Senior Engagement and Interface Manager - IPT

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Job Description

Salary : Base salary: £47,450- £59,300 depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Senior Engagement and Interface Manager at HS2 you will be responsible for managing, coordinating and providing oversight to the EKFB Integrated Project Team, setting the strategy for local engagement and ensuring plans are driven by HS2's Community Engagement Strategy.

About the role:

Working within the Integrated Project Team (IPT) across the EKFB contract area covering the construction of HS2 between Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire and Southam in Warwickshire you will :

• Be responsible for ensuring plans for local engagement are in line with the Community Engagement Strategy and consistent with the approach set out by HS2
• Provide advice and guidance to the Project Director and delivery teams on all elements of community & stakeholder engagement across the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire area
• Oversee a regular programme of community engagement with a range of events and engagement forums
• Identify opportunities for innovation within engagement to improve and enhance the way we inform and involve people in the delivery of the railway
• Promote the benefits of HS2 - jobs, skills and education opportunities, funding available and community investment
• Work and build relationships with partners across the EKFB contract area - local authority, the Euston partnership, Network Rail, local organisations and community groups
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About you:

Skills:

• Prioritisation - Able to work to tight deadlines in a calm manner.
• Communication Skills - ability to present in a high profile public environment (including media)
• Documentation - ability to produce documents and reports which are clear and persuasive to tight deadlines
• Ability to provide oversight, assurance and guidance in a complex, political and fast paced environment.
• Ability to act objectively, while maintaining impartiality, integrity and independence.
• An ability to achieve personal credibility by exercising judgement and objectivity
• Ability to influence and listen, with the ability to develop collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders and partners.
• Able to manage political ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Planning and financial skills, with the ability to deliver projects and activities on time and within budget.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of the complex political environment within which HS2 operates, including relevant governance and accountability issues.

Type of experience:

• Experience of implementing innovative solutions in community engagement in a diverse and challenging environment.
• Experience of working in high-profile community or stakeholder management.
• Experience of successful delivery in a maturing environment against challenging timescales and developing requirements.
• Experience of providing counsel at a senior leadership level across an organisation on community engagement.
• Experience of working with external stakeholders and Delivery Teams, overseeing and managing the delivery of engagement activities.
• Experience of working in a political environment.
• Experience of dealing with fast paced local or national media.

Behavioural Competencies:

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with HS2 company values.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.