Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas is a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC), delivering high quality services to help clients meet the growing challenges of quality, safety, environmental protection, and social responsibility.

As a trusted partner, Bureau Veritas offers innovative solutions that go beyond simple compliance with regulations and standards, reducing risk, improving performance, and promoting sustainable development.

Globally talking about BV, it has 1400 offices in 140 countries with thousands of employees.

Bureau Veritas Azerbaijan LLC is looking for a Stakeholder Engagement or community liaison Specialist who will involve leading collaboration with diverse stakeholders to enhance public participation and citizen engagement, facilitating consultative processes, building capacity, leveraging digital tools, ensuring diversity and inclusion, managing stakeholder relationships, and collaborating closely with the Project Implementation Unit.

  Main Duties

• Leads collaboration with public officials, civil society organizations, citizens groups and business leaders to enhance public participation and citizens’ engagement with public officials
• Facilitates consultative processes and supports government officials to institute/strengthen processes to solicit input from citizens and respond to their priorities.
•  Responsible for overseeing development and delivery of training, coaching, and learning activities that build capacity among government and non-government actors in public outreach and communication and increase citizens’ active and constructive engagement in local policy- and decision-making.
• Assists to tailor and harness digital tools and other available technologies for effective government-citizen communication and exchange
• Integrates measures and designs activities to ensure diversity and inclusion of all sub-groups in all aspects of the project
• Manages and oversee nature, extent and quality of relationships with stakeholder groups and local communities in a variety of sectors that can include renewable energies and electricity.
• Identifies and explains enabling factors and barriers that are affecting the stakeholder engagement process and makes recommendations for strengthening the enabling factors and removing the barriers.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates strategies for developing new relationships and enhancing existing relationships with stakeholders in above sectors.
• Collaborates closely with PIU.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or higher degree in social sciences, international development, or related fields.
• Preferably minimum 7 years of professional experience in the field of stakeholder’s engagement, community outreach, service delivery, capacity building, negotiation, and community socio-development.
• Previous experience in international financed projects in Azerbaijan is an advantage 
• For expats the knowledge of Azerbaijani language is an advantage 

Interested candidates are requested to send their CV to the following address mentioning the position and the salary expectation in the subject line.

Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the further stages of the recruitment process.

Bureau Veritas is an equal opportunity employer.  No job applicant or employee shall receive less favorable treatment because of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, color, race, ethnic origin, religion, disability or age.  

Bureau Veritas operates a strict Code of Ethics that ensures the proper conduct of our day-to-day business.