Senior Government Relations & Stakeholder Strategy

Petroleum Sarawak; Kuching; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic and inclusive work environment

Competitive compensation and benefits

Professional development opportunities

Transformative projects in Sarawak

Job summary

PETROS in Sarawak invites an experienced Government Relations professional to build credible relationships with government stakeholders, monitor priorities, and translate policy developments into actionable guidance for PETROS. The role coordinates across ministries, agencies, and public-sector partners to ensure timely, compliant engagements aligned with corporate objectives.

You will lead stakeholder engagement strategies, prepare briefing notes, and collaborate with Business, Regulatory &

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, international relations, law, communications, business, economics or another relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain government stakeholder maps, profiles, engagement histories and relationship plans for assigned stakeholders at federal, state, divisional and local levels, ensuring priorities, interests, influence, relationship objectives and engagement approaches are clearly defined and regularly updated.
• Build and sustain constructive working relationships with ministries, departments, statutory bodies, local authorities, elected representatives and other relevant public-sector institutions; plan and coordinate meetings, courtesy calls, briefings, site visits and follow-up actions so that PETROS engagements are purposeful, timely and consistent.
• Monitor government priorities, policies, announcements, legislative developments and stakeholder sentiment relevant to PETROS; verify information, assess potential business and reputational implications, and provide timely, evidence-based insights and recommended actions to management and affected teams.
• Prepare high-quality executive briefing notes, stakeholder profiles, engagement strategies, talking points, presentations, correspondence and post-engagement reports; consolidate subject-matter input and advise management on government processes, stakeholder expectations, protocol, timing and engagement risks.
• Partner with business and project teams to identify government stakeholders, engagement requirements, emerging concerns and relationship dependencies early in the project lifecycle, and coordinate cross-functional preparation without assuming the technical accountability of business owners or Regulatory & Permitting.
• Coordinate the assessment and resolution of government-related concerns, track stakeholder commitments and agreed actions to closure, follow up with accountable owners, and escalat…
• Maintain accurate records of engagements, correspondence, stakeholder concerns and outcomes; produce dashboards and reports on relationship health, priority issues and engagement performance; and ensure compliance with PETROS requirements on approvals, confidentiality, records, gifts and hospitality, and anti-bribery and corruption.
• Represent PETROS professionally at approved government meetings, working groups, industry forums and stakeholder events; contribute to annual Government Relations plans and risk reviews; and continuously improve stakeholder data, templates, engagement processes and institutional knowledge in support of Corporate Affairs priorities.
• Support management in the coordination of government-related issues, incidents, sensitive stakeholder matters and reputational risks by providing stakeholder intelligence, engagement support and response coordination.

Education

Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, international relations, law, communications, business, economics or another relevant discipline

Job description

PETROS in Sarawak invites an experienced Government Relations professional to build credible relationships with government stakeholders, monitor priorities, and translate policy developments into actionable guidance for PETROS. The role coordinates across ministries, agencies, and public-sector partners to ensure timely, compliant engagements aligned with corporate objectives.

You will lead stakeholder engagement strategies, prepare briefing notes, and collaborate with Business, Regulatory &