Senior Consultant – Energy Impact Assessment & Evaluation (EU Policy)

Role Title:Senior Consultant Energy Impact Assessment & Evaluation (EU Policy)

Location: London Spain Italy - Hybrid

Job ID: 2026-3277

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo member of WSP is a global strategic environmental and engineering consulting company. 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 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.

The successfulcandidate will lead and contribute toImpact Assessmentsevaluations and analytical studiesunderpinning EU legislation and funding interventions across the energy system including electricity gas hydrogen CCUS and industrial decarbonisation.

Key focus areas

Working primarily at thepolicy appraisal and decision-supportend of the policy cycle with particular focus on:

EU Impact Assessment and Evaluation

• Application ofBetter Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox

• Problem definitionobjectives policyoptionsand intervention logic

• Quantitative and qualitative impact assessment across economicsocialand environmental dimensions

• Evaluation of EU legislationprogrammesand funding instruments

Energy and Climate Policy Analysis

• EU energy and climate legislation and initiatives (e.g. Fit for 55 Clean Industrial Deal Electricity Market Design EU ETS NZIA)

• Energy infrastructuremarketsand system transformation

• Industrial decarbonisation pathways including hydrogen and CCUS as policy cases

Economic and Analytical Methods

• Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)

• Multi-criteria analysis (MCA)

• Distributional and competitiveness impacts

• Assessment of proportionality effectivenessefficiencyand coherence

Key Responsibilities

• Leading or co-leading EU-level Impact Assessments and evaluationsin the energy and climate domain for the European Commission and international institutions

• Designing and delivering analytical frameworks aligned withBetter Regulation requirements including:

• Intervention logic and theory of change

• CBAMCAand qualitative assessment

• Assessment of regulatory and non-regulatory options

• Providingeconomic and policy analysisto support decision-making on:

• Energy market and infrastructure regulation

• Industrial decarbonisation measures and public support schemes

• EU funding instruments and State Aid interventions

• Managing and synthesising evidence from desk research data analysis modellinginputsand stakeholder engagement

• Engaging directly withEU institutions Member State authorities and stakeholdersthrough interviewsworkshopsand consultations

• Contributing tobusiness development including proposal writing methodologicaldesignand technical leadership

Key Competenciesand Experience

Essential

• AMastersdegree or PhD in economics public policy energy policy environmentaleconomicsor a closely related discipline.

• Strong hands-on experience with EU Impact Assessments and/or evaluations including direct application of the Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox.

• Proventrack recordperformingstakeholder engagement activities includingthedesign of consultation tools such as interviews workshopssurveys.

• Proven experience working with EU institutions in particular the European Commission (DG ENER CLIMA MOVE GROW etc.)

• Solid understanding of EU energy and climate policy frameworks including:

• Energy market design and infrastructure policy.

• Industrial and energy transition initiatives.

• Demonstrated experience applying economic appraisal tools including:

• Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)

• Multi-criteria analysis (MCA)

• Distributional and competitiveness analysis.

• Experience in consultancy or policy advisory environments including project delivery clientinteractionand proposal development.

• Experience leading formal Impact Assessments or evaluations for EU institutions.

Desirable

• Familiarity with State Aid assessment and public funding evaluation.

• Knowledge of hydrogen CCUS or industrial decarbonisation as policy case studies.

• Knowledge of EU grid packagethe citizen energy package the affordable energy package.

• Additional European languages (French German Italian Spanish)

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. 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.

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 pro-actively with all our employees to ensure an inclusive culture we are a recognised as a disability confident employer.

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.

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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