Stakeholder Engagement Facilitator and Community Liaison

About the role

Allied Talent Partners (ATP), a Three Cairns Group initiative, is recruiting a Stakeholder Engagement Facilitator and Community Liaison to support lender-appointed environmental and social advisory site visits for a rural infrastructure project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The role leads culturally appropriate grassroots engagement, enables independent communication with communities and authorities, and captures reliable stakeholder evidence for the advisory team. It reports to the Lead Environmental and Social Advisor.

Key responsibilities

• Lead inclusive, culturally appropriate stakeholder engagement during rural field visits, working independently of the client and its consultants while supporting the advisory team.
• Help the advisory team set engagement objectives, interview guidelines and field-trip schedules.
• Support advance permissions and engagement protocols with government officials and local stakeholders.
• Maintain detailed, confidential records of stakeholder interactions, including consented recordings, and write report-ready summaries within five days of returning from a field trip.
• Support approximately two-week field trips and raise risks related to stakeholders, safeguarding, access or communication promptly.

Required profile

• At least five years of community-level stakeholder engagement in French-speaking African settings.
• Secondary-school and post-school diploma education preferred; equivalent practical grounding in social sciences or facilitation is acceptable.
• Demonstrable experience facilitating community consultations and interviews in rural, culturally sensitive or logistically challenging settings.
• Experience compiling stakeholder inputs and summary reports for environmental and social monitoring or advisory reports.
• Experience working with government officials, local protocols or advance permissions.
• Fluent French required; working English desirable, conversational Swahili and Lingala strongly preferred.

Required skills

• Designing and facilitating stakeholder-engagement objectives and interview guidelines.
• Sound judgement on consent, confidentiality and accurate record-keeping.
• Producing concise engagement summaries in French or English within five days of a field visit.
• Building trust with grassroots stakeholders while remaining impartial, and escalating risks without representing the client.

The role is field-based with remote preparation and reporting, based in the DRC including remote rural locations. The contractor must accompany the Lead Environmental and Social Advisor on field trips of about two weeks, and the contract period is to be confirmed with the advisory workplan.