Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Job Description

Salary: £50k - £60k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)Role type: Permanent (fixed term contracts and freelance also considered)Hybrid working: 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home per weekReference: REQ3460Do you want to be a part of an innovative and supportive team, where there are great opportunities for career progression and developmentThis is an important role, supporting the Senior Stakeholder Strategy Manager to shape and deliver our stakeholder engagement strategy.We are looking for a collaborative team player to join our small strategic stakeholder engagement and research team.You will be responsible for the design, development and delivery of a high-quality comprehensive engagement programme which will shape our business plan to ensure it reflects the needs of our stakeholders.Our stakeholders have told us to invest in low carbon energy solutions (such as biomethane and hydrogen) to help the UK achieve net-zero. In addition, stakeholders have told us that they want SGN to continue to support customers in vulnerable circumstancesand those in fuel poverty. This role will play an important part in helping SGN make a positive impact by listening to our stakeholders.You will be working in close collaboration with our Stakeholder Project & Events Manager, who is responsible for the organisation of events (i.e., scheduling planning meeting and live events, booking venues, sending event invites, managing breakout rooms).Engaging with a wide range of external stakeholders, you will deploy a range of tailored engagement mechanisms, continually reviewing and adopting innovative methods of engagement where appropriate.Key responsibilities include:

• Provide expert engagement advice to colleagues across the business and support their stakeholder engagement requirements.
• Collaborate with other departments to uncover their engagement needs, define objectives, develop clear content in PowerPoint, facilitation plans, and discussion topics.
• Create and present high-quality stakeholder event reports focusing on actionable insights and recommendations. Reports and presentations will be required for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide regular engagement updates to the senior leadership team and challenge groups.
• Write content for newsletters, conferences, and industry events.
• Oversee the coordination of our community strategy.

What you’ll need

• An excellent oral and written communicator, you should have significant stakeholder engagement experience or be able to demonstrate success in a directly related role.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent, this role requires a strategic approach combined with effective tactical delivery.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills as well as a sound working knowledge of PowerPoint, Word and Excel are essential for this role.
• Experience in delivering in person and online events (using MS Teams).
• Experience in the utilities sector and specifically of the price control process would be a distinct advantage.
• A team player with the ability to network with colleagues and collaborate effectively.

If you don’t have all the qualifications, we would still love to hear from you… we provide our own specialised learning and development programs, providing access to learning tools to help you acquire the skills needed to excel in our environment.What’s in it for you

• Job security and genuine learning and development opportunities
• Holiday and sickness package
• HolidayPlus - Buy up to 10 additional days holiday, available all year round
• Retail & leisure discounts
• Cycle2work scheme
• Company pension scheme - with company contributions between 6 -12% (depending on length of service and personal % contribution)
• Gym & mobile discounts
• Virtual GP - Our GP Helpline is a virtual GP service which offers unlimited access to GP at a time which suits you

What we do…We’re on a journey to transform the future of gas and we think outside the box - futuristic technologies and robotics are leading our innovation. Keeping our customers safe and warm is what we do but beyond that, we want to make the world a better place,which is why we’re passionate about helping in our communities, reducing our carbon footprint and driving innovation in our industry.At SGN, we strive to sustain our world through managing the network that distributes natural and green gas across the south of England and Scotland. We have an important responsibility to keep the gas flowing to 5.9 million homes and businesses. Your workdirectly impacts SGNs commitments to keeping our customers’ homes and businesses safe.SGN is an Equal Opportunities EmployerFostering a diverse and inclusive culture is something we are passionate about working towards at SGN. We want our workplace to be an innovative and inclusive place to work, where every single person feels empowered to achieve professional success. We arecommitted to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employmentdecisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.