Assistant Knowledge Coordinator

Buro Happold group.; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Knowledge Management Coordinator in London or Bath. This dynamic role involves supporting global knowledge initiatives, enhancing collaboration across teams, and managing technical communities. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Buro Happold offers a supportive environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Attractive salary and benefits package

25 days holiday entitlement

Generous company pension scheme

Flexible benefits including cycle scheme and dental insurance

Enhanced parenthood leave policies

3pm finish on the last Friday of the month

Continuous development programme

Employee assistance programme

Social and outreach activities

Qualifications

• Proactive, organized, and tech-curious individual.
• Experience working with engineering or technical teams.
• Some experience in a comparable knowledge management capacity would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support global network of Knowledge Managers & champions.
• Manage technical communities and facilitate meetings.
• Provide SharePoint and Viva Engage support.

Skills

Communication

Facilitation

Collaboration

Organizational skills

Technical support

Education

Experience in knowledge management or information management

Tools

SharePoint

Viva Engage

Job description

Thrive on openness, respect, and collaboration? Good. Us too. Join us as a Knowledge Management Coordinator in either our London or Bath office.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with.From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

Your next role

The Knowledge Management (KM) Coordinator plays a pivotal role in supporting global knowledge initiatives across the business.Reporting to the Global Knowledge Leader, this role provides balanced support to Global Buildings Board, Building Environments and Building Structures teams, central coordination of global the global KM programme, and support for technical communities and knowledge champions.

This is a dynamic role for a proactive, organized, and tech-curious individual who enjoys working across multiple stakeholders and workstreams to enhance knowledge flow and collaboration.

Key Duties

• Support our global network of Knowledge Managers & champions, helping facilitate meetings, manage our SharePoint sites, develop comms, and roll out training
• Help manage our technical communities, including facilitation, meeting organisation, following up on actions, and rolling out community of practice training to leaders
• Provide SharePoint and Viva Engage support to our KM Champions
• Collaborate on analytics and progress reports for technical communities.
• Assist in technical training content development and onboarding processes.
• Support our technical and Discipline Unit Leads prepare quarterly progress reports
• Support Global Buildings Board activities, e.g.preparing for Regional Discipline Reviews, board meeting materials, and organising our annual technical conference.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently while seeking support when needed.
• Confident, and capable of managing multiple workstreams and stakeholders at various seniority levels.
• Clear in verbal and written communication, including presentations and reports.
• Experience in facilitating meetings and documenting actions to ensure productive outcomes.
• Comfortable with digital tools such as SharePoint; willingness to learn is essential.
• Experience working with engineering or technical teams
• Some experience in a comparable knowledge management or information management capacity would be advantageous.

What we offer

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us.Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another.Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [e-mail] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.