Senior Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement & Consultation at Arup

Role
Through your work in this role, you will help strengthen our national consultation and engagement offer through the following types of activities

• Acting as a Deputy Stakeholder Engagement lead for projects
• Contributing to preparation of stakeholder and consultation plans
• Creating and publishing printed and digital communications materials and other collateral
• Assistance with management and delivery of public consultation events
• Overseeing the analysis and coding of consultation responses and production of coding frameworks
• Supporting author of consultation reports (statutory and non-statutory)
• Support in the management and facilitation of stakeholder workshops
• Support the development of new technologies and best practice techniques for consultation
• Identification and mapping of stakeholders and audiences

This Is An Opportunity To

• Further develop your understanding of the engagement, consultation and communications requirements under a range of statutory instruments and non-statutory guidance and support the development of others
• Develop and promote best practice on consultation within the team and be an advocate for this in the wider company
• Develop a range of consultation and engagement skills with a range of clients
• Work in a growing and high performing team and build relationships with other Arup disciplines
• Work on high profile projects of national and regional significance.

Essential Skills And Knowledge

• Demonstrable experience in delivering stakeholder engagement and consultation requirements for DCOs and TCPAs
• Excellent verbal communication and written skills
• Experience of supporting consultation events
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• The ability to think creatively and contribute to the development of a range of consultation and communications tools
• Ability/ experience to work as part of a team and manage people for consultation
• Emotional intelligence and the ability to negotiate and persuade

Qualifications

• Degree or Masters, or a Diploma qualified in communications, public relations, town planning or relevant discipline.
• Desire to work towards a chartered membership of a relevant professional institute for example Consultation Institute, Chartered Institute of Public Relations or equivalent. (This will be agreed and supported by the Midlands Planning Leader).

Desirable Skills And Knowledge

• Relevant sector experience (energy, transport, water) in communications, consultation and engagement
• Full driving licence.