Climate and Net Zero Economist

Mott MacDonald

*****Closing date for applications 5pm 13th January 2025*****
 

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. 
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. 

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence. 

Are you an experienced Climate Economist and Business Case professional?

Are you skilled at developing and executing business growth strategies?

Are you passionate about developing and coaching Mid-Career and Early-Career Professionals?

As a Climate Economist you will help shape and grow our climate, resilience and decarbonisation capabilities within our Business Case Centre of Excellence as well as contribute to focused market-led growth. Although a climate specialist, you will be adaptable, and comfortable leading the delivery of business case projects across multiple sectors, helping grow the pipeline of work in priority sectors, delivering on excellent Account Leadership.

You will manage concurrent priorities across the team, helping to support, manage, and direct more junior staff, whilst providing day-to-day leadership and technical guidance. Providing end-to-end trusted advice to support to our clients, you will play a vital role in growing the business, connecting with clients and colleagues alike to create opportunities.

We are a fast growing and collaborative team, working at the cutting edge of Mott MacDonald, combining deep technical expertise with our strategic advisory capabilities. The vision for our Strategic Advisory portfolio is to:

“Empower lasting industry transformation.  We enable clients to navigate complex challenges by combining industry-leading technical domain knowledge, digital innovation and consulting excellence with our network of collaborative partners. Our trusted advice ensures clients not only thrive, but remain agile, resilient, and in step in a volatile world. We remain pragmatic and outcomes-focused in shaping and implementing transformational change that delivers demonstrable social, economic and environmental value.” 

Your contribution: 
We are looking for an experienced Climate Economist to help shape and define an ambitious and growing team, who is passionate about delivering great outcomes for our people and our clients.
You will be part of our entrepreneurial and growing Strategic Advisory team, providing industry-leading, award-winning consulting services. 

Delivering great work
Day to day you will commit to delivery of advisory projects, helping to manage concurrent priorities across the team, helping to support, manage, and direct more junior staff, whilst providing both leadership and technical guidance. Providing end-to-end trusted advice to support to our clients. You will play a vital role in growing the business, connecting with clients and colleagues alike to create opportunities.

As well as bringing an established network of contacts to the role that will help foster growth of the business, whilst also keeping aligned with industry best practice, we want you to be a proactive participant in the Strategic Advisory market. It's important that you take every opportunity to enhance the Mott MacDonald brand and highlight our capabilities. 

Candidate Specification:
We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of climate economics, business case technical capabilities and delivery, as well as playing a proactive role in the growth of the business in these areas.

Ideally candidates will have a proven track record of delivery and work winning in a consultancy environment.
It's important that we find people who have a demonstrable passion for delivering economics and business case excellence.

A track record in successful project delivery, or significant elements of major project delivery and familiarity with the principles of HMT Green Book, are also important.

We are a dynamic and growing team and are encouraged to think big and scale up fast, which will require a high degree of agility and co-operation across the whole team. To thrive, you'll need strong collaboration skills, be comfortable working with disruptive technologies and at times question current practice.

If this sounds like you, we'd also like you to have:

• Relevant delivery experience in management consultancy, business cases and/or economics as a discipline, ideally across multiple sectors
• Excellent account leadership skills, i.e. winning work credentials 
• Experience of developing a strategy and executing it, with positive outcomes 
• Good technical knowledge of a range of Business Case and economics capabilities. Strong understanding of business case tools and techniques, e.g. HMT Green Book Five Cases, Logic Models, Options Appraisal, Monitoring & Evaluation
• Strong delivery skills and project management experience
• Excellent communication skills and proven track record of delighting clients 
• Eagerness to develop new skills and commit to further expanding your knowledge within different areas of Strategic Advisory, working towards Management Consultant Chartership if desired 
• Ability to manage projects and coach diverse teams of consultants
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to diagnose issues and develop tailored solutions.

Office locations are flexible and the right person could be located in any of our Mott MacDonald offices within the UK. In addition periods of UK travel may be expected (and on rare occasions international business).
 

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UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

 Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.