Senior Engagement Consultant

A little more about your role

You'll be joining WSP's expanding UK wide Engagement team of 60 plus, where you'll play a meaningful role in shaping how major projects connect with communities. Working on some of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes-as well as projects across the water, health, energy and environmental sectors-you'll help deliver engagement that is thoughtful, impactful and built on best practice.

As part of our Planning and Consents business unit, you'll be supported and mentored by experienced senior engagement specialists as you contribute to public consultation and stakeholder engagement activities. You'll also collaborate closely with colleagues across WSP, helping to create clear, engaging communications that bring projects to life and ensure a positive experience for the communities we work with.

This is a great opportunity to grow your engagement expertise while working on high profile projects in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• helping communities and stakeholders understand projects and how it may impact them by writing easy to understand communications
• giving people opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback through publishing communications, organising events and running surveys
• presenting feedback to help projects develop in a responsible way by understanding and interpreting data and presenting themes and key issuesin reporting
• supporting clients based around the UK and internationally by providing communication and engagement advice and activities such as developing virtual consultation rooms, posters, banners and public facing maps as well as community engagement events
• managing projects ensuring that your timeline, budget and resources are delivering for your client.

What we would be looking for you to demonstrate

• You'll bring either a degree or comparable professional experience in a relevant field.
• Membership of a relevant professional or trade body is welcomed but not essential.

Relevant Experience

• Experience in one or more of the following sectors: roads, rail, utilities, water, environment, or energy.
• Experience contributing to or leading engagement activities on multi disciplinary projects, which may include:
  • Supporting or developing stakeholder engagement approaches
  • Delivering or assisting with consultations
  • Analysing qualitative or quantitative data
  • Contributing to reports that meet legislative or regulatory requirements
• Experience mentoring, supporting, or line managing colleagues is valued

Skills and Attributes

• You enjoy collaborating with others, while also being comfortable working independently when required.
• You have a thoughtful, organised approach to your work and can adapt to changing priorities in a fast paced environment.
• You pay close attention to detail and take pride in producing high quality work.
• You communicate clearly and confidently, both in writing and verbally.
• You bring curiosity, motivation, and an interest in developing your career within communications and engagement.
• You value inclusive, respectful engagement and are keen to work with a wide range of stakeholders, communities, and colleagues.

The Consultancy hierarchy structure:

• Assistant Consultant Consultant Senior Consultant Principal Consultant Associate Associate Director Technical Director Director