# Associate/Associate Director, Socio-Economics

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: United Kingdom
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an Associate/Associate Director to lead a growing portfolio of complex and high-profile projects in socio-economics.

You will work on a wide range of projects, including large-scale strategic new settlements, urban regeneration, culture and tourism, energy and offshore wind, and commercial development.

Key projects include:

- Eden Project Morecambe: a new cultural and visitor offer for Morecambe

- Heathlands Garden Community: leading Socio-Economics and Human Health ES Chapters, Social Value Workstream, and Equality Impact Assessment for a new garden community in Kent

- Plymouth City Centre Living Programme: leading socio-economic, social infrastructure, and social value advice for Plymouth's long-term city centre regeneration strategy

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading project delivery, providing technical direction, and quality assurance

- Managing and developing the Socio-Economics team

- Acting as a trusted adviser to clients on planning, regeneration, infrastructure, and investment projects

- Reviewing and signing off technical reports

- Developing new business opportunities and preparing fee proposals

- Collaborating with colleagues across WSP

- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders

Requirements:

- Established socio-economic assessment experience

- Degree qualification in a relevant discipline such as economics, planning, or a similar related field

- Demonstrable expertise in socio-economics, including Socio-Economics and Human Health Environmental Impact Assessment, Economic Impact Assessment, Social Value Advisory, Health Impact Assessment, Equality Impact Assessment, and Social Infrastructure

- Experience of working on large and complex projects and in a multidisciplinary environment

- Experience of managing client relationships, project financial management, work winning, and business development

- Experience of managing and developing staff

- Chartered status and professional memberships desirable

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

## Skills

### Required
- socio-economic assessment
- economics
- planning
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Economic Impact Assessment
- Social Value Advisory
- Health Impact Assessment
- Equality Impact Assessment
- Social Infrastructure
- client relationship management
- project financial management
- business development
- team management

### Nice to have
- Chartered status
- professional memberships

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