Analyst Consultant Climate Action Planning and Transparency

Overview

Role: Analyst Consultant  - Climate Action Planning and Transparency ( CAPT)

Location: hybrid role in London, Harwell (Oxfordshire), Glasgow, Manchester, BristolSalary: £26-30,000 + benefits

Role ID: 2023-1846

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

Key responsibilities

As an Analyst Consultant, you will provide research and analytical support to our team of international experts in order to deliver a wide range of projects at local, regional and national level, in the rapidly developing area of Climate Action Planning & Transparency. Typical projects are funded and commissioned by multilateral development banks, bilateral agencies and development partners, and include:

• Supporting the development of greenhouse gas inventories and emissions projections, for city, regional and national governments
• Assessing mitigation actions, and developing emission reduction scenarios, using a range of models and tools
• Supporting the design and implementation of climate action plans and policies, for local, regional and national governments around the world, to deliver a net zero and resilient future
• Designing and developing national monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems, to support countries in strengthening domestic arrangements for managing their climate reporting and tracking progress
• Providing guidance, training and technical assistance on transparency processes under the UNFCCC, including tracking progress on nationally determined contributions (NDCs), support received (such as climate finance), and reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF)

You will contribute to both the delivery of this existing work and the development of future projects we undertake, developing your skills and expertise, and contributing to the team’s business development plan.

Key competencies and experience

• A Bachelors (2.1 or above), Masters or PhD in a scientific or environmental subject.
• An interest and awareness of key environmental and climate change issues.
• A high level of numeracy and an interest and talent for data analysis.
• Experience and a high level of skill in research and analysis.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Strong PC literacy – especially in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Skills and behaviours

• Proactive, able to work independently and demonstrate initiative, as well as operate effectively as part of a team.
• Aptitude for using your technical knowledge creatively to address new challenges.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral, and presentation skills.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Strongly motivated to continue learning.
• Flexibility, resilience, enthusiasm, and a strong desire to live life outside of your comfort zone.
• Willingness to travel overseas occasionally on short-term (e.g., 1-2 week) assignments up to.
• Culturally-sensitive interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Experience in a consultancy or in a customer facing commercial environment
• Experience and technical knowledge of GHG accounting and reporting at national or city level
• Experience in developing emissions projections or assessing the mitigation potential of actions
• Knowledge of the Paris Agreement, and the Enhanced Transparency Framework
• Fluency in a second language

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit.ee@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.