Senior Stakeholder Engagement Lead Senior Stakeholder Engagement Lead Iberdrola Remote · Cambus[...] in Edinburgh

The Stakeholder Engagement Lead is responsible for delivering effective stakeholder and community engagement strategies in a geographical region for projects across the full breadth of the SPT portfolio. The role holder will manage a team of Community Liaison Officers and a Content Creator with the objective to protect and enhance our corporate reputation and promote awareness of the SP Energy Networks’ brand by building strong relationships across the licence area. The role will ensure proactive communication and ongoing engagement throughout the project lifecycle – development, consenting and delivery phases of major transmission investment projects – and will be responsible for directing the work of the team on a day-to-day basis as well as leveraging active support from corporate functions (Media, Government Affairs & Communications) as and when required. The role will also include fostering collaboration with contractors to drive social value, manage events, media, and digital content to maintain a positive profile. By implementing efficient engagement processes, capturing feedback, and evaluating effectiveness, this position contributes to transparency, trust, and the successful delivery of strategic business objectives.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the Stakeholder & Community Liaison Manager to deliver consistently high levels of stakeholder engagement internally and externally across the Licence area. This would include developing bespoke communication plans covering the full life cycle of each project and managing their implementation throughout.
• Support the development and implementation of community stakeholder and consultation as part of the consenting process for transmission investment projects – positively influencing approach and planning, developing and delivering communications plans and materials and supporting all external engagement.
• Lead a region-focused team to build positive and beneficial local relationships to enhance consenting and delivery engagement throughout the full project life cycle.
• Develop relationships with framework contractors and lead partnership working to create and deliver social value and positive and proactive community engagement.
• Support stakeholder, community engagement and consenting processes for Strategic and Core projects by creating and managing communication plans, developing materials and leading on community-based meetings, briefings and activities.
• Develop and deliver communication activities to support, promote and positively profile all aspects of our stakeholder and community engagement, the consenting process and development and delivery of major transmission investment projects.
• Lead and direct the team to enable development opportunities, managing the day-to-day activities of their team and also organising the pipeline of work, for the short and long-term, assessing against the resource capacity of the team.

What you’ll bring

• Degree Professional qualification in Communications, or equivalent qualification and/or experience.
• Experience in developing and maintaining stakeholder networks both internally and externally.
• Proven experience of excellent engagement and community liaison across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Proven experience of working across multiple types and sizes of projects, ensuring stakeholder and engagement plans are appropriate and measured.
• Excellent interpersonal skills enabling role holder to build and maintain strong working relationships to build credibility and trust within the team, the wider business and external stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels both verbally and written to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound judgement to determine options and solutions.
• Capability to manage and influence challenging discussions/situations at all levels.
• Understanding of key business drivers and the external commercial context in which SP is operating.
• Ability to manage bespoke projects to ensure positive and ongoing stakeholder engagement.
• Managerial experience, ideally in a project or energy industry environment.
• Full UK Driver licence.

What’s in it for you

• A competitive salary, reviewed annually.
• Triple matched pension scheme contribution up to 10%.
• 36 days annual leave.
• Holiday Purchase option for additional leave.
• Share Schemes.
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding.
• Technology Vouchers.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes.
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans.
• Healthcare benefit options including Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments.
• Life Assurance (4x salary).
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support.
• Shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more.

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses across Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044, and we’re taking it very seriously, investing more than £5.5 billion into our transmission network to support renewable energy growth. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.