Engagement Consultant

Vacancy ID:

- 032570
- Town:

- London
- Closing Date:

- Salary:

- £26,000 - £31,000

**Engagement Consultant**

**London**
- Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings, is a leading multi-disciplinary design, engineering and landscape architecture consultancy whose highly talented people are passionate about creating places that are attractive, innovative, sustainable and safe. Led by a forward-thinking management team we work together in multi-disciplinary teams that provide services that are well thought-out and sustainable. Our approach to integrated design produces award winning results that have won international recognition.- We are driven to deliver quality and have an accredited quality management system and thorough project management processes. Built into this is a commitment to provide the very best in sustainable design and we are consistently looking for ways to design in low carbon, sustainable measures. Health and safety is important to us and an integral part of our business practices, training and ethos.- Recognising that our strength is the people we employ Project Centre is committed to equality of opportunity and employment, providing a workplace free of discrimination - we are also an Investors in People Champion.**An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engagement Consultant to join a leading consultancy that delivers planning, design, highways and traffic engineering, landscape architecture and engagement services.**
- Project Centre is a people focused organisation. We care about our colleagues and part of that is to help every employee to achieve a healthy work-life balance. As standard we offer flexible working to everyone, with core hours of 10am till 4pm Monday to Friday, and the ability to work remotely when needed.- If you aspire to really making a difference and want to work with great colleagues whilst advancing your career, then Project Centre could be the place for you.**A bit about the role**:

- Our team helps clients connect with their communities and stakeholders, and involve them in the decisions that impact the way they live, work and travel. We deliver public consultation, community engagement and behaviour change programmes, and analyse the outcomes of these to shape how local authorities deliver projects. This role will work alongside our Senior Engagement Consultants to develop and implement effective engagement plans and activities for our clients, securing buy-in from a diverse range of stakeholders.- Your work will be varied and during a typical week, you could be:
- Drafting engaging content for different channels, including leaflets, web and social media
- Showcasing your written communication skills, including responding to stakeholders’ queries, developing FAQs and key messages
- Creating web pages, surveys and digital outlets to gather feedback from the community and stakeholders
- Supporting at face-to-face and online events such as workshops and drop-in sessions, developing your organisation and facilitation skills
- Data input of engagement feedback and building your data analysis skills
- Improving your project management skills, including designing project schedules and liaising with relevant suppliers ensuring that projects and actions are delivered on time
- Ensuring that client brand guidelines are followed in content and design

**A bit about you**:

- You will:
- Have 1-2 years’ experience working in either a consultation, engagement, communications or public affairs environment
- Be extremely organised and adaptable to changing priorities and deadlines
- Excited about learning and growing in a communications and engagement role
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues
- Experience using Photoshop, InDesign and GIS (this is not mandatory for the role, however strong design skills would be favourable)

**The position comes with**:

- £26,000 - £31,000 per year (depending on experience)
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Private Health Care
- Continuous training and development
- Plenty of company organised social functions