Officer Community Liaison at American Tower Africa

Responsibilities

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE:

• Monitor and ensure internal processes, policies and SLAs are followed to guarantee approvals, Licenses and Permits are expeditiously obtained for site build.
• Develop and maintain beneficial relationships with key officials at the second and third tiers of government with a view to deriving benefit for ATC Nigeria.
• Continually scan the environment, advice and recommend strategies to the Zonal Regulatory Managers for meeting challenges posed by communities, government at the state and local government levels.

Community & Stakeholder Relations

• Handle and resolve community related issues which may arise during Zagreb, build to suit (BTS), and build to fill (BTF) projects.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, especially landlords and host communities, to the benefit of ATC Nigeria
• Act as primary interface between ATC Nigeria, non-governmental stakeholders and partners with a view to resolving disputes and disagreements that arise from such relationships
• In conjunction with relevant internal functions, ensure beneficial image for ATC Nigeria in the appropriate quarters at the state and local government level.
• Manage and advice Zonal Regulatory Manager on issues and challenges at the Zonal level.
• Contribute to the savings in the Region from negotiations with communities and government Agencies

Legal & Regulatory Support

• Ensure compliance to established reporting matrix for monitoring the achievement of zonal legal & regulatory goals to ensure harmony with ATC Nigeria objectives.
• Provide advice and support to other zonal managers to enable opportunity recognition and access and risk identification and mitigation.
• Ensure compliance to applicable regulations and monitor availability of all relevant documentation to meet compliance requirements at zonal level.

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• Co-ordinate with regional technical staff to enable opportunity recognition and access, and risk identification and mitigation for successful implementation of Zagreb, build to suit (BTS), and build to fill (BTF) projects.
• Ensure compliance to applicable regulations and monitor availability of all relevant documentation to meet compliance requirements at the zonal level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree, LL.B., BL.
• LL.M or post graduate degree in humanities is an added advantage
• 2—3years of varied experience in relating with government, community and managing community issues.