Stakeholder Engagement Consultants

Our Engagement, Communication and Communities (ECC) team is a founding member of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) and works to help projects and organisations — large and small — have significant conversations and connections with their communities and stakeholders at all stages of project planning and delivery, reducing risk, handling outrage and creating lasting community and project benefits.

We are seeking hardworking and committed **Stakeholder Engagement Professionals **of varying skill levels to join GHD’s fast-growing ECC team to work on high profile projects.

We specialise in opening the lines of communication to show the value of a project and create opportunities for people to understand and participate in decisions that affect them, achieving projects that are better planned and delivered and with better outcomes. We work on projects for government and private sector organisations spanning the transport, energy, water, environmental and property and building markets - offering our clients strategic advice, practical solutions, experience, and insight.

**As a Consultant in our Engagement, Communication and Communities team, you will work with a variety of public and private sector clients and will be involved in**:

- Stakeholder and community engagement strategies, planning, program delivery, reviews and evaluations
- Communication strategies, tools and tactics for projects and programs crafted for various platforms and audiences
- Digital and social media programs
- Management and facilitation of community feedback
- Build and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders/clients
- Supporting major bids and projects across the lifecycle, including leading community and/or stakeholder engagement activities, street and household meetings, business owner forums and meetings, complaints and stakeholder calls, public facing collateral, approvals and delivery
- Business development and client engagement.

**What would you bring to the team?**
- Multiple positions of varying levels requiring at least 3 and 10+ years prior experience, working in large complex projects. Experience working within a consulting firm would be advantageous, as well as experience working on major projects.
- A tertiary qualification in Communication, Marketing, Public Relations, Business, Social Science, Arts or related field (IAP2 certification desirable)
- Strong social skills including the ability to engage with members of the community and key partners
- Excellent writing skills and consistent record in producing high quality content for a range of digital and traditional communication channels
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills together with the capacity to be flexible and adaptable

GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where GHD people can thrive, this supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of face-to-face collaboration in the office.
- There may be government or client requirements which require an up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination for this position. _
- We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage. _

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**Why GHD?**

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you**

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

**Who we**
**are**

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.