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By building trust and understanding, you will ensure our activities are clearly communicated, potential impacts are well managed, and community voices are heard and respected.\nYou will\nDevelop and maintain strong, positive relationships with communities in areas where SSEN Transmission is delivering projects or proposing network reinforcement.\nProactively engage with communities at the earliest stages of a project to build trust and facilitate open dialogue, helping to secure understanding and support for future proposals or construction works.\nLead on all aspects of community liaison, stakeholder engagement, issues management, and project communications within the post holder’s designated region.\nPlan, implement, and report on effective community engagement strategies, ensuring activities are timely, relevant, and accessible.\nEnsure all affected parties and stakeholders are kept informed about SSEN Transmission’s works, including potential impacts and mitigation measures.\nYou have\nFirst class interpersonal skills (external and internal audiences) to initiate leads, build, maintain and improve external contacts; and establish strong working relationships to enable the job holder to seek cooperation from, influence or motivate others to help resolve problems.\nEducated to degree level or have equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to speak publicly in front of large audiences.\nAbility to develop and manage healthy relationships in challenging project circumstances whilst negotiating and influencing internal and external organisations and individuals.\nBe a connector of people and information and can provide informed advice, rigour and challenge at team level to ensure that stakeholders views are given due consideration.\nAbout SSE\nSSE’s purpose is to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all.\nWe do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. This includes electricity transmission and distribution networks, onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power and flexible thermal generation. We also provide products and services for businesses and other customers.\nOur investment plan will see SSE invest £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure to 2030.\nSSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport electricity from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all - we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown power for the future and building the infrastructure needed for a cleaner electricity system to create secure power for generations to come.\nFlexible benefits to fit your life\nEnjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. 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