Health Impact Assessment Consultant (HIA) - UK Wide

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Health Impact Assessment Consultant to influence positive health and social outcomes across exciting major projects. This role involves working collaboratively with diverse teams to deliver impactful assessments, ensuring that principles of participation and sustainable development are embedded in project designs. You will play a key role in major project delivery, making a significant difference in health and social impacts while working within a supportive and inclusive culture. Join a company that values collaboration and offers a hybrid working policy, allowing you to thrive in your career while making a real difference in communities.

Qualifications

• Degree in public health or relevant discipline is essential.
• Experience in HIA projects or health assessments is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Influence health and social outcomes for major projects.
• Deliver high-quality HIAs and Social Impact Assessments.

Skills

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Data Interpretation

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Collaborative Working

Education

Degree in Public Health

Degree in Human Geography

Degree in Environmental Science

Job description

Health Impact Assessment Consultant (HIA) - UK Wide

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Our Water & Environment business is recognised as a leader in the provision of Impact Assessment consultancy services for innovative and exciting major projects across the UK and Europe. We were highly commended as Large Consultancy of the Year Award at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)’s 2023 Awards and are part of a company listed as one of the World's Most Admired Companies in engineering and construction by Fortune magazine. Our Sustainable Business Objectives define our aspirations for how we can make a difference in creating a sustainable future for all.

About the opportunity:

As a Health Assessment Consultant at Jacobs you will have the opportunity to influence positive health and social outcomes for some of the most exciting major projects in the UK, Ireland and further afield.

You will have a key role in major project delivery, working closely with our clients and helping to lead and build capacity in our health and social impact assessment workstreams. Your project experience will enable you to work collaboratively across diverse teams of environmental, planning and stakeholder engagement specialists, working as part of project teams to deliver high quality HIAs and Social Impact Assessments, embedding principles of participation, sustainable development and securing health gains and positive social outcomes in the design and delivery of our projects.

Our health and social assessment team specializes in consenting for nationally significant infrastructure projects across the UK, Europe and beyond. We provide technical expertise for clients and projects across a range of sectors such as water resource management, flood risk management, renewable energy, transport and global health. A significant proportion of our current workload is health and social assessment as part of EIA projects and as such we are part of the wider Water & Environment business, providing holistic services to help our clients meet their objectives across areas such as social value, sustainability and climate resilience.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

• A degree in public health or a relevant discipline (e.g. human geography, planning, environmental science or similar).
• Experience in the preparation and delivery of HIA projects or health assessments within Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for various sectors.
• A good understanding of key concepts such as wider determinants of health, health inequalities, vulnerable groups, population health, mitigation hierarchy and EIA process and legislation.
• Ability to interpret health data and present key health assessment findings in a manner appropriate for a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to scope proportionate health and social impact assessments and tailor approaches to be suitable for specific client requirements, sectors and jurisdictions.
• Strong organisational, communication and inter-personal skills and collaborative working capabilities to co-ordinate and work within multi-disciplinary and diverse teams.
• Chartered status and Full Membership of a recognised relevant professional body (e.g. IEMA) and/or registration on UK Public Health Register. Where a candidate does not meet this requirement, they would be expected to achieve this within their first year.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Women and Vetnet. Find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.