Associate Director Collaborative Partnering
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Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
Collaborative Partnering at WSP
WSP’s Collaborative Partnering Team (CPT) Works With Clients, Project Leaders And Delivery Teams To Establish And Embed High Performance Collaborative Culture, Behaviours And Ways Of Working. We Work Across The Project Lifecycle, Offering a Practioner-based Coaching Approach In Four Broad Streams Of Work
WORK WINNING: We contribute to tender strategy and response, and prepare, train and coach leaders and integrated delivery teams for client engagement during the tendering process.
PROJECT MOBILISATION: We help leaders and their teams establish and embed high-performance culture, collaborative behaviours and ways of working to effectively mobilise complex, integrated programmes.
PROJECT DELIVERY: We develop senior leaders’ knowledge, skill and capability and provide bespoke team performance intervention to enable successful project delivery and strengthen the client experience.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE: We provide consultation and deliver projects directly for clients: organisation development, culture and collaboration, leadership and team development.
The Associate Director, Collaborative Partnering (ADCP) works as a hands-on practitioner, performance coach and trusted advisor internally, with our collaborative partners and directly for clients. They are responsible for the development of high-performance culture, collaborative behaviours and working practices for leaders and teams working on complex infrastructure programmes.
The ADCP takes a strategic approach to collaborative partnering, providing a wide range of interventions for colleagues and clients. They build strong, trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders and work with them to understand needs, providing advice, guidance and bespoke interventions that build knowledge, skill and capability.
The ADCP is a wide ranging and diverse role as no two teams or projects are alike with leadership, team and client readiness playing a large part in determining where and how the ADCP provides guidance and support. The ADCP works independently and fluidly across all four CPT services and with people at all levels of the organisation from executive leadership through to front-line delivery, with the ability to identify, develop and facilitate the right intervention, at the right time, to drive the team forward to success.
A Little More About Your Role…
- You will build strong, trusting partnering relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enable effective needs analysis and the successful delivery of Collaborative Partnering Services.
- Provide fully aligned subject-matter expertise, advice, feedback and coaching to individuals and teams at all levels of the organisation.
- Design and deliver high-quality leadership and team development interventions that meet needs, required outcomes, budget and timescale.
- Assess and coach leadership and team performance to applicable requirements.
- Partner with the Strategic Bid Team to contribute to work winning strategy, written responses, and train and prepare tendering teams for client engagement.
- Contribute to the continued evolution of the Collaborative Partnering services, approaches and toolkits.
- Work independently with little oversight whilst maintaining alignment with organisational and team vision and strategic priorities as well as programme budget and timescales.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients through the delivery of quality consulting services.
- Role model high performance collaborative behaviours in all interactions.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
- Demonstrable knowledge of behavioural and social science theory (human behaviour, organisation development, leadership, and team dynamics), with experience helping leaders and teams put best practice into practical action to achieve results.
- Experience and interest in taking a practitioner-based coaching approach to help leaders and teams find and sustain success.
- Experience personally designing and leading behaviour-based developmental programmes that support project teams, helping them establish and embed good collaborative practise.
- Confidence working with leaders and teams internally and externally across all levels of the organisation, providing trusted advice, coaching and constructive challenge to drive high performance and the achievement of programme outcomes.
- Interest and demonstrable experience providing high-quality consulting services directly to clients and client teams, building relationships and repeat business over time.
- Interest in partnering within WSP and externally with experts in standards such as ISO44001 and Project 13 / collaborative delivery models to implement and contribute to the development of best practise for collaborative working in our sector.
- Degree qualified in Organisation Development and/or Organisation Psychology preferred.
- Extensive learning and development experience may also apply if accompanied by demonstrable experience personally designing and facilitating bespoke leadership and team-based interventions.
- Chartered CIPD level experience or equivalent preferred.
- Executive / senior leader coaching qualification and/or experience facilitating development through performance (behavioural) coaching preferred.
- The work will be performed both virtually and across the U.K. with frequent, flexible travel required
- Ability to travel in/out of London and Birmingham on the day preferred.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
With us, you can. Apply today.
About Us
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Work-life balance
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Diversity
We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
Health & Wellbeing
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
Flex your time
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
#WeAreWSP
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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