What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Sustainability Engagement Specialist position at Arcadis?
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can 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:
Required Qualification
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.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $80,461 - $123,374. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can 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.
- 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
- 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
Required Qualification
- Written communication proficiency in English.
- Ability to create intranet pages, design event strategies, and manage communications.
- Experience collecting and sharing updates from internal teams with external stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and coordinate with various teams and individuals.
- Experience implementing change management processes aligned with organizational goals.
- Experience developing and executing communication plans at the project and organizational levels.
- Familiarity with Arcadis’s internal communication channels (preferred).
- Experience in the sustainability field or demonstrated interest in sustainability (preferred).
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.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $80,461 - $123,374. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
Salary : $80,461 - $123,374
