Principal Consultant – Chemicals Policy

Salary: £30,000 – £36,000 per year

Principal Consultant – Chemicals Policy

London with travel

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I am working with a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. They are looking to expand their Advisory Services business across the UK and Continental Europe. With a number of exciting and influential ongoing projects they are looking to recruit a Principal Consultant to work in their Policy and Economics team, with a focus on Chemicals Policy. Their Environmental Policy and Economics Team are at the forefront of providing policy, technical and economic advice on the development and implementation of environmental policy and business response to policy. They work for customers such as the European Commission, European Environment Agency, National Governments across Europe, international organisations, industry associations and companies. Their projects directly influence the development and improvement of environmental policies at national and international level. As Principal Consultant you will support and lead the delivery of projects and in winning new work in the field of Chemicals Policy.

You will work in multi-disciplinary teams, contributing to policy development, implementation and evaluation; cost-benefit analysis; model development; information/ data collection and analysis; stakeholder consultation; report writing and verbal presentation. In order to be considered you must have a keen interest and proven experience in public policy on chemicals; able to analyse and interrogate data; and communicate clearly in both verbal and in written English. Applications from those with European language skills in addition to a high professional standard of written and spoken English are particularly welcome.

You must have; Postgraduate qualification in environmental science / technology, economics, engineering, law or policy; Knowledge and proven experience working in development and/or implementation of chemicals policy and legislation (such as the REACH, CLP and POPs legislation); A keen interest in furthering your career in environmental policy and economics; Excellent communication skills and ability to write concise reports in English; Demonstrable experience in some of the following: policy development and implementation; evaluation of technical / policy measures; cost-benefit analysis; data collection, validation and analysis; and stakeholder consultation (with a focus on chemicals policy); Strong mathematical / quantitative analysis, data / statistical modelling skills; Analytical economic techniques such as: survey design and execution; market analysis; socio-economic analysis; regulatory impact assessment; Scientific/technical experience in chemicals policy (e.g. exposure and risk assessment and management); Understanding of the development of public policy and the methods for assessing the economic and environmental impacts of government action.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to really make their mark.