Associate Director - Stakeholder Engagement

At Dalcour Maclaren, we're key players in the Utilities and Infrastructure industry, bringing the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Our land, environmental and geospatial experts work together to unlock the consents needed by our clients to deliver key projects. Our services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, environmental impact assessments and geospatial mapping. Join us, and play your part in helping us to achieve our vision;

to be the professional services team of choice, leading the Utilities and Infrastructure industry to a sustainable future.

As our Stakeholder Engagement team continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced leader to help shape its future and support the delivery of impactful engagement programmes for some of the UK's most significant utilities and infrastructure projects.

Working with high-profile clients, you'll support the delivery of strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and community relations programmes that shape conversations, build support and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Collaborating closely with the Stakeholder Engagement Director, you'll play a key role in ensuring the successful operation and growth of the stakeholder engagement business line. You’ll support the development of client relationships, provide leadership to delivery teams and ensure programmes are delivered to the highest standard, while helping to build the systems, capability and operational foundations needed to support future growth.

This role is about more than delivering great work. We're looking for someone with energy, ambition and the commercial mindset to help build a growing business. Someone who wants to understand what drives clients’ success, develop people and processes and create an environment where great work can thrive.

You'll be a natural relationship builder, confident engaging with clients, stakeholders and colleagues alike. Equally comfortable leading teams. Solving operational challenges and spotting opportunities to add value. You’ll bring strong communications instincts, commercial awareness and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious communications, PR or stakeholder engagement professional who wants to combine client leadership with operational responsibility, working alongside the Director to help shape and grow an ambitious, evolving business line.

• Act as the trusted deputy to the SE Director, helping shape, build and grow our Stakeholder Engagement offer.
• Bring commercial awareness, energy and entrepreneurial thinking to identify opportunities, strengthen client relationships and support sustainable growth.
• Develop a deep understanding of clients' organisations, challenges and objectives to provide strategic insight and practical solutions.
• Support business development activities, including identifying opportunities, contributing to tenders, pitches and developing proposals.
• Help raise the profile of the business across target sectors and support continued evolution of the service offering.

• Provide senior oversight and direction across stakeholder engagement, communications, consultation and public affairs programmes.
• Build trusted client relationships and support the development of long-term partnerships.
• Develop and present strategic recommendations, plans and solutions to clients.
• Drive projects forward, ensuring objectives, budgets and deadlines are met.
• Manage issues and sensitive situations confidently, resolving challenges and removing barriers to delivery.
• Ensure all programmes are delivered to a consistently high standard and achieve measurable outcomes.

• Support the financial…