Senior Content Writer (Mid Shift)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.  

Role Description 

The Senior Content Writer is responsible for delivering high-quality content and supporting content operations that align with Arcadis’ global and regional communication priorities. This role focuses on managing content development processes, producing accurate and engaging materials, and ensuring consistency with the Arcadis tone of voice and brand standards across all outputs.

The primary purpose is to create clear, well-researched, and audience-relevant content while supporting the efficient delivery of content services within the Global Shared Service Centre (GSSC). This includes contributing to campaign content, maintaining quality through editing and reviews, and supporting collaboration across teams. The role also provides administrative and operational support to ensure smooth workflow management, accurate reporting, and continuous improvement of the content capability. 

Role Responsibilities

Content Development and Quality Delivery

• Develop high-quality external content, including case studies, articles, blogs, social media captions, and long-form materials, in line with Arcadis tone of voice and brand guidelines.
• Support content development for campaigns and global or regional communications initiatives.
• Conduct research and stakeholder interviews to ensure accuracy, relevance, and completeness of content.
• Edit and proofread your own work and that of others to ensure clarity, consistency, and quality standards are met.

Process Management and Delivery Excellence

• Review content briefs and clarify requirements, timelines, and scope with stakeholders where needed.
• Manage assigned tasks to ensure timely and accurate delivery of outputs.
• Conduct quality reviews of assignments completed by the Content Team to maintain consistency and standards.  
• Maintain and update the Content Team’s knowledge database to support continuity and efficiency.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Support

• Work closely with stakeholders to support communication needs and align on messaging requirements.  
• Encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration within the team to strengthen overall capability  
• Contribute to fostering Arcadis’ People First culture through day-to-day interactions and teamwork

Administrative and Operational Support

• Assist in the preparation of team reports when needed. 
• Ensure work / content tracker is accurate and up to date at all times.  
• Maintain regular backups of work files to support data integrity and continuity.  
• Support engagement initiatives and provide additional administrative assistance as required.

Continuous Improvement and Capability Building

• Stay informed on industry trends and developments, including advancements in AI tools, to enhance content delivery.  
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, quality, and efficiency within the Content Team.  
• Contribute to the evolution of content practices through feedback, insights, and adoption of best practices 

Role Requirements

• An inquisitive mindset, strong attention to detail, and a knack for storytelling with a flair for creative writing.  
• Confident, proactive and can pitch creative ideas.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to work collaboratively under pressure and within tight deadlines
• Ability to build strong working relationships with global stakeholders and work effectively as part of a team.
• At least 8 years of experience in writing and editing, with a focus on long-form and mass media content development; background in journalism is advantageous.
• Strong written English skills; a degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint); familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign and Illustrator) is a plus.
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary civil engineering projects and experience in professional services, consultancy, or construction sector is a plus.

Aligned to the Arcadis Leadership model we seek Arcadians with a strong fit to our leadership success profile, to build and drive our culture of inclusion, accountability, human-centricity, and sustainability. Successful Arcadians will possess strong learning agility, combined with a balanced mix of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.  

Be curious:  

• Demonstrate and develop curiosity in oneself and others, bringing clients and Arcadians on a journey of discovery and co-creation.
• Have a global, strategic, and future thinking mindset.
• Are digitally-savvy, entrepreneurial and innovative.  
• Build organizational networks that are value-adding, engaging, and purposeful.
• Incorporate a human-centric, experimentation-led and continuous learning mindset to lead innovation and transformation.
• Actively engage diverse points of view and manage healthy issues-based conflict.  

Drive success:

• Create a sense of shared ownership and accountability, balancing this with decisiveness and holding others to account for delivery.  
• Take ownership for own responsibility, creating clarity and motivating and aligning others.  
• Internalize organizational goals, making them one’s own personal stretch goals.  
• Are outcomes focused and tackle challenges head-on.
• Demonstrate commercial acumen in general, and specifically with regards to sustainable solutions.  
• Actively shape the future of the organization.  

Ignite passion:  

• Personally role model own commitment to improving quality of life and putting sustainability at the core.
• Apply an adaptive style to engagement that is culturally sensitive and appeals to the personal needs of others.
• Bring clarity and manage anxiety in others, through clear communication and inspiring storytelling.  
• Integrate their work, helping others make the connection between their work and the bigger picture.  
• Maintain personal resilience and rebound from setbacks and help others to do the same.  
• Build trust through authenticity, demonstrating integrity and courage regarding own convictions. 
• Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.