Local Community Engagement, Consultation & Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder engagement remains important during business case development and project delivery, and a clear communications plan is crucial to identifying key messages relevant to your identified stakeholder groups at different phases of project development whilst setting out a strategy for engaging with these groups. We are here to support on developing communication plans, stakeholder engagement, and monitoring and evaluation.
The type of support we can offer includes:
identifying stakeholders for specific projects
developing and supporting implementation of your communications plan
running workshops to help identify and assess engagement options
Co-developing stakeholder engagement strategies to build awareness and understanding
Support building stakeholder networks to maintain engagement through project delivery and beyond
consideration of metrics to inform project monitoring and evaluation
learning bursts, workshops and seminars designed and delivered online
Service Lead: Pippa Gibbs-Joubert
Pippa is a specialist communications and engagement strategist for major development and infrastructure projects, working at the heart of multi-disciplinary teams to build understanding and consensus, secure funding, and take projects through planning and into delivery.
She works on projects that contribute to regional economic development – focusing on early stakeholder engagement and communications. She has a flair for shaping creative communications campaigns and compelling narratives that reflect the ambition of projects while drawing out meaning for the press, the public and politicians.
She works across the transport, energy and development sectors for local and combined authorities, major infrastructure developers and private firms. Her recent work includes designing and delivering communications, consultation, and engagement for some of the country’s first major hydrogen propositions, transport decarbonisation plans and mass transit solutions.