Corporate Affairs and Community Relations Officer

About this role

A Corporate Affairs and Community Relations Officer is needed to protect and enhance the client company’s reputation during construction and commissioning activities at the Ajaokuta Mini Project in Kogi State. The role involves engaging host communities, local government and other stakeholders, managing communications, stakeholder mapping, grievance handling, and coordinating CSR and community development efforts. The position supports transparent recruitment and supplier outreach and requires maintaining registers and producing monthly reports. The employer, a management consulting firm, focuses on HR advisory services and culture transformation and is building a lean, high-accountability execution team for the project.

What you would do

• Maintain the communications plan and ensure public statements reflect project status
• Develop stakeholder mapping and an engagement calendar for host communities, traditional rulers, youth and women’s groups, and local government
• Operate a documented grievance mechanism from intake to closure
• Coordinate advance notices and briefings for abnormal-load equipment movements with relevant teams and authorities
• Support transparent local recruitment communications and supplier outreach
• Coordinate CSR and community development proposals against policy and budget
• Maintain stakeholder, grievance, commitments and media registers and prepare monthly reports

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree in mass communication, public relations, social sciences or a related field
• 5+ years of corporate communications or community relations experience in energy, construction or infrastructure
• Experience managing grievances and engaging host communities, traditional institutions and government
• Strong written and spoken communication; ability to communicate clearly in English; local language skills are an advantage
• Familiarity with Kogi State and the Ajaokuta area is an advantage
• Cultural sensitivity, discretion and sound judgement

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