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You will join our Water, Energy & Environment business, which is recognised as the No.1 Environmental Consultancy in the UK by Environment Analyst.
Our work focuses on providing solutions to future challenges such as climate change, the need for renewable energy, low carbon economies, transportation, and material resource and waste management. While we shape some of the very largest and most challenging landmark projects in the UK, we also deliver local projects that protect communities. We lead with the environment, and make social and natural capital central to how we solve our clients’ challenges. We are helping to create the sustainable and resilient cities and communities of the future, making attractive places for all to live and work.
We are also at the forefront of developing best practice and pragmatic approaches to the delivery of environmental assessments and consents and have extensive capability in EIA, SEA, IIA, Health and Sustainability Appraisals across the full project cycle.
We are seeking candidates with experience and enthusiasm for health and social impact assessment.
About the role
You will support our growing health and social impact team to deliver various forms of Impact Assessment including population and health assessments for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Equality Impact Assessments (EqIA) and Integrated Impact Assessments (IIA).
Our expanding project portfolio includes a variety of infrastructure projects including highways, sustainable transport, flood defences, pipelines; as well as strategies and plans for local authorities, government bodies and utilities companies.
The successful candidates will join one of our local Impact Assessment teams while becoming part of a respected and ambitious company with a friendly culture, career prospects and international opportunities!
What you'll need
Qualifications
- A relevant first degree and post-graduate qualification in public health (e.g. MPH) or similar relevant discipline, or equivalent level of experience
Competencies
Candidates should be able to demonstrate the following competencies:
- Ability to analyse/interpret epidemiological data and studies relating to health and the built environment
- Ability to present quantitative and qualitative data and report to a variety of audiences such as planning and regulatory authorities and the general public
- Understanding of HIA and public health policy and their roles in the consenting of infrastructure projects and spatial development plans
- Understanding of issues of wider determinants of health, health inequalities, sustainable development, and how these relate to the built environment and land use planning
- Good communication and organisational skills, and ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams
- A good awareness of relevant health and social impact stakeholders for planning and consenting processes
- Desirable: Membership of Faculty of Public Health (FPH) or Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH); Registration with UK Public Health Register (UKPHR)
Why Jacobs?
We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.
Our culture
We’re invested in you and your success. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative.
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Successful candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including: Identity, Right to Work; Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.
