a large-scale power framework, you'll help ensure projects are delivered with transparency, collaboration, and clear communication. This is an opportunity to influence projects from the earliest stages through to delivery, helping to create positive outcomes for both our clients and the communities we work within.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and deliver stakeholder engagement strategies aligned to DNO and project requirements
• Lead engagement with local authorities, communities, landowners, businesses, and affected stakeholders
• Coordinate the creation of public-facing communications including letters, factsheets, and information packs
• Organise and support consultation activity such as public exhibitions, letter drops, and engagement events
• Manage third-party stakeholder engagement consultants, ensuring quality and consistency of delivery
• Work closely with consents, pre-construction, and delivery teams to ensure aligned messaging and planning
• Collaborate with DNO stakeholder teams to support wider engagement strategies
• Track, manage, and resolve stakeholder queries, feedback, and concerns in a timely and professional manner

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in stakeholder engagement, community relations, communications, public affairs, or a related discipline.
• Proven ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex or technical information clearly and effectively.
• Experience managing stakeholder concerns and delivering successful engagement outcomes.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable

• Experience within utilities, infrastructure, energy, construction, or regulated environments.
• Bonus if you have experience working with local authorities, landowners, and community groups on infrastructure projects.
• It would be great if you’ve coordinated consultation events, public exhibitions, or community engagement programmes.
• It would be great if you have experience managing third-party consultants or external service providers.
• Knowledge of planning, consenting, or infrastructure development processes would be advantageous.

What We Offer

At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.

Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.

As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.