**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. **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, Instructure Planning and Engagement business unit, your primary focus will be providing the engagement services across a number of large infrastructure projects across the UK. You will do this by: + Managing and enabling your team to successfully deliver engagement and consultation activities across a range of multidisciplinary projects + Having commercial responsibility for tender production and business development opportunities + Identifying opportunities to embed global communications and engagement best practice + Advising project teams and clients on stakeholder and community strategies for multi-disciplinary projects. + Developing and implementing the competency focussed training programme for the team + Planning and delivering stakeholder communication and consultations, including managing risks and issues, organising and manage public information events, and managing outputs to achieve engagement and consultation objectives. + Project managing schemes including resourcing, budget management and ensuring delivery to programme. + Delivering projects including resources, budgets and risk, in order to ensure projects are delivered on time and to budget. + Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects.   + Acting as a people manager for engagement specialists. **YOUR TEAM** You will be joining a UK-wide team of 40+ communication and engagement specialists who are passionate about what we do. Reporting to the Engagement Regional Team Lead, you use your exceptional communication and engagement experience to manage existing projects and client relationships and build new partnerships. You will be based in our key offices where the office is designed to provide an exceptional working conditions and a collaborative environment. The office is centrally located within walking distance of public transport. We offer flexible working with team days in person mixed with working from home days. **What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…** + Demonstrated experience in leading the DCO engagement process across large multidisciplinary infrastructure projects. + At least degree-qualified, or ten years’ experience in a related field. + Membership of relevant professional or trade body is desirable. + Experience in the road, rail, utilities, water, environment or energy sectors. Preferred competencies: + Strong team player who has an enthusiastic and motivated attitude + Proven line management experience including delivery of training initiatives + Proven experience of effectively managing and building stakeholder relationships in complex environments. + Effective decision-maker with ability to act on own initiative + Persuasive influencer with ability to strike rapport and exert strong negotiation and problem-solving skills. + Well ordered, structured approach to delivery of tasks, and flexible with ability to adapt within demanding and fast-changing environment. + Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills to manage a varied workload. **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.** **\#L1-JC2** We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. **WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?** **Work-life balance** At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK. **Inclusivity & Diversity** We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity. **Health & Wellbeing** We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package. **Flex your time** To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you. **Your development** We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership. **\#WeAreWSP** _Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application._