Stakeholder Engagement Manager

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ERM, the worlds largest pure-play sustainability consultancy, are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Stakeholder Engagement specialist to join our growing Social Sustainability team at Managing Consultant level (in between Senior and Principal career levels). Hybrid working can be considered from any of our 16 UK offices, although you’ll be best connected with your team if based in Manchester, Bristol or London.

At ERM, we wrap our social elements of sustainability into one team and bring it all under one big umbrella. Our team is concerned with how the transition to a low carbon future impacts society and how society is consulted on the activities that impacts them. We explore themes such as climate justice, just transition, economic restructuring, equity, social license to operate, social performance, social value and social investment. 

We work across a wide variety of sectors including major infrastructure, renewables, diversified power, technology, transport, finance, and government organisations. Examples of our diverse clients include SSE, RWE, ESB, Voltalia UK, World Bank, Google, Microsoft, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Equinor, HS2 Ltd and Shell.  

For this role you’ll be interested in how infrastructure affects local communities. You will help manage impact assessments, review evidence, research policies, engage with stakeholders, conduct consultations, and write reports. You’ll supervise project teams, work with existing clients, build relationships with new clients, and help us win more business, contributing to company growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage programmes of stakeholder engagement on infrastructure projects, including management of project scope and budgets across delivery team; 
• Lead stakeholder engagement interface with clients and provide advice around stakeholder engagement and consultation activities;
• Oversee production of materials to support engagement and consultation activities e.g. stakeholder engagement plans, consultation materials and consultation summary reports;
• Work closely with wider Capital Project Delivery project managers, EIA managers and environmental topic teams e.g. Planners, to ensure alignment with consenting requirements; and
• Undertake engagement with project stakeholders across local authorities, government, statutory and non-statutory bodies (including environment & technical organisations), industry & business, land & property and communities;
• Lead the writing and preparation of work-winning and business development activities, including proposals, client presentations, and technical marketing initiatives.

Why join ERM?

Flexible working to suit your life – need to do the school run? Not a problem! More productive and happy if you work from home a few days per week? Go ahead! Love to travel? Ask about our Cross Border Remote Working! You’ll have 25 days annual leave + public holidays, 6% employer pension contribution, twice annual promotion opportunities, annual salary review and performance related bonus, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, EV car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work scheme, travel season ticket loan, volunteering and Give As You Earn opportunities, employee assistance programme and premium account for Calm (the #1 app for sleep and meditation) in order to look after your wellbeing, plus discounts on gym membership and gift cards for a wide variety of retailers and restaurants.

We offer employees a safety first, diverse and inclusive culture in which difference is embraced, valued and celebrated. Through the ERM Foundation we provide support for nonprofit organisations and social enterprises that share our commitment to creating a more sustainable and equitable world.  With a robust career framework in place and 20+ technical communities of global experts you can join, there are great opportunities to advance your career here at ERM.

Essential skills

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as Environmental, EIA, Planning, Sustainability, ESG
• Experience working in a Consultancy environment
• Knowledge of UK Infrastructure sector
• Experience of UK planning regimes e.g. TCPA and DCO
• Strong project management experience and skills including scopes of work and budgets
• Comfortable and confident engaging with all types of stakeholders, including client and attending village hall meetings with communities
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Analytical and inter-personal skills with diligent attention to detail
• Fluent in spoken and written English

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