Senior/Principal Socio-Economics

Description

• Collaborating with colleagues across WSP, such as those in Planning, Urban Design, Transport and Sustainability, to ensure socio-economic considerations are embedded in wider project advice.
• Attending stakeholder, design team, and client meetings to inform analysis and reporting.
• Monitoring government guidance and best practice and policy development, to inform client advice and project positioning.
• Grounding in UK planning policy and frameworks
• Undertaking Economic Impact Modelling to assess the economic potential of sites, including employment, skills, population and demographic indicators.
• Managing project delivery, including scope, programme, and budgetary control across multiple commissions.
• Developing socio-economic strategies and evidence to support planning and investment decisions, including alignment with local and national policy frameworks.
• Leading socio-economic inputs within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to integrated planning, transport, and sustainability strategies.
• Drafting Socio-Economic Statements and Impact Assessments to support development proposals, regeneration schemes, and infrastructure projects.

Requirements

• Skilled in data analysis
• Extensive work experience in a multidisciplinary environment
• Demonstrable skills in some or all of the requirements listed above
• Keen interest in socio-economics, including economic impact, social value, health and equalities and social infrastructure delivery
• Degree qualification in relevant disciplines such as economics, planning or a similar related field
• Economic analysis to shape strategic planning and masterplanning
• Experience of undertaking socio-economic assessment
• Technical report writing and effective communication
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Health Impact Assessment

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance