Senior or Principal Consultant: Industrial Decarbonisation Policy Consultant

Overview:
**Role Title**:Senior or Principal Consultant: Industrial Decarbonisation Policy Consultant

**Role ID**: 2024
- **Location**: Spain / Madrid, Italy - Hybrid, Brussels - Remote

**Ricardo is creating a world fit for the future**

Ricardo Energy & Environment is a leading sustainability consultancy combining energy, climate change, environmental and chemical risk expertise with strong IT and economics capability. Operating across the world, we work in partnership with our customers to help transform the way they work, empowering business leaders with award winning consultancy advice. With unrivalled sector insight and a reputation for producing innovative solutions, we offer a stimulating and rewarding environment in which to work.

We have an opportunity for a Senior or Principal Industrial Decarbonisation and Regulation Policy Consultant to support business development and delivery within our Policy, Strategy and Economics Practice. We are one of Europe’s leading consultancies supporting the UK Government, the European Commission, overseas governments and multilateral development agencies in the development, implementation and appraisal of climate change policies affecting industry.

You will be at the forefront of shaping industrial decarbonisation policies. You will support governments in developing such policies and businesses in complying and responding to them. Our work concerns policies, technologies and economics for decarbonising industry, with particular emphasis on carbon pricing and sectoral agreements. Prior experience in any of these areas would be an advantage. Further experience of these policy aspects within the EU and UK would be an advantage.

Your work will involve project management, technical delivery, and business development activities, including competitive bidding, client and partner relationship management, and participation in promotional events. You will also be responsible for technical leadership and supporting the development of more junior staff within the practice. You will work flexibly within Ricardo Energy & Environment’s consultancy business, collaborating with specialists in fields such as renewable and heat supply, environmental policy, and transport policy. You will have a strong commercial awareness and energy and enthusiasm for growing the business in your technical area. Ideally, you will have experience in leading or working on proposals and projects for clients such as development banks, the European Commission, and national governments.

**Key Responsibilities**

The role is a high-level position with responsibility for:

- Monitoring market developments and shaping company business development activities to take advantage of emerging opportunities.
- Development and maintenance of close client and partner relationships at high level to support winning new business.
- Leading, managing and contributing to complex proposals.
- Leading the delivery of large complex projects or tasks within such projects. Responsibility for client satisfaction, timely delivery, project financial management and high-quality outputs.
- Leading and mentoring other staff in their involvement in bids and projects.
- Carrying out detailed technical work to contribute to high quality project delivery.
- Leading and participating in capacity building activities including workshop facilitation and presentation delivery.
- Presenting Ricardo Energy & Environment’s work at client meetings and conferences

**About You**:
**Desirable**
- Strong project management skills with track record in leading complex projects.
- Excellent written and spoken English essential; fluency in other European languages will be an advantage. Strong Spanish or French language skills proven in a consultancy environment will be considered a particular strength.
- Strong oral and written communication essential, including concise and precise report writing.
- Strong analytical skills essential.
- Good team worker and experienced delegator.
- Strong level of commercial awareness and appreciation for project financial management principles.
- We also welcome applicants with experience in one or more of these disciplines: policy target setting, abatement analysis, carbon leakage risk analysis and mitigation, trade economics, technology innovation, and monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions.

**Essential**
- Educated to at least Bachelor’s degree level specializing in scientific, engineering, environmental, legal, or economic fields.
- Experience leading business development and/or competitive bid writing in a consultancy environment is essential.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams is essential, and experience managing large project teams is desirable.
- Experience managing or working within projects for clients such as the European Commission, World Bank, GIZ, EBRD, Asian Development Bank, and UK Government is essential.

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