Principal - Social Planning

Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do - the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow._
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**Your Impact**: Are you a leading social planning professional ready to make a big impact?**

With a strong demand for social planning services across our ANZ business, we are looking for a motivated, collaborative, and committed **Principal **to drive the growth of our **Social Planning services**. If you are a seasoned consultant, with an ability to think outside of the box, this could be the leadership role for you.

You will be a highly experienced **social impact professional** with an interest in partnering with our others in the business to develop a **broader range of social planning services**. You will be responsible for building relationships with clients, leading high quality technical delivery and mentoring our early and middle career consultants.

You will help our clients solve some of their most complex challenges, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams across a range of markets including water, defence, energy, power and transport.

**As an experienced consultant, you will**:

- Work autonomously to lead the delivery and growth of social planning services.
- Demonstrate leadership in emerging social planning approaches, which consider the interface between social impact, social benefit and lasting social value.
- Partner with our key market leaders and to drive the growth of our broader engagement and social planning services with key clients.
- Provide thought leadership initiatives to inspire action and encourage reflection, as well as position our services.

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- A tertiary qualification in social sciences, the arts, environmental planning, environmental science or related field.
- Demonstrated participation in the industry, including membership with a relevant professional organisation such as International Association of Impact -Assessment, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand or similar.
- Experience working in a fast-paced consulting environment and demonstrating skills in business development, project delivery and client engagement.
- An ability to build relationships and engage with range of internal and external stakeholders.
- A clear vision for the future of social planning and drive to continually improve and innovate.
- An interest in growing the linkages between social planning and broader outcomes, to maximise the social value outcomes for projects.

**Jacobs. A world where you can.**

From our inclusive employee networks, to our positive mental health champions - we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too - from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals - all at a single global company.

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