International Advocacy Specialist

Position description

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast-growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies. Anglo American is developing what will become the largest mine in the UK, the Woodsmith mine in North Yorkshire. Woodsmith will mine polyhalite, a mineral rich in crop nutrients.

Agriculture is facing a huge challenge: we must produce more food in the next four decades than we have in the last 8,000 years of agriculture combined, whilst addressing climate change and safeguarding soils. Our mission at Anglo American Crop Nutrients is to help farmers around the world increase crop production in a sustainable way by improving their efficiency, effectiveness, and flexibility through the use of polyhalite based products. POLY4, our innovative primary product is a multi-nutrient granulated fertilizer. With no chemical processing and low carbon footprint during manufacturing, POLY4 is suitable for organic farming and offers season-long crop nutrition, whilst potentially improving drought and disease resistance and improving soil health. We believe that it is transformational in helping address food security challenges in a sustainable way.

Job Description:

Join us as an International Advocacy Specialist where you will help execute the global government relations and advocacy strategy for the Crop Nutrients (CN) business in support of the business and marketing objectives. Priority geographies are the EU, USA, but the strategy will cover Brazil, China, India and other regions in due course. 

Your duties will include;

• Managing and tracking the execution of government relations and advocacy strategy in key international markets to support product positioning and market entry.
• Monitor and mapping of key regulatory and legislative changes linked to our business (for example issues linked to fertilisers, the agriculture sector, and related sustainability issues).
• Develop materials to participate in consultation where appropriate, briefing and messaging.
• Planning support to the product registration team and our ability to enter new markets.
• Develop materials and identify opportunities to secure change of government and societal attitudes to CN products.
• Profile building. Identify key stakeholders where required, through stakeholder engagement and support and participate in broader profile building opportunities.
• Attend events on behalf of Crop Nutrients as required.
• Partnerships: Build partnership opportunities with Governments, civil society organisations or multilateral institutions. 
• Identify sustainability trends to support strategic planning, project, and business development.
• Develop and manage systems for a global stakeholder ecosystem in order to be able to maintain and build relationships.
• Structure and maximise contracted agency relationships to ensure appropriate planning and in-country support.
• Work closely with Solutions and Market global team as well as Corporate Affairs team at Anglo American Group to develop the above strategy.
• Support the International Advocacy Manager, Head of Corporate Affairs & the wider business in all aspects of the International Advocacy pillar regarding the Corporate Affairs strategy.

Qualifications:

• A university bachelor’s degree or master’s qualification in an appropriate discipline (e.g. economics, political sciences, law, public relations). 
• Extensive experience in the corporate affairs and international relations space.
• Knowledgeable in governmental policy processes, how regulations and legislation is formed in different jurisdictions, and how the socio-political agenda influences these processes.
• Proficient in Global issues monitoring, prioritisation and management tools. 
• Established and demonstratable external stakeholder network.
• Experience of navigating multiple legislative landscape. 
• Climate change and sustainability trends experience.
• Strong ability to synthesise the impact of evolving policy and regulatory trends on a business environment. 
• A proven track record of working with the relevant industries, possessing a strong understanding of the principle issues affecting the sector.  

Additional information:

This role is based at Charterhouse Street, London. The candidate must be willing to travel regularly to North Yorskhire and globally as required.

Who we are:  We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources – diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel – our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.  

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