Associate Engagement Consultant

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you. A little more about your role… WSP has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our growing Engagement team. We drive best practice in engagement, community relations, consultation and stakeholder management in the delivery of some of the country’s largest infrastructure projects as well as delivering expertise within the water, health, energy and environmental sectors. Within our Land, Infrastructure Planning and Engagement business unit, your primary focus will be providing the engagement services across a number of large infrastructure projects across the UK. You will do this by: Managing and enabling your team to successfully deliver engagement and consultation activities across a range of multidisciplinary projects Having commercial responsibility for tender production and business development opportunities Identifying opportunities to embed global communications and engagement best practice Advising project teams and clients on stakeholder and community strategies for multi-disciplinary projects Developing and implementing the competency focused training programme for the team Planning and delivering stakeholder communication and consultations, including managing risks and issues, organising and managing public information events, and managing outputs to achieve engagement and consultation objectives Project managing schemes including resourcing, budget management and ensuring delivery to programme Delivering projects including resources, budgets and risk, in order to ensure projects are delivered on time and to budget Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects Acting as a people manager for engagement specialists YOUR TEAM You will be joining a UK-wide team of 40+ communication and engagement specialists who are passionate about what we do. Reporting to the Engagement Regional Team Lead, you will use your exceptional communication and engagement experience to manage existing projects and client relationships and build new partnerships. What we will be looking for you to demonstrate… Demonstrated experience in leading the DCO engagement process across large multidisciplinary infrastructure projects At least degree-qualified, or ten years’ experience in a related field Membership of relevant professional or trade body is desirable Experience in the road, rail, utilities, water, environment or energy sectors Preferred competencies: Strong team player with an enthusiastic and motivated attitude Proven line management experience including delivery of training initiatives Proven experience of effectively managing and building stakeholder relationships in complex environments Effective decision-maker with ability to act on own initiative Persuasive influencer with ability to strike rapport and exert strong negotiation and problem-solving skills Well ordered, structured approach to delivery of tasks, and flexible with ability to adapt within demanding and fast-changing environment Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills to manage a varied workload WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU Work-life balance? WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself. Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK. Inclusivity & Diversity? We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. Health & Wellbeing? We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Your development? We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring. APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP! #WeAreWSP Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application. Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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