Community Relations Manager

About the Role
As the Community Relations Manager, your role will be to support and develop Whitehaven Coal’s and associated entities social license and relevant approvals.  With excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, you will be able to drive and develop positive relationships with the local communities, including neighbouring landowners, community organisations, government authorities and other key stakeholders within the business. 

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with the local community including liaison with relevant stakeholders, responding to complaints and resolving issues / disputes
• Support Whitehaven events with the stakeholder engagement dimensions for tenements, approvals and modification processes, including drafting and implementing stakeholder engagement plans in line with best practice approaches for the resources sector
• Support engagement with Councils and other Government stakeholders to ensure Whitehaven Coal’s aims and objectives are met
• Provide sites with support for Landholder engagement, site-based community risk and CCC coordination
• Support the implementation of the Whitehaven Stakeholder Engagement Strategy.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive knowledge of the local area and community
• Experience in community management, preferably within the mining sector
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Conflict resolution skills.

Why WhitehavenCoal?

• Career Development, Mentorship and Coaching
• Full Relocation Packages
• Access to Salary Packaging Including Novated Leasing
• Salary Sacrifice Opportunities
• Bonus Scheme + $1k Company Shares
• Employee Referral
• Scheme - $3000 for Successful Referrals!
• 26 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

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