Social Impact Specialist

5 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom AECOM Full time

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

**Job Description**:
Depending on your specific technical experience you will be accountable for:
+ Conducting and delivering projects across a range of social consulting and advisory projects where your activities may include planning, research, measurement, engagement or reporting;
+ Managing tasks and projects covering social impact or value delivery, quality and financial management;
+ Working alongside or supporting and mentoring team members to build their capacity and expertise;
+ Liaising and collaborating with colleagues, clients and their advisors to deliver work on time, budget and achieving excellence in delivery;
**+ Multitasking**: working across several projects and proposals at one time;
+ Preparing costed proposals and other business development materials (e.g. for webinars, flyers, case studies, etc.);
+ Building positive long-term client relationships;
+ Building internal networks to promote social impact, value and advisory services within AECOM;
+ Supporting the social impacts and value team leadership and wider Carbon & ESG practice leadership to identify and secure new internal and external opportunities; and

+ Assessing social and equality impacts using a range of social research methods including primary fieldwork, data analysis (qualitative and quantitative) and evaluation

Being part of the team

As one of the longest standing Carbon & ESG businesses in the industry, our team have been advising our clients on sustainability governance and performance for over 20 years - supporting not only infrastructure and energy but also our industrial clients. As one of our priority growth areas, the social impacts and value team as well as the wider Carbon & ESG practice fully aligns with AECOM’s Environment Water and Energy growth strategies and our Global Sustainable Legacies Strategy. Our collaboration with private and public sector clients is driven by a commitment to deliver on stakeholder expectations, anticipate and manage social and environmental risks and impacts, create social value and enable a just transition. Through our established skills in social value and equality, carbon accounting, net zero road-mapping and implementation, decarbonization and clean growth, ESG reporting, climate action and resilience, circular economy and, we pave the way for sustainable practices that align with global objectives and promote lasting positive impacts.

**Qualifications**:
+ Demonstrated experience and understanding of at least one or two areas below:
+ Knowledge and evidenced understanding of the implications of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to planning, major infrastructure, urban regeneration and environmental enhancement schemes.

+ Experience in social and/or equality impact assessment of projects, policies or plans.

+ Experience in quantitative and/or qualitative data collection and analysis.

+ Experience in measuring social value created by projects.

+ Knowledge and/or experience of using social value measurement tools such as the national TOMs framework.

+ Experience in human rights and modern slavery due diligence including in supply chains.

+ Some experience of project management, including client liaison and the financial management aspects.

+ Project and financial management experience;
+ Commercial awareness for business development, marketing, and proposal preparation;
**+ Problem solving abilities**: Self-starter, who can design and deliver work under own initiative.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public

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