Communications & Events Assistant Jobs

Application deadline: 22 July 2023 -
United Kingdom - Location: Essex/London - People and Communication

Communications & Events Assistant
London, Hybrid, Essex
Permanent
Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to join one of the leading consulting companies? Can you build strong relationships with our stakeholders? Are you self-motivated and can work effectively as a team member? Then this is the place to apply your knowledge and curiosity to enable a better tomorrow.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To shape a future where people and societies grow and flourish, we are looking for a Communications & Events Assistant to join our team. The objective of this role is to support the delivery of communications and events activity which raises the profile and enhances public opinion of the Lower Thames Crossing.

Your key responsibilities will be: 

• To provide administrative support to the Communications and Engagement team
• To organise visits and events 
• To manage and update key planning documents such as communications grids and stakeholder trackers
• Support the delivery of the Lower Thames Crossing Communications and Engagement strategy
• To protect and enhance the reputation of National Highways and the Lower Thames Crossing project
• Produce high quality written content for stakeholder, community, and media audience, including briefings, presentations, press releases, statements and social media content

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have: 

• Experience working with Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• A passion for Communications or stakeholder engagement. This may be an exciting early role in your career where you gain experience from working in a high performing team on one of the UK’s biggest and more important infrastructure projects.
• A willingness to work in a high pressure, politicised communications environment
• An understanding of what’s required of working in an integrated communications team in the infrastructure, transport, or public service industries.
• An ability to work with internal teams and external agencies to develop communications materials
• Ability to build strong relationships with wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills & exceptional interpersonal skills
• An excellent writing, proofing, and editing skills & eye for detail
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and work to tight deadlines

A place to work and so much more. 
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability. 
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include: 

• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Life assurance
• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Corporate gym membership
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we partner with the wisecampaign.org.uk to recruit for a better gender balance in our teams.

Living up to our core values is a priority in the way we work. We collaborate with our customers, partners, and colleagues to connect people and places to create better solutions. We respect our environment and focus on assisting local communities thrive by creating opportunities. We are curious and forward thinking as we pursue new knowledge and insights. Most importantly, We Care.

Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Resource Manager Samantha Rainford-Gallifant on [email protected].

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Project Employment Check
Suitable candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including identity, right to work, employment/education history and criminal record. If you are unable to meet this or any associated criteria, your employment may be delayed or declined.