Strategic Consent Lead

Strategic Consent Lead required for a major Offshore Wind Developer based in the United Kingdom.

Key responsibilities

Responsible for cohesion of Consent Strategy across Generation and Transmission DCOs and ensuring alignment of community stakeholder engagement strategy with Consent Strategy,.
Responsible for identification of project consent risk including cross functional risk between commercial development, consenting and stakeholder functions
Responsible for ensuring close cooperation between Consenting and Engineering team as required to maintain Project Design Envelope flexibility and manage consent risk
Responsible for driving cohesion between consent, commercial development and stakeholder teams including scheduling of pre-construction activities
Responsible for ensuring cohesion between the Examination and Pre Construction Discharge teams including consistency of approach to scheduling and budgets
Responsible for ensuring progress of pre-commencement activites to facilitate project programme
Support decision making during to develop recommendations for Project/Programme Directors
Support upcoming Ground Investigation Survey works from a Consenting point of view, incl. risk management and advice to the Engineering workstreamKey tasks

Define and manage risk across the respective project. Clear and proactive communication of portfolio risk to the project directors and Consenting workstream to manage issues across projects.
Prioritise risks for escalation to Project and Programme Directors in conjunction with Consenting Workstream
Internal Reporting /Examination and milestones and inputs to Board and Shareholder updates as required.
Oversee the development of positions on key consenting topics and proactively ensure alignment of key messages.
Define the direction of the pre construction discharge team and delivery required in parallel with pre-consent work.
Drive joined up approach to external stakeholder and community engagement.
Provide expert advice on advocacy requirements in respect of key project risks.
Drive delivery of key project documents, decision papers, gate