**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** Due to exceptional growth in demand for our services we are currently recruiting for a **Senior Social Impact consultant** to join our Carbon & ESG practice. Successful candidates will work collaboratively with our highly experienced and specialist social impacts team to deliver a range of social impact, value and advisory projects for infrastructure and multi-national businesses as well as contributing to wider ESG advisory projects. You will gain valuable experience assessing social and equality impacts, conducting social research, and developing and implementing social value strategies and plans for some of the UK’s highest profile projects. You will also have a role in growing AECOM’s social consultancy offer and contribute to the development of innovative approaches for our clients. **The background:** 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, decarbonisation 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. **Here's what you'll do:** **Project Delivery & Impact Assessment** + Lead and deliver social consulting and advisory projects, including planning, research, measurement, engagement, and reporting. + Assess social and equality impacts using qualitative and quantitative research methods, including primary fieldwork, data analysis, and evaluation. + Ensure quality, timeliness, and financial management across projects. **Client & Stakeholder Engagement** + Liaise and collaborate with clients, colleagues, and external advisors to achieve excellence in delivery. + Build and maintain positive long-term client relationships. **Business Development & Growth** + Prepare costed proposals, webinars, flyers, case studies, and other business development materials. + Support leadership teams in identifying and securing new internal and external opportunities. + Build internal networks to promote social impact, value, and advisory services within AECOM. **Team Leadership & Collaboration** + Work alongside, support, and mentor team members to build their capacity and expertise. + Contribute to a collaborative team environment that fosters knowledge sharing and professional development. **Multitasking & Strategic Contribution** + Manage multiple projects and proposals simultaneously, balancing competing priorities. + Support the wider Carbon & ESG practice in driving strategic initiatives and securing new opportunities. **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of what is possible?** _Here is what we are looking for:_ **Technical Expertise** + Demonstrated experience and understanding of one or more of the following: + Knowledge of the implications of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to planning, major infrastructure, urban regeneration, and environmental enhancement schemes. + Social and/or equality impact assessment of projects, policies, or plans. + Quantitative and/or qualitative data collection and analysis. + Measuring social value created by projects. + Use of social value measurement tools such as the National TOMs framework. + Human rights and modern slavery due diligence, including in supply chains. **Project Delivery** + Proven ability to deliver high-quality work across diverse projects and tasks. + Experience in project and financial management, ensuring technical quality, timeliness, and cost efficiency. + Ability to manage client liaison and coordinate effectively with multiple stakeholders. + Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and design solutions under own initiative. Business Development & Commercial Awareness + Commercial awareness and understanding of business drivers in sustainability and social value. + Experience contributing to business development, marketing, and proposal preparation. + Desire to contribute to the growth of the team and service offering through client engagement and winning new work. **Communication & Collaboration** + Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to present ideas clearly and persuasively. + Fluency in additional languages is an advantage. + Commitment to building positive working relationships and fostering collaboration across teams. + Dedication to excellence in delivery and professional standards. **Additional Information** Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – annemarieflynn **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- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. **Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity** You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10134728 **Business Line:** Environment **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Consulting Services **Work Location Model:** Hybrid **Legal Entity:** AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited