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    Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world.

    Introduction to Cities Planning & Design 

    Every city faces tough development challenges, from meeting the needs of growing populations to tackling air pollution to improving economic opportunity. These issues must also be aligned to a transition to net zero and adaptation to climate risks. 

    Arup is active in hundreds of cities across the world supporting city leaders and authorities, investors, developers and community groups to shape a better future for their city. Our strategists, economists, urban planners, designers, and technical specialists are working across multiple cities that vary enormously in terms of their age, scale, and physical make-up, applying an integrated approach to solve their issues. Our aim is to produce more sustainable environments and buildings, improve transport connectivity, achieve cleaner air, provide better access to health and education facilities and stimulate more economic activity. 

    We work as a global network of experts, able to develop ideas and share knowledge between cities that face similar challenges, before developing an effective local response. 

    We always aim to become a partner to cities who want to build a future that works for everyone. 

    Opportunities available within our Cities Planning & Design Portfolio are listed below: 


    Graduate Stakeholder Engagement/Graduate Communications

    This is an exciting time to join Arup as we invest in our rapidly growing stakeholder engagement and communications service offer. We work closely with clients to understand the communications and engagement challenges and provide creative, robust solutions to support the delivery of complex projects across the built environment. ​

    With long-standing experience in this sector, we offer our clients a broad spectrum of consulting services including, but not limited to, the following:

    • Strategic communications and public relations advice for infrastructure schemes, housing/ employment/ education development, built environment policy/strategy, organisational change and major events;
    • Stakeholderengagement and management of the consultation process;
    • Strategic advice on stakeholder expectations of proposals and project messaging plans;
    • Support planning applications through the decision-making and post-decision processes; and
    • Construction communication with impacted communities.
    • Our communication and engagement experts work side by side with specialists from a wide range of backgrounds, including town planning, environmental, transport planning and civil and building engineering. We work on projects of regional and national significance across the built environment sector. We work hard to foster good relationships with stakeholders and communities in the development process – including national governments, regional partnerships or agencies, local planning authorities as well as the wider community.
    What we're looking for

    We're looking for graduates with curiosity, personal drive, design flair and technical knowhow. If you can combine these skills with an understanding of (or willingness to learn about) and a desire to deliver excellent services for clients, we'd like to hear from you.   

    You should be available to start this opportunity in September 2023 

    What we offer you 

    Beyond a great salary and stimulating, technically challenging work, Arup offers a range of additional benefits to its people.   

    As a membership organisation, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme. Our people also have access to a range of broader well-being benefits.   

    You'll have access to lots of learning opportunities including a structured induction and ongoing training through Arup university.   

    Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to utilise your technical expertise to improve the lives of the most vulnerable in the communities in which we live and work through Arup's community engagement programme.   

    Next steps   

    Please click on the role that most interests you to find out further information and to apply. We then ask that you complete the application form, attaching any required documents. We'll be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. You are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in advance of the application deadline. Our assessment centres for this opportunity will take place from December 2022