Associate Director - International Social Specialist

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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

Start here. Grow here.

Are you passionate about delivering effective social inputs and positively influencing the social performance of large-scale projects around the world? Are you ready to lead a team of talented social specialists? Based in the UK, you will play a key role in managing the social aspects of international Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental Social Due Diligence (ESDD) and social performance services on major projects.

Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Environment & Sustainability business as an International Social specialist Associate Director in our growing London, Bristol or Edinburgh offices, as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. The ESIA & ESDD Practice Area works closely with specialists in AECOM's network of offices in over 100 countries.

Here's what you'll do:

• Oversee:
• Contribution to and coordinating delivering ESIAs including social baseline studies, assessments of social impacts, identification of mitigation measures, and preparation of social management plans for projects financed by international lenders.
• Preparation and implementation of resettlement and livelihood restoration plans.
• Lead:
• Lead and develop AECOM's social offering by contributing to business development, recruitment and strategic planning for the social team.
• Mentor and support junior team members, fostering a collaborative and learning-focused environment.
• Provide Expertise:
• Offer technical knowledge and expertise, acting as independent lender's consultant and contributing to ESDDs and monitoring through construction and operation.
• Ensure compliance with international standards such as IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles, and other relevant guidelines.
• Social performance monitoring and reporting.
• Collaborate:
• Work closely with clients and AECOM counterparts to secure training and capacity building on social performance for clients.
• Growth:
• You will be involved in work winning through contributing to proposal preparation, mentoring junior consultants and maintaining client relationships.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for:

• Experience in supporting social inputs in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and/or Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD), including Social Impact Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement, Social Due Diligence and/or Resettlement Action Plans following international standards (e.g. IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles).
• Experience of conducting Human Rights Due Diligence and Human Rights Impact Assessments in accordance with the requirements of the Equator Principles and the UN Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights.
• Excellent knowledge of written and oral English, with good report writing and presentation skills.
• Proven experience in applying baseline data collection methodologies and carrying out stakeholder engagement activities in emerging markets and rural communities, particularly in Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.
• The ability to lead and work collaboratively as part of an established team, supervising members of staff as applicable.
• Willingness to travel.
• Right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress applications requiring visa sponsorship at this time.
• An appropriate graduate or post-graduate qualification.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.

Additional Information

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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.

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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.