Director - Electronics Hardware
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Senior Consultant – Economics, Environmental Policy
ICF
full-time
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Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Shape the growth and direction of the environmental policy practice across the UK and EU.
- Engage in delivery of a portfolio of projects and provide independent policy research, evaluation and analytical support to UK public sector clients (e.g., Defra, DESNZ, Natural England).
- Undertake business development to win projects and drive expansion of existing and new areas of work.
- Apply economic principles and theory to research policy questions across a broad range of environmental issues.
- Develop frameworks and tools to assess economic, social and environmental costs, benefits and trade-offs for ex-ante appraisal and ex-post evaluation.
- Build relationships with clients and the team’s external networks and partnerships.
- Contribute to development of proposals, including building teams, developing methodologies and budgets.
- Manage and coordinate project teams and budgets; manage and develop junior members of the team.
- Work across thematic areas such as biodiversity and natural capital, rural economy, climate change and net zero, freshwater governance, blue economy, sustainable fisheries, technology and innovation.
Requirements
- Degree, Master’s degree or PhD in economics, environmental economics or related discipline.
- Good understanding of economic principles and their application.
- Experience in the application of cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, business case development and/or value for money analysis.
- Understanding of Green Book and/or Magenta Book methodologies.
- Ability to think through the methodological challenges of investigating a topic.
- Experience of managing research projects, budgets, teams and client interactions.
- Experience of writing competitive bids and/or grant applications.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical experts and stakeholders.
- Excellent written and oral English.
- Relevant professional experience of at least 3 years.
- Prior experience in a consulting environment would be an advantage; candidates from academia, government and non-governmental employment also welcome.
- Applicants invited to submit a one-page cover letter and a two-page CV.
