Overview

American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.

We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded company (NYSE: AMT), headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Fortune 500 company. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Grow your career with us!

Job Position: Officer, Community Liaison
Location: Rivers

Job Responsibilities
Regulatory Compliance:

  1. Monitor and ensure internal processes, policies and SLAs are followed to guarantee approvals, Licenses and Permits are expeditiously obtained for site build.
  2. Develop and maintain beneficial relationships with key officials at the second and third tiers of government to derive benefits for ATC Nigeria.
  3. Continually scan the environment, advise 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:

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

Legal & Regulatory Support:

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

Operational Support:

  1. Coordinate 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.
  2. Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and monitor the availability of all relevant documentation to meet compliance requirements at the zonal level.

Qualifications

  1. Bachelor’s Degree, LL.B., BL.
  2. LL.M. or a postgraduate degree in humanities is an added advantage
  3. 2 – 3 years of varied experience in government, community and managing community issues.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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