GHD Graduate Program 2024/25 - Graduate Engagement Consultant

at  GHD

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
If you want to start a career with impact, whether solving everyday problems through to tackling some of the great challenges our clients and communities face, you’ll find that here. That’s why we pledge to empower all our people to make a positive impact and ensure you’re provided the necessary training and experiences to make those aspirations a reality.
We know community impact is important to our staff. Our GHD in the Community program partners with not-for-profit organisations to provide opportunities to work on pro-bono projects, volunteering and fundraising for philanthropic and humanitarian causes. As a business we also funnel some of our profits into the GHD Foundation, a registered charity that works to address disadvantage and inequality in children accessing STEAM education in our countries of operation.

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT LIFE AS A CONSULTANT IN GHD?

GHD, in partnership with The Forage, a global provider of job simulations, have developed a self-paced Virtual Internship where you’ll start to explore what a career in our Engineering teams looks like. You’ll hear from one of the Leaders in our Rail team who’ll outline some of the topics we cover, as well as talking you through a bit more of what we do in GHD.
The Virtual Internship should only take you 3-4 hours to complete We’re not asking you to undertake complex calculations, but rather understand some of the challenge we work with on a day to day basis.
To learn more, access our Virtual Engineering Internship here .

WHO WE ARE

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

Our Northern NSW Business is currently looking for a Graduate Stakeholder Engagement Consultant to join our growing Environment & Community team in Newcastle. You will have a passion for stakeholder engagement, social sustainability, community engagement and communications, with the willingness to work across a range of industry sectors. The successful applicant will work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team across a variety of high-profile infrastructure, resources, environmental and policy projects.

Elevate your career with a graduate role that empowers you to make a real impact. At GHD, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Craft engaging communication materials like plans, newsletters, and social media content.
• Engage in community consultation, identifying and connecting with stakeholders.
• Assist in developing Stakeholder and Community Engagement Strategies and Social Impact Assessments.
• Help manage community consultation events.
• Analyse data, draft reports, and conduct demographic and stakeholder analyses.
• Design and manage qualitative and quantitative studies.
• Support projects with proposal preparation, data entry, and other administrative tasks.

To be successful in this role you will have the following academic and personal attributes:

• A degree in Communications/Public Relations/Marketing/Journalism/Social Science/Arts or a related discipline. You may have recently graduated or will be graduating by the end of 2024.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn a wide range of skills.
• The ability to multi-task and self-prioritise workload