Graduate Research Consultant

**Requisition ID**:94565

**Job Category**:Consulting

**Location**:Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in infrastructure, mining, energy, and our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries and communities in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

Our expertise in infrastructure includes planning and advisory services, transit, aviation and highways. Want to be part of the creation and construction of our cities? Then the Urban Solutions team is for you

**Job Title: Graduate Research Consultant - Urban Solutions**

Are you passionate about making a positive difference for people, places and economies? Do you want to work with some of the best economists, strategists and urban regeneration consultants in the UK and internationally? Hatch has long experience of hiring great graduates. Many progress within our company into senior roles with opportunities to work on projects across the UK and internationally.

As a Graduate Research Consultant you will work as part of high-performing teams delivering innovative solutions to private and public sector clients. Recent projects have included supporting Aviva Investors to develop an innovative social value framework, an urban regeneration business case for Liverpool, and an impact assessment of Transport for London’s supply chain.

We offer the opportunity to work at the heart of the UK’s drive for a sustainable future. Our advice to our clients directly influences positive change, helps them to secure investment and capture the impacts of what they do. Our team works on a range of interesting, innovative, and inspiring consultancy projects, across sectors including employment, industrial sectors, skills, innovation, infrastructure, energy, land and property, culture, leisure and tourism.

Specifically, you will work in an integrated team making a vital contribution to the evidence, insights and advice we provide, with responsibilities including collecting and analysing economic and social data, reviewing policy and research, supporting project consultations, active participation in client, stakeholder, and team meetings, survey design, mapping, and economic and social impact modelling.

Hatch is committed to developing your capabilities and will give you great opportunities to use your skillset whilst working on some of the most important challenges facing the world.

**Our consultants and analysts support our clients by**:

- Shaping the agenda: We provide forward thinking insights on city futures and place-making, working on strategies, visions, investment and delivery plans.
- Justifying investment: We support our clients to secure investment in projects by preparing business cases and economic appraisals.
- Delivering and measuring impacts: We support our clients to implement their programmes and understand their impacts through social value and economic impact assessments.
- Reviewing what works: We identify lessons to improve performance and increase impacts through the evaluation of programmes, projects and organisations.
- A real appetite for understanding economic, social, environmental and technological change and how this will affect the future
- A keen interest in leveraging technology and using intelligence, data and analysis to help our clients make informed choices about strategy and investment
- A strong desire to learn and develop new skills and knowledge, and to test themselves in a dynamic consultancy environment
- Enthusiasm for working as part of diverse consultancy teams with colleagues in the UK and internationally.

**Ideally, you will have**:

- Strong numeric and analytical skills including geospatial methods
- Effective writing, presentation and project management skills
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work proactively, problem solve and think through complex questions

Why join us:

- Work with great people to make a difference
- Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
- Top employer

What we offer you:

- Flexible work environment
- Long term career development
- Think globally, work locally

We're committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know. We'l