Associate Director Economics (infrastructure)

Client Details

Global professional services firm

Description

I am recruiting for an Associate Director Economics (infrastructure) for a professional services firm in London.

Key responsibilities of the role include:
* Designing and implementing innovative and robust economic analysis and analytical approaches to address client challenges;
* Managing and delivering multiple client projects, or discrete workstreams of large scale projects, to the highest standard, on time and to budget.
* Specifying and managing the work of junior colleagues, ensuring that both their analytical and written work is undertaken to the highest possible standard, as well as contributing to their professional development through coaching and mentoring;
* Developing and managing trusted relationships with existing and new clients;
* Shaping and leading on business development activities, including formal proposals and pitches and the development of new propositions to take to market; and
* Keeping abreast of developments in relevant policy areas and in economic appraisal methodologies in order to continue to broaden and deepen the sector knowledge of the team.

Profile

You will:

• Have demonstrable professional experience as an economist advising clients on investments in economic and social infrastructure (e.g. transport and housing) and projects which promote UK economic development (e.g. regeneration and skills);
  * Have deep expertise in the development of business cases for major public investment in infrastructure investment, together with knowledge of Government appraisal guidance (i.e. HMT Green Book and relevant departmental guidance such as DfT, MHCLG, BEIS, Defra etc);
  * Have demonstrable experience in shaping, overseeing and undertaking quantitative economic analysis using complex datasets, including experience in building and using economic appraisal and economic impact tools;
  * Be highly familiar with the range of socioeconomic data that is typically available and used to undertake economic analysis, appraisal and impact assessments;
  * Be confident in using analytical software packages to undertake economic analysis (e.g. MS Excel, Stata, EViews, R, Alteryx, Python etc);
  * Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify problems and contribute to the development of solutions using first principles in economics, helping us to remain at the cutting edge of thinking in the sector;

Job Offer

£80,000 - £105,000 PA DOE plus car allowance, benefits and bonus