Senior 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 Local Government team in the South West as a Senior Engagement Consultant. This role can be based from either our Exeter, Bristol, Southampton or Taunton offices.

In this role you will help drive best practice in engagement, community relations, consultation and stakeholder management in the delivery of some of the most important projects to communities across the UK.

You will be supported by our team of sector specialists to undertake the public consultation and engagement element of our work on projects with our local government clients and will act as a trusted client advisor. You will also be responsible for working collaboratively with colleagues across WSP to deliver engaging communications.

You will do this by:

• Helping communities and stakeholders understand projects and how they 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 issues in reporting
• Supporting clients across the UK 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
• Engaging with clients, their leaders and members

To find out more about our Local Government team click on the following link