Senior Consultant – Sports & Major Events
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Lead and coordinate transport planning projects for major sporting and entertainment events, ensuring deliverables meet client expectations and deadlines.
- Act as a primary point of contact for clients, drafting high-level communications, preparing reports, and presenting technical findings clearly and persuasively.
- Develop and review transport strategies, traffic modelling, and infrastructure assessments, including car parking capacity, public transport integration, and sustainable travel solutions.
- Prepare and approve invoices, monitor project budgets, and manage cost recovery processes in collaboration with finance teams.
- Collect, analyse, and interpret event data (e.g., attendance, ticketing, arrival profiles) to inform planning decisions and produce actionable insights.
- Liaise with local authorities, contractors, and partners to resolve planning issues, negotiate contributions, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Support client outreach initiatives, contribute to proposals, and identify opportunities to expand service offerings in sports and major events sectors.
Requirements
- Strong background in transport planning, event logistics, or infrastructure consultancy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience drafting technical notes and client-facing documents.
- Proven ability to manage budgets, prepare invoices, and oversee financial performance of projects.
- Proficiency in interpreting traffic modelling outputs and applying design standards for roads, parking, and pedestrian flows.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities under pressure.
- Desirable: Experience with major sporting events and familiarity with governing bodies such as The FA.
- Knowledge of sustainable transport strategies and Section 106 contributions.
- Commercial awareness and ability to identify opportunities for revenue growth.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance and health screening
- Life assurance and group income protection
- Company pension scheme
- EAP and mental health first aiders
- 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days
- Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work
- Group Share Incentive Plan
- Up to 5 days for volunteering activities
- Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
transport planningtraffic modellinginfrastructure assessmentsbudget managementdata analysissustainable transport strategiesdesign standardsevent logisticsfinancial performance oversightinvoice preparation
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationnegotiationclient outreachproject managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingtime managementpersuasive presentationprioritization