Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Communications

Job Description

• We have an exciting opportunity for a Stakeholder Engagement Consultant to join our growing Stakeholder Engagement, Consultation and Communications team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering complex projects , and who can support effective communications and engagement with a wide range of audiences to support.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Communications:

• Support the development of communications strategy and delivery plans for major infrastructure projects, including Infrastructure Consent projects and Development Consent Orders (DCO)
• Developing themes, core messages and collateral for multiple audiences and stakeholders, including digital users, the media, local communities, statutory bodies, technical groups, and elected representatives
• Identifying creative ways to communicate complex ideas to a wide audience
• Managing communications channels and engaging directly with local communities

Engagement and consultation:

• Identifying and mapping key stakeholders for client projects, and establishing an engagement strategy and delivery plans
• Supporting consultation delivery, developing surveys, managing stakeholder feedback channels and analysing consultation responses
• Planning and delivery of virtual events, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all attendees, delivering logistics, developing tailored materials, developing Q&As and briefing colleagues

Client relations:

• Liaising with internal and external clients, ensuring a high level of customer service and ensuring accurate, timely reporting

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for

• You have experience working with in the communications or public affairs sector, or in a relevant role within the infrastructure sector.
• You have a strong interest in industry sectors relevant to our business (e.g. infrastructure, transport, energy, water, residential development, commercial development) and are confident engaging a variety of audiences and stakeholder groups.
• You’re proactive and ambitious, work well both alone and in a team, and can bring about new ideas on engagement.
• You have great personal communication skills, are culturally aware, and have a strong focus on inclusion and accessibility. For you, giving people a chance to influence projects that are delivered in and around their communities for the better, is key.

Qualifications

• You hold a Degree or a Masters in a relevant subject (for instance: Social Science, History, Politics, Geography, Language and Literature, Law, Business…)