Global Sustainability Engagement Specialist

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Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis places sustainability at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to making sustainability part of everything we do. To support this, we have a global team dedicated to creating the tools and resources needed by client-facing and administrative Arcadians to integrate sustainability into every project and every business practice.

This results in a large volume of materials and information that need to be shared with the business through appropriate channels. As an Engagement Specialist and Global Sustainability's internal communications lead, you will help make sure that all this information gets to the right people at the right time through the right channels. Your work will help build a culture of sustainability across Arcadis' regions and business lines.

Reports to the Global Sustainability Director

Role accountabilities:

The Engagement Specialist will be part of the broader Global Sustainability team and will be responsible for:

• Taking technical information and creating engaging presentations, intranet pages, or infographics
• Updating and maintaining content on the Global Sustainability Intranet pages, including structural reorganizations, when necessary
• Coordinating informational sessions between the Global Sustainability Team and groups within Arcadis who need information about Arcadis' actions to become more sustainable and our sustainability strategy
• Supporting EMS Network internal communications and events (e.g., Zero Emissions Day)
• Being the custodian of the client-ready 'Our Sustainability Journey' presentation and responsible for its annual updating
• Serving as the liaison with the GSSC graphics and copy-writing team
• Leading the development and implementation of the internal communications calendar for Global Sustainability.

Actively participating in assigned Global Sustainability project teams, leading internal communications related to those projects Key deliverables:

• Annual internal communications calendar
• Intranet organization/improved user experience
• Coordinating and developing content for informational sessions to increase overall understanding of sustainability at Arcadis
• Contributing to a culture of sustainability and a focus on Improving Quality of Life across Arcadis
• Respond to sustainability-focused RFP questions
• Internal communications plans related to Global Sustainability projects

Key Shared Accountabilities:

• With the Global Sustainability team:
  • Promote blogs and thought leadership created by members of the Global Sustainability Team
  • Build awareness of the work the Global Sustainability and the EMS Network are doing to manage our own carbon footprint
  • Create materials to educate Arcadians on important topics related to sustainability
  • Build a culture of sustainability by driving conversations and sharing resources in the Sustainability Engagement Network
  • Identify great examples of sustainable projects or sustainable office practices from across the business and share these with others, including creating case studies that can be shared internally and externally
  • Draft blogs for the external website in consultation with Arcadis Subject Matter Experts
• Support preparation for events where Arcadis will have an external presence

Main Working Contacts:

• Global Sustainability team
• Marketing & Communications
• Local Enabling Functions
• EMS Community
• Sustainability Engagement Network

Qualifications & Experience:

This role will evolve week-to-week depending on the needs of the overall program. The best candidate will be someone who is comfortable creating a new page on the intranet one week and creating an event strategy the next. Strong written communication skills in English are essential. Familiarity with Arcadis's internal communication channels is a plus.

Experience working in the sustainability field or a strong desire to learn more about sustainability and gain experience in the field is desired. Strong organizational and prioritization skills, including the ability to prioritize your work and follow through with deliverables from others to ensure deadlines are met, are needed.

For this role, Arcadis values the demonstratable competence to:

• Explain technical concepts in easy-to-understand language
• Collect information from across the Global Sustainability team to make sure the most important developments within the team are shared with people outside the team
• Stay organized, keeping track of multiple deadlines at a time and coordinating with multiple people/groups for each deadline
• Facilitate change management across the business, including creating desire and purpose for change and long-term behaviour adherence to new concepts that are strategic to the organization.
• Develop communication plans at the project and organizational level

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We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

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