Strategy Engagement Specialist - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Scottish Water

Scottish Water

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

It's not every job where you make a difference for the people of Scotland. But it's what's behind every job here. The work we do keeps Scotland's water flowing, from reservoir to tap - and from sink to sea.

Join our Strategy Engagement Team as a Strategy Engagement Specialist to help us deliver Scottish Water's first Investment Strategy.

What you'll do

The Investment Strategy will detail the investment required to deliver the outcomes that represent Scottish Water's contribution to the Water Sector Vision by 2050.

The focus of this role is to make sure that all Scottish Water stakeholders are engaged and supportive of the Investment Strategy throughout its development.

This will include supporting Scottish Water's societal engagement programme.

You'll work with the Strategy Engagement Lead to develop stakeholder engagement plans and manage the delivery of these plans to keep everyone on-board.

You'll manage stakeholder meetings and workshops, including preparing materials to facilitate engagement, and develop a stakeholder interaction and sentiment tracking tool.

You'll establish effective and efficient channels of communication for the strategic narrative to improve awareness and engagement.

There is an additional responsibility to co-ordinate the Stakeholder Engagement Sustainable Investment Decision Making (SIDM) enabler workstream.

What you'll bring

Delivering presentations and speaking to stakeholders will call for confidence and strong communication skills.

As a natural influencer (not the YouTube variety), you'll bring a positive energy and strategic vision to new ideas, getting people on board as you go.

You'll ideally have experience working within an area of specialist communications and engagement.

And you'll need to have a great analytical mind, to interpret and distil the complex technical information within the Investment Strategy.

This is a new role, within a new team, so there's a lot of change going on.

You'll need to be adaptable and self-motivated, with the ability to work quickly and effectively, through ambiguity, to manage competing priorities and changing deadlines.

This is a great opportunity to really make the role your own and be at the heart of the business changing over the next 25 years.

What you'll get

While the work we do is important, we know it's not the only thing that matters. That's why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.

You'll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working. For your future, there's our pension (the 'know-what-you'll-get-when-you-retire' kind), and life assurance.

As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus.

Not to mention access to SW Splash - handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.

The not-so-small print

The salary band for this role is £35,384 - £47,924.

All new Scottish Water employees are required to complete pre-employment security checks before they can start work.

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Working at Scottish Water

Scottish Water is one of the UK's leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher - but we want to be even better - and you could help play an important part

We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people's differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.

We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.

In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employer at the Family Friendly Working Scotland Awards 2020.

We have Carers Positive Exemplary Status and were Silver Award 2019 & Gold Award winners 2020 of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

We aim for work to be an energising and fulfilling experience and everyone plays their part to ensure that Scottish Water is trusted to serve our customers and communities.

We are passionate about creating opportunities for young people and are proud to have achieved the Gold standard in the Investors in Young People accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to creating rewarding opportunities for young people.

You will have access to a host of benefits which include 38 days holiday a year, a defined benefi