Senior Associate – Government Relations

JOB PURPOSE

• Assist in establishing relationship with Government authorities to ensure that all necessary permits and licenses for the development’s projects are obtained in a timely manner.
• Assist the PM team to the successful delivery of a major Infrastructure, Housing and Development projects.

• Assist processing of all required project developments and construction permits through external government agencies, and follow-up on the reviews and comments of approving agencies.
• Ensure close coordination with project teams as required to secure permits from relevant external/internal entities such as Government Authorities across Abu Dhabi Emirate.
• Coordinate with project teams as necessary to assure that all ongoing project development and construction projects are conducted in line with the licenses and permits obtained.
• Monitor related government laws and regulations affecting the development of the different projects and highlight any changes or amendments that might affect it.
• Ensure that all required permits are obtained in a timely manner to prevent any delays in the project delivery schedule.
• Assist the validation of prepared documents by the consultant and contractors for assets handing over.
• Learn and maintain assets handing over tracker and plan for each project to ensure and maintain the implementation of assets handing over plan.
• Coordinate and under supervision, take a lead in communication/ negotiation with local authorities for assets handing over process till signing assets handing over agreements.
• Report any potential that could affect the schedule of assets handing over ALDAR.
• Develop technical understanding of infrastructure sub-disciplines (roads, wet utilities, dry utilities).
• Support the collection, assimilation and communication of government in a timely and efficient manner.
• Attend to all critical issues to ensure that services are delivered in the most effective manner.
• Build strong stakeholder relations with the focal persons in the services provided to which will enable PM to avoid any delay related to authorities’ approvals.
• Learn and process coordinate tracking, managing and storing documents relevant to assets handing over for each project.

• Strong knowledge of construction-related policies and permits application processes.
• Strong network of key Government entities representatives.

• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
• Excellent oral and written English and Arabic.
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent planning and organization skills.

• Timeliness of permits applications.
• Effectiveness in permit/NOC approvals.
• Development & Portfolio Management Satisfaction.
• Timeliness in generating infrastructure designs.
• Number of design defects recorded post-delivery.

Bachelor degree, preferably in public policy, government, public administration