Description:
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 renewables 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 UK Government, the European Commission, overseas governments and multilateral development agencies in the development.
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.
- 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.
- Manage or contribute to the delivery of complex consultancy assignments for governments, development banks, international organisations and energy regulators
- Lead or support policy evaluations, regulatory assessments, market studies, stakeholder consultations or impact assessments;
- Guide junior staff, contribute to internal knowledge sharing, and maintain high quality standards across deliverables;
- Support business development, including proposal writing and client engagement;
- Build trusted relationships with clients and represent Ricardo in external meetings, workshops and events.
Essential
Key Competencies and Experience
- Educated to Master’s level in economics, energy policy, engineering, physics, environmental studies, or a related discipline.
- Experience in energy consulting, regulatory analysis, or public sector advisory work.
- Experience leading business development and/or competitive bid writing in a consultancy environment is essential.
- 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.
- Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: gas or electricity market design, regulatory frameworks for hydrogen or CCS, carbon pricing or energy taxation, energy subsidies, infrastructure decommissioning or transition planning, evaluation of public support schemes or industrial roadmaps.
- Strong understanding of the technologies, economics and policy frameworks driving the energy transition, including in different power sector structures.
- Knowledge of EU energy and climate legislation and funding mechanisms.