Economic Development Specialist

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom GHD Full time

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Advisor to join our team in EMEA. With a strong background in economics and business case development, you will lead the delivery of high-profile projects across the region.

Company Overview

GHD is a global professional services leader committed to solving complex challenges in water, energy, and urbanization. We pride ourselves on our diverse workforce and strive to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants.

Salary and Benefits

The successful candidate can expect a competitive salary ranging from £80,000 to £110,000 per annum, depending on experience. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, including pension, medical insurance, and 25 days' holiday, we offer enhanced parental leave and a range of voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle.

Job Description

This exciting opportunity requires an experienced senior economist with 7+ years of experience to lead delivery and support in the winning of economics projects across EMEA. As a Project Manager and technical lead for high-profile economics and business case projects primarily in the UK but also supporting projects in the Middle East, you will be responsible for managing project teams, reviewing team members' work, and providing economic and business case advice to clients.

  • Leading economics projects as the Project Manager, including managing a project team and reviewing team members' work, accountable to the Project Director.
  • Providing economic and business case advice to clients, supporting complex problem-solving.
  • Providing technical support and direction on projects as required.
  • Working collaboratively with other GHD staff and clients, sharing information, ideas, and knowledge.
  • Managing personal contributions to the team, including providing mentorship and guidance to junior staff.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  • The ability to lead on designing economic appraisal methodologies based on HMT Green Book guidance for clients.
  • A successful track record of delivering economic and business case advice within a management consultancy, infrastructure owner, regulator, operator, or public sector.
  • Expertise in some/all of the following: Cost Benefit Analysis, Whole Life Cost analysis, writing Business Cases based on the 5 case model, developing and QA-ing high-quality Excel models, developing Theories of Change, running stakeholder engagement.
  • Degree qualification; postgraduate degree would be an advantage.
Benefits

In addition to the above, we offer:

  • A comprehensive benefits package.
  • Enhanced parental leave.
  • Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle.
  • Access to our Employee Network Groups, representing every strand of diversity and allowing colleagues to connect and learn from each other.
  • Wellbeing resources and tools.
  • Team-led flexible working.
  • Opportunities to grow your skills and shape your career towards technical expertise, developing the market, or leading a business or team.

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