Senior Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Delivering for Communities. Leading for Tomorrow. Anglian Water is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Engagement Manager to lead the statutory stakeholder engagement strategy for major infrastructure programmes, including nationally significant schemes, and ensure successful planning outcomes while protecting and enhancing the company's reputation.

Requirements

• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline with significant experience leading stakeholder strategy on major infrastructure projects, including DCO and Town & Country Planning
• Proven track record delivering programme-level stakeholder and public affairs strategies across complex, high-value schemes
• Strong background engaging senior political stakeholders (MPs, councillors, regulators and regional leaders)
• Demonstrated leadership of high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams within matrix organisations
• Expertise in consultation strategy, statutory engagement and examination phases for nationally significant infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of regional political, regulatory and socio-economic landscapes
• Experience managing budgets for stakeholder engagement or communications programmes

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Flexible working options
• Private health care
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance at eight times your salary
• Annual bonus
• Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage
• Personal medical assessments
• Virtual GP service
• Cancer screening
• Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel and utilities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteer days