We are currently dealing with a client organization who are looking at recruiting on a contract basis for Strategic Partnership Manager (similar to a Stakeholder Manager or Project Sponsor type role) based in Birmingham working on the new Highspeed Rail project

Within the role youll undertake relationship management undertaking stakeholder management on a political level, dealing with landowners, main contractor amongst others.  As the Strategic Partnership Manager, you ll be responsible for supporting the development and establishment of strategic partnerships with key stakeholders along thein Phase one line of route, building collaborative working relationships and agreements that secure effective joint outcomes and maximise opportunity, while mitigating risk and impacts. Typical job duties can include, but not limited to:

• To be accountable for supporting the establishment of collaborative ways of working with defined and agreed stakeholders assisting in brokering, negotiating and delivering schemes that interact with the programme, agreeing joint ways of working that maximise opportunities whilst protecting delivery to cost and programme
• To be responsible for supporting the negotiation strategies for additional commercial agreements and variations to existing agreements that support the delivery of Phase 1
• To be accountable for supporting the management of agreed external relationships with strategic stakeholders
• To be responsible for working with stakeholders and Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) to deliver supplementary projects that sit outside of the Phase 1 Act that deliver additional benefit
• To be accountable for supporting the appropriate response to issues raised with strategic partners regarding opportunities to enhance project scope

 

Job Requirements

• Experience of working in a political and/or regulated environment/sector.
• Experience of providing counsel at a senior leadership level across an organisation on community engagement
• Experience of delivering projects to budget and quality requirements
• Experience of high-profile stakeholder management with public and/or private sector organisations
• Experience of working within communities, devising a strategy and managing the delivery of engagement activities in the public and/or private sectors, on infrastructure projects of similar scale, scope and complexity.

As mentioned, this position is based in Birmingham on a contract basis so could suit candidates in the surrounding West Midlands regions. If this position is of interest, then dont hesitate to contact Sebastian at Critical Project Resourcing.