Assistant Engagement Consultant

WSP in the UK; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in a collaborative environment where you will join a passionate team dedicated to stakeholder engagement. You will play a pivotal role in communicating vital information to communities and stakeholders, ensuring their voices are heard in major infrastructure projects. Your work will involve crafting clear messages, organizing events, and analyzing feedback to enhance project development. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact while working alongside a talented group of professionals committed to excellence. If you are ready to embrace a dynamic and rewarding career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Collaborative office environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified with experience in stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Support public consultation and engagement on major infrastructure projects.
• Write clear communications to help stakeholders understand project impacts.

Skills

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analysis

Organizational Skills

Writing Skills

Event Management

Adaptability

Education

Degree in a related field

Membership of relevant professional body

Tools

Social Media Channels

Digital Communication Tools

Job description

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.

To find out more about our Engagement business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Stakeholder engagement and strategic communications | WSP

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, you will be supported by our team of senior engagement specialists to support the public consultation and engagement element of our work on projects. You will also be responsible for working collaboratively with colleagues across WSP to deliver engaging communications.

You will do this by:

1. Helping communities and stakeholders understand projects and how it may impact them by writing easy to understand communications.
2. Giving people opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback through publishing communications, organising events logistics and helping to run surveys.
3. Presenting feedback to help projects develop in a responsible way by understanding and data coding and helping prepare reports.
4. Supporting our clients based around the UK and internationally by attending and minuting meetings, ensuring accuracy in our documents and reports and tracking stakeholder engagement.
5. Proactively supporting your teams (project, location and Engagement) to deliver quality communications and engagement activity.

YOUR TEAM

You will be joining a UK-wide team of 50+ communication and engagement specialists who are passionate about what we do. Reporting to one of the Regional Team Leads, you will be a key member of the team supporting projects and the team to deliver on time and on budget.

You will be based in one of our key offices in Cardiff where our offices are designed to provide a collaborative environment. Our offices are centrally located within walking distance of public transport.

We offer flexible working with a number of team days in person mixed with working from home days.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

Preferred qualifications / education:

1. At least degree-qualified, with experience in a related field.
2. Membership of relevant professional or trade body is desirable.
3. Experience in the road, rail, utilities, water, environment or energy sectors.
4. Well ordered, structured approach to delivery of tasks, and flexible with ability to adapt within demanding and fast-changing environment.
5. Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills to manage a varied workload.
6. Have great writing skills and pay attention to details.
7. Have demonstrable communication or engagement experience.
8. Ability to analyse quantitative and qualitative data collected as part of the consultation process.
9. Knowledge of social and digital media channels with a view to using these to better connect with target audiences.
10. Knowledge of drafting and print processes to deliver printed documents for events.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.