Stakeholder Liaison Lead, Highways Projects (Fixed-Term)

VolkerWessels UK; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work

Training opportunities

Flexible working

Employee Assistance programme

24/7 Virtual GP service

Job summary

VolkerLaser is recruiting a Stakeholder Liaison Officer to support the National Highways Framework, working across projects in Guildford and Southampton. The role represents VolkerLaser, coordinating customer and stakeholder engagements with the project team, ensuring timely programme updates and communications.

This fixed-term contract up to 2 years offers stability and the chance to contribute to public information events and media interactions, across a national highways context.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder engagement and communications.
• Familiarity with UK highways, public information events, and public inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Issue monthly or fortnightly stakeholder updates as the project progresses and hits key milestones / TM phase switches.
• Prepares responses to customer and stakeholder complaints and enquiries.
• Prepares wording for NH webpage updates and works with the NH Comms Team to ensure accuracy of social media posts.
• Support with narrative for any MP or Parliamentary briefings
• Attend site for any media interviews (could involve radio & TV filming / recording).
• Helps organise and plays an active role in Public Information Events, attending in person, in advance of construction.
• Attends the NH customer / network occupancy meeting every fortnight (known as the 'BULB') to give project programme progress updates.
• Ideally someone with familiarity of the Area 3 network and key stakeholders, such as Hampshire County Council

Job description

VolkerLaser is recruiting a Stakeholder Liaison Officer to support the National Highways Framework, working across projects in Guildford and Southampton. The role represents VolkerLaser, coordinating customer and stakeholder engagements with the project team, ensuring timely programme updates and communications.

This fixed-term contract up to 2 years offers stability and the chance to contribute to public information events and media interactions, across a national highways context.