Green Finance Policy Principal Consultant

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

Overview

Role: Green Finance Policy, Principal Consultant

Location: London, Harwell - Oxford, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Shoreham, Madrid - Spain, Brussels (Hybrid)

Role ID: 2023 - 2643

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.

The Role

As an experienced Green Finance Policy consultant with our team, you will have the chance to work on cutting-edge 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.

Y ou 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 EU's 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 mentor’s scheme to pass learning to other cohorts.
• Support the development of junior staff.
  
  

Key Competencies And Experience

• Qualified to master’s 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 non-finance 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 problem-solving 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 that's 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. 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 person's potential, and we'll 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 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 recruit.ee@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.