Heathrow is the UK's premier international airport and one of the world’s major hub airports, flying people for business, tourism and to visit friends and relatives around the world. We provide the facilities and services for over 80 airlines flying around 75 million passengers a year to over 180 destinations worldwide and play an important economic role connecting the whole of the UK to global growth. As one of the largest single site employers there are over 76,000 people working at Heathrow, for over 400 companies, working together to achieve our vision of giving passengers the best airport service in the world. Heathrow is like a small city – fast moving, diverse, forward thinking – right at the heart of the nation’s global connections and with a world of opportunity.

Job Overview

The Heathrow Community & Stakeholder team is responsible for engaging with local stakeholders on a range of airport-related issues. Reporting to the Head of Community Relations this role will have oversight of Heathrow’s engagement with local authorities in order to support the DCO process and build positive relationships with key stakeholders.

Principal Accountabilities

• Leading on the development and implementation of engagement plans for priority local authorities
• Leading and co-ordinating engagement with local authorities on Heathrow’s consultation strategy and Statement of Community Consultation (SOCC) and ensuring feedback is incorporated
• Ensuring Heathrow delivers best practice engagement with local authorities during the DCO process including offering training on the Planning Act 2008 to local councillors and council officers
• Working with core stakeholder engagement team to ensure delivery of MOUs where relevant
• Managing engagement and communications programme with local councillors to ensure they have visibility of Heathrow’s community support and environmental acitivities
• Maintaining engagement grid and forward plan and undertaking regular stakeholder mapping
• Preparing briefing notes for CEO and Exec team and for ensuring records of all engagement are made and followed up
• Proactively monitoring the local political landscape and highlighting opportunities or areas for concerns for Heathrow

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https://heathrow.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?site=1&id=1747