Green Finance Policy - Senior or Principal Consultant
Green Finance Policy - Senior or Principal Consultant
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Role:Green Finance Policy Principal Consultant
Location: London Harwell Oxford Bristol Manchester Glasgow Shoreham Madrid Spain Brussels (Hybrid)
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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 3000 employees in more than 20 countries we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leadingedge and innovative crosssector 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.
The Role
As an experienced Green Finance Policy consultant with our team you will have the chance to work on cuttingedge projects that push the boundaries of sustainable finance and environmental responsibility. You will also play a pivotal role in shaping the green finance landscape across the world by advising government bodies on policy development regulatory frameworks and investment strategies.
You will collaborate with an innovative and diverse team of experts who are passionate about creating a better future for our planet. This is an unparalleled opportunity to use your skills and experience to make a real difference in the world while also advancing your own career.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and deliver projects requiring skills for designing green and/or climate finance strategies at the international national and subnational level.
- Provide advisory support services to public and private investors and related actors supporting the identification preparation development and implementation of viable sustainable investments at project and corporate level.
- Manage stakeholder relationships.
- Develop and implement strategies relating to the EUs Green Finance policies and funds including the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation EU Taxonomy and Green Bond Standards. You will also advise on sustainable investment strategies including Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) integration.
- Develop and deliver webinars to key audiences.
- Produce guidance materials.
- Create mentors scheme to pass learning to other cohorts.
- Support the development of junior staff.
Key Competencies and Experience:
- Qualified to masters degree level in finance economics or environmental sciences.
- Strong technical skills to analyse the options for investing financing advisory structuring distribution and business development on green transition.
- Knowledge and understanding of EU Green Finance policies including on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation EU Taxonomy and Green Bond Standards.
- Experience in leading or working on proposals and projects for international organisations (World Bank GIZ etc. and/or European Commission and/or national governments.
- Ability to explain complex green finance concepts to a nonfinance audience.
- Highly numerate with a track record in carrying out quantitative analysis. Ability to develop and implement innovative strategies and solutions in the field of green finance sustainability and climate change.
- Knowledge and understanding of international climate funds (e.g. CIF GCF CFA) and Sustainability investments.
- Fluent in English (fluency in Spanish and/or other European Languages is desired)
Skills and Behaviours
- Demonstrate a passion for the drive to create a more sustainable world and a clear motivation to work for Ricardo and align with its values.
- Enjoy solving complex analytical problems.
- Demonstrate exceptional critical thinking and creative problemsolving skills.
- Have excellent communication skills both written and oral. As well as interpersonal skills to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Come to work with flexibility resilience and enthusiasm.
- Be accurate and attentive to detail.
- Be an effective and proactive team worker.
Working here
Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work and you have the opportunity to make a difference. You will work with teams of talented dedicated and supportive individuals. Alongside having a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with us through our broad range of projects mentoring opportunities and a personalised approach to your learning and development. We are always keen to hear from people who have driven ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.
Wellbeing and work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work whether thats working from home being in the office or as a hybrid worker. Were happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals including flexible working carers policy mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance programme.
Diversity Equality and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity equality and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and proactively with all our employees and ensure a culture of inclusivity we are a recognised as a disability confident employer.
Benefits
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 if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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