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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Start here. Grow Here.
We have an exciting opportunity for an
Associate Director
to join our
Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Communications team . We're looking for someone with experience leading consultation and engagement programmes during the consenting stage on Development Consent Order projects, who is passionate about delivering effective communications and who can demonstrate experience of engaging with and consulting a wide range of audiences to support complex projects. As our Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Communications team is national, and we support hybrid working we are flexible in terms of base location. This position can be based from our offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds or London. Responsibilities: Communications: Developing a communications strategy and delivery plans for major infrastructure projects, including DCOs. Developing themes, core messages and collateral for multiple audiences and stakeholders, including digital users, the media, local communities, statutory bodies, technical groups, and elected representatives. Managing communications channels. Engagement and Consultation: Identifying and mapping key stakeholders for client projects, and establishing an engagement strategy and delivery plans. Supporting consultation delivery, developing surveys, managing stakeholder feedback channels and analysing consultation responses. Planning and delivery of events, both physical and virtual, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all attendees, delivering logistics, developing tailored materials, developing Q&As and briefing colleagues. Client Relations: Providing strategic leadership to clients on consultation and engagement approaches across different planning regimes. Liaising with internal and external clients, ensuring a high level of customer service and ensuring accurate, timely reporting. Business Development: Helping support the growth of stakeholder engagement and communications services across AECOM, focusing on providing advice and support to teams across the UK and Ireland. This will require working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams. Identifying and delivering new business opportunities outside of AECOM. Responsible for writing tender and commercial responses. Project and Team Management: Managing a range of projects, project teams and budgets. Delivering on time and on budget, flexibly. Supporting junior colleagues to grow, including line management responsibilities. Qualifications: Here's what we're looking for: You have extensive experience of leading the communications and consultation activities on DCO projects during the consenting process. You are experienced in managing teams of different sizes and complexity, including supporting junior colleagues with their career development. You have a strong interest and experience in industry sectors relevant to our business (e.g. infrastructure, transport, energy, water, residential development, commercial development), and are confident engaging a variety of audiences and stakeholder groups. You're proactive and ambitious, work well both alone and in a team, and can bring about new ideas on engagement. You have great personal communication skills, are culturally aware, and have a strong focus on inclusion and accessibility. You have a keen eye for new business opportunities. You're willing to work flexibly and travel when required to meet with clients and project teams. You hold a Degree or a Masters in a relevant subject or an equivalent number of years of successful, relevant experience. Additional Information: Curious about the role or what it's like to work at AECOM? Come and follow us on our social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube). For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Anne Marie Flynn. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us. About AECOM: AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity: You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Associate Director
to join our
Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Communications team . We're looking for someone with experience leading consultation and engagement programmes during the consenting stage on Development Consent Order projects, who is passionate about delivering effective communications and who can demonstrate experience of engaging with and consulting a wide range of audiences to support complex projects. As our Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Communications team is national, and we support hybrid working we are flexible in terms of base location. This position can be based from our offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds or London. Responsibilities: Communications: Developing a communications strategy and delivery plans for major infrastructure projects, including DCOs. Developing themes, core messages and collateral for multiple audiences and stakeholders, including digital users, the media, local communities, statutory bodies, technical groups, and elected representatives. Managing communications channels. Engagement and Consultation: Identifying and mapping key stakeholders for client projects, and establishing an engagement strategy and delivery plans. Supporting consultation delivery, developing surveys, managing stakeholder feedback channels and analysing consultation responses. Planning and delivery of events, both physical and virtual, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all attendees, delivering logistics, developing tailored materials, developing Q&As and briefing colleagues. Client Relations: Providing strategic leadership to clients on consultation and engagement approaches across different planning regimes. Liaising with internal and external clients, ensuring a high level of customer service and ensuring accurate, timely reporting. Business Development: Helping support the growth of stakeholder engagement and communications services across AECOM, focusing on providing advice and support to teams across the UK and Ireland. This will require working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams. Identifying and delivering new business opportunities outside of AECOM. Responsible for writing tender and commercial responses. Project and Team Management: Managing a range of projects, project teams and budgets. Delivering on time and on budget, flexibly. Supporting junior colleagues to grow, including line management responsibilities. Qualifications: Here's what we're looking for: You have extensive experience of leading the communications and consultation activities on DCO projects during the consenting process. You are experienced in managing teams of different sizes and complexity, including supporting junior colleagues with their career development. You have a strong interest and experience in industry sectors relevant to our business (e.g. infrastructure, transport, energy, water, residential development, commercial development), and are confident engaging a variety of audiences and stakeholder groups. You're proactive and ambitious, work well both alone and in a team, and can bring about new ideas on engagement. You have great personal communication skills, are culturally aware, and have a strong focus on inclusion and accessibility. You have a keen eye for new business opportunities. You're willing to work flexibly and travel when required to meet with clients and project teams. You hold a Degree or a Masters in a relevant subject or an equivalent number of years of successful, relevant experience. Additional Information: Curious about the role or what it's like to work at AECOM? Come and follow us on our social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube). For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Anne Marie Flynn. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us. About AECOM: AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity: You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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