Job Description

Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator

London/Essex

Permanent

Are you adept at building effective relationships with stakeholders, and motivated by politics and playing a key role to some of the UK's most transformative infrastructure projects? Then join us to help deliver the infrastructure the country needs.

Join COWI International Team in the UK

COWI delivers some of the world's most iconic infrastructure project and our External Affairs team links our highly skilled with effective stakeholder engagement and communications. We play a leading role in delivering engagement and communications for some of the UK's most important infrastructure projects and we are looking to bolster our team as these projects move forward to delivery.

Design the Future with Global Team of Experts

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and politically aware Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator to join our Essex and London based External Affairs team. Working with senior leaders, you will be responsible for helping projects build meaningful and effective relationships with MPs and other stakeholders.


On a day-to-day basis, you'll be responsible for:

Building relationships with key stakeholders Developing and implementing engagement programmes with MPs, their offices and other stakeholders Working closely with projects' senior leadership Anticipating and responding to key stakeholder queries and concerns Keeping accurate, well written and timely records of all stakeholder interactions Drafting high quality, well written reports, presentations, documents and briefings Working with other External Affairs colleagues to support engagement events

Your Skills. Our Team. Together, We Design the Future

To succeed in this position, we believe that you'll be an open and honest person who is motivated to collaborate with others while keeping our clients engaged. You'll pursue new insights and constantly explore new ways to improve, while caring for and respecting our clients, your colleagues and the planet we live on.


You should have:

Experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with political stakeholders, specifically in the infrastructure and built environment sector. The ability to work and quickly build credibility and trust with senior leaders and stakeholders. Effective verbal and written communication skills. An interest in politics, infrastructure and the built environment. Meticulous attention to detail. Understanding of the planning environment and political sensitivities associated with it. Proficient interpersonal skills and the ability to schedule work, deliver to tight deadlines, respond to changing situations and use personal initiative. Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

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% 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 the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 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:

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

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Partner, Shruti Gupta at srgu@cowi.com.

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.

Application deadline

18 September 2025

Recruitment type

Full-Time, Permanent

Country

United Kingdom

Locations

London, Essex

Req. ID

59611