Senior Consultant - Sports & Major Events

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This role is to be located in one of our UK offices and must be willing to travel predominantly in the UK but with some international travel. Who We Are - Sports and Major Events Team Steer's Sports & Major Events team are trusted specialists in event transport, crowd dynamics, and venue operations. With decades of hands-on experience at global tournaments and iconic venues, we deliver safe, seamless, and sustainable solutions for world-class events. Working globally, we acted as trusted advisors to an amazing range of clients covering all the world's best sporting and festival events for an impressive range of clients. What do we need? We are seeking a highly organised and client-focused Senior Consultant to join our team delivering complex transport planning and event projects. This role involves managing high-profile assignments, providing strategic advice, and ensuring seamless coordination between internal teams, clients, and stakeholders. Why Steer? At Steer we have been supporting our clients by delivering specialist consultancy services across transport, cities and infrastructure, building upon successes in supplying solutions to some of the world's most prestigious events we seek a proven senior leader to further grow our Sports and Major Events offer. Within a niche market, we have worked with international organisations including UEFA, The FA, World Rugby, The R&A. Our diverse team delivers inclusive and accessible transport operational plans across men's and women's events and we pride ourselves on supporting continual improvements. As an example please read https://steergroup.com/sites/default/files/2025-08/Steer_Insight_Report_Playing_to_the_Crowd.pdf Key Responsibilities Project Management: Lead and coordinate transport planning projects for major sporting and entertainment events, ensuring deliverables meet client expectations and deadlines . Client Engagement: Act as a primary point of contact for clients, drafting high-level communications, preparing reports, and presenting technical findings clearly and persuasively . Technical Expertise: Develop and review transport strategies, traffic modelling, and infrastructure assessments, including car parking capacity, public transport integration, and sustainable travel solutions. Financial Oversight: Prepare and approve invoices, monitor project budgets, and manage cost recovery processes in collaboration with finance teams. Data Analysis & Reporting: Collect, analyse, and interpret event data (e.g., attendance, ticketing, arrival profiles) to inform planning decisions and produce actionable insights. Stakeholder Coordination: Liaise with local authorities, contractors, and partners to resolve planning issues, negotiate contributions, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Business Development: Support client outreach initiatives, contribute to proposals, and identify opportunities to expand service offerings in sports and major events sectors. Skills & Experience 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. Why join us We believe in empowering our people and giving them the opportunities to shine. As an employee-owned company means that our team are dedicated and passionate about what they do, and that's the reason why we are at the forefront of our industry. Steer has 5 offices in the UK: London, Leeds, Hemel Hempstead, Manchester and Birmingham. Steer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know. We offer a competitive benefits package including: 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 bas

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