Community Liaison job description

Job brief

We are seeking a customer-focused, highly collaborative, and business-minded community liaison to join our company. The focus of the role is to liaise between our organization and other entities and organizations to ensure the smooth running of acquisitions and business deals. Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in business, preferably in a similar role, will have a collaborative working attitude be able to communicate with various C-level executives at all levels, and be confident in building lasting and trusting relationships with partners, internal and external team members, and shareholders.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively the company's values, mission statement, and goals to various outside entities and other organizations to help further and improve the company's relationship with the external business.
•  Discuss and clarify the organization's goals and the external parties' goals, ensuring that collaboration is achieved to further these goals and ambitions for both parties.
• Understand and evaluate concerns and potential problems, ensuring that remedies are laid out and thought of in with both parties' requirements.
• Perceive and attempt to resolve queries and concerns before they arise.
• Develop and implement appropriate frameworks and project timelines.
• Produce reports on the viability and validity of the current collaborations and projects that are being undertaken to ascertain the viability of future endeavors.
• Provide support and guidance to external partners and people that you are collaborating with.

Requirements

• An associate degree in business or a related field would be an advantage
• Demonstrated experience in a similar role as a liaison or similar
•  ability to follow procedural guidelines
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to foster long-term business relationships with external entities
• Good computer skills with the ability to use all Microsoft Office packages
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Strong independent working abilities
• Good listening skills
• The ability to multitask and handle a high-pressured workload
• Highly organized and able to manage own workload