Associate / Associate Director: Strategic Communications and Engagement in Birmingham

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s leading multi-disciplinary consultancy firms offering unparalleled opportunities for talented individuals in search of a rewarding career. Our UK strategic communications and engagement team works hand-in-hand with technical specialists to tell the story of our projects and give communities and stakeholders a chance to shape the infrastructure and development projects that affect them.

We support the delivery of successful planning consents, business cases and construction projects and help our clients to articulate their messages and engage a wide variety of stakeholders and audiences. We are looking for a passionate communications and engagement professional to join our growing team in Birmingham, UK at either Associate or Associate Director level depending on experience.

You will have experience of devising communications and engagement strategies and delivering large scale consultation programmes for infrastructure and/or regeneration projects. Experience of the rail sector is particularly desirable for this role.

Your role:

• Identify our project stakeholders and develop a plan to build relationships, communicate, consult and collaborate with them.
• Work with our graphics and visualisation team and technical specialists, to develop multi-channel communications content.
• Plan and run engaging workshops with communities and organisations, such as webinars, workshops and exhibitions in local venues.
• Plan and run large public consultations.
• Collate and analyse feedback received from the public, to inform the ongoing development of our projects and report back on our findings.
• Play an energetic part in business development for the team – including network building, identification of opportunities, bidding, client presentations.
• Manage projects and budgets – both standalone and as specialist team manager in multi-discipline teams.
• Mentor and develop more junior members of the team.

About you:

• Passionate about making the world a better place and ensuring communities have a real say in shaping our projects.
• Empathetic and able to build strong working relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Enterprising and confident, a team player but also able to work independently.
• Creative and a strategic thinker.
• A finisher, paying meticulous attention to detail and understanding the importance of excellent project management.
• Strong writing and communications skills, including explaining technical concepts to a non-technical audience, and a passion for creating engaging content across multiple channels.
• Comfortable with multi-tasking and change.
• Degree qualified and with appropriate experience for the role.
• Excited by the prospect of learning, growing and going through the many doors AtkinsRéalis offers.
• Commercially-aware with experience in business development and work winning is desirable.

Rewards & benefits:

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Security clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria.

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.