Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator
London/Essex
Permanent
Are you adept at building effective relationships with stakeholders, and motivated by politics and playing a key role to some of the UK’s most transformative infrastructure projects? Then join us to help deliver the infrastructure the country needs.
Join COWI International Team in the UK
COWI delivers some of the world’s most iconic infrastructure project and our External Affairs team links our highly skilled with effective stakeholder engagement and communications. We play a leading role in delivering engagement and communications for some of the UK's most important infrastructure projects and we are looking to bolster our team as these projects move forward to delivery.
Design the Future with Global Team of Experts
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and politically aware Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator to join our Essex and London based External Affairs team. Working with senior leaders, you will be responsible for helping projects build meaningful and effective relationships with MPs and other stakeholders.
On a day-to-day basis, you'll be responsible for:
1. Building relationships with key stakeholders
2. Developing and implementing engagement programmes with MPs, their offices and other stakeholders
3. Working closely with projects’ senior leadership
4. Anticipating and responding to key stakeholder queries and concerns
5. Keeping accurate, well written and timely records of all stakeholder interactions
6. Drafting high quality, well written reports, presentations, documents and briefings
7. Working with other External Affairs colleagues to support engagement events
Your Skills. Our Team. Together, We Design the Future
To succeed in this position, we believe that you'll be an open and honest person who is motivated to collaborate with others while keeping our clients engaged. You'll pursue new insights and constantly explore new ways to improve, while caring for and respecting our clients, your colleagues and the planet we live on.
You should have:
8. Experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with political stakeholders, specifically in the infrastructure and built environment sector.
9. The ability to work and quickly build credibility and trust with senior leaders and stakeholders.
10. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
11. An interest in politics, infrastructure and the built environment.
12. Meticulous attention to detail.
13. Understanding of the planning environment and political sensitivities associated with it.
14. Proficient interpersonal skills and the ability to schedule work, deliver to tight deadlines, respond to changing situations and use personal initiative.
15. Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.