Associate, Collaborative Partnering

Overview

In this role you will act as a hands-on performance coach and trusted advisor within WSP’s Collaborative Partnering Team. You develop high-performance culture, collaborative behaviours and working practices for leaders and teams delivering complex infrastructure programmes. You will build trust with stakeholders, provide tailored guidance and interventions to raise knowledge, skills and capability. You will collaborate with CPT colleagues to evolve services and help tender teams win and deliver projects at pace. This is an opportunity to shape client experiences and delivery across major infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Build strong partnering relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enable needs analysis and successful delivery of Collaborative Partnering Services.
• Provide aligned subject-matter expertise, advice, feedback and coaching to individuals and teams.
• Design and deliver leadership and team interventions that meet needs, outcomes, budget and timescale.
• Partner with colleagues to contribute to work winning strategy, written responses, and to train tendering teams for client engagement.
• Contribute to the evolution of Collaborative Partnering services and toolkits.
• Role model high-performance collaborative behaviours in all interactions.

Key requirements

• Knowledge of human behavioural science, leadership theory and team dynamics with experience helping project teams work effectively together.
• Excellent facilitation skills (in-person, online and hybrid) and ability to leverage technology for engaging experiences.
• Confidence delivering advice, coaching and constructive challenge to drive performance and outcomes.
• Interest in providing high-quality consulting services to clients and contributing to best practices for collaborative working.
• Positive, growth-minded attitude with strong emotional intelligence and ability to influence without positional authority.
• Results-driven, proactive and client-oriented with resilience under deadlines.
• Experience coaching leaders and teams within complex projects or programmes.
• Experience working in a matrix or integrated team supporting project delivery.

• emotional intelligence
• influence without authority
• collaboration
• facilitation (in-person, online, hybrid)
• leadership development design
• needs analysis

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