Senior Engagement Consultant (Midlands/North)

WSP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP’s UK-wide engagement team is growing, offering a role to shape how major projects connect with communities. You’ll contribute to public consultation and stakeholder engagement, collaborating across WSP to create clear communications that bring projects to life and ensure positive community experiences.

Join a supportive environment with senior mentors as you develop your engagement expertise on high-profile infrastructure programmes across water, health, energy and environmental sectors.

Qualifications

• Degree or comparable professional experience in a relevant field.
• Membership of a relevant professional or trade body is welcomed but not essential.
• Experience contributing to or leading engagement activities on multi-disciplinary projects is advantageous.
• Mentoring, supporting, or line-managing colleagues is valued.

Responsibilities

• Helping communities and stakeholders understand projects through clear communications.
• Providing opportunities for questions and feedback via publications, events, and surveys.
• Presenting feedback to shape project development and reporting themes.
• Advising and delivering engagement activities for UK and international clients, including virtual rooms, posters, banners, and maps.
• Managing projects to meet timelines, budgets, and resources for the client.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Team collaboration

Independent working

Education

Degree or comparable professional experience

Job description

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?

At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

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

Find out more about our Engagement and Consultation team

To learn more about the work we do and the impact you could make, visit our Engagement and Consultation business page and explore what a career at WSP could offer you: Stakeholder engagement and strategic communications | WSP

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

Work on landmark projects around the world and embrace opportunities to make an even bigger impact in the communities you care about. What if you could do the best work of your life and create a legacy for yourself?