Ready to launch your consulting career with meaningful, hands-on work that shapes how communities, companies, and agencies communicate? At ERM, you’ll join a collaborative team where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work helps advance real-world sustainability solutions. If you’re eager to build your career at the intersection of communication, public engagement, and environmental impact—this is your opportunity.
Why This Role Matters
As a Consulting Associate, Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Engagement in our Columbus or Cincinnati, Ohio office, you’ll play a key role in how our clients communicate with the public, government agencies, and community stakeholders. Your work helps organizations navigate complex sustainability and regulatory challenges while ensuring transparency, trust, and meaningful engagement. This role is ideal for early-career professionals who want to grow quickly, deepen their experience, and contribute to ERM’s mission of shaping a more sustainable future.
What Your Impact Is
You will support project teams in delivering high-quality strategic communications, stakeholder outreach, research, event coordination, and digital engagement services. Your ability to gather insights, craft clear messages, organize information, and connect with diverse audiences will strengthen our client relationships and contribute directly to new work opportunities. With ERM’s world-class sustainability platform behind you, your work will influence decision‑making “from boots to boardroom.”
What You’ll Bring
Required
BS/BA degree, preferably in Public Affairs, Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, English, Political Science, or a related field. Or equivalent experience.
Interest in public relations/public affairs; relevant internship experience welcomed.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; Spanish fluency a plus.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Professional demeanor with strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
Detail-oriented mindset with the ability to manage shifting priorities and deadlines.
Ability to work full time in a hybrid office/home environment; some travel (2–4 weeks per year).
Experience using social media/digital platforms.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
Preferred
Experience with Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop (not required).
Local candidates preferred.
Key Responsibilities
Desktop Monitoring & Analysis: Track traditional and social media using web-based tools to identify trends, risks, and insights that support client objectives.
Stakeholder Database Management: Research and input stakeholder data (elected officials, agencies, community groups, NGOs, etc.); maintain tracking databases and prepare reports for clients or regulatory purposes.
Writing & Content Development: Summarize research, draft meeting notes, prepare communication materials, and assist in producing fact sheets, newsletters, and outreach content.
Event Planning & Coordination: Support logistics for public meetings, including venue selection, scheduling, materials preparation, catering, and on-site needs.
Project Support: Assist with task tracking, mail merges, proofreading, online research, file maintenance, scheduling, and preparation of client collateral.
Health & Safety: Follow all project-specific health and safety requirements.
Cross-Practice Collaboration: Provide support to other ERM practice areas as needed.
For the Consulting Associate, Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Engagement position, the anticipated annual base pay is $62,718–$78,182 (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.
Note: Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.
Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.
At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.
Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.
ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Thank you for your interest in ERM!
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What We Do
Sustainability is our business. As the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, deploying a unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. This approach helps clients to accelerate the integration of sustainability at every level of their business. With more than 50 years of experience, ERM’s diverse team of 8000+ experts in 40 countries and territories helps clients create innovative solutions to their sustainability challenges, unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations
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