Economic Development Specialist - Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant

Steer; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in economic development seeks a Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant focusing on transformational projects across regions. The role involves delivering insightful economic analysis, managing client relationships, and contributing to comprehensive solutions for varied stakeholders. With opportunities for growth and team collaboration, this role is vital in shaping informed policies and strategies.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus scheme

Company pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong track record in economic development.
• Experience in economic analysis.
• Ability to lead presentations and reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality advice, manage project teams and budgets.
• Lead economic analysis, stakeholder engagement, and report delivery.
• Assist in business development and training initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Job description

Economic Development Specialist - Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant

Economic Development Specialist - Senior Consultant or Principal Consultant

1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Office location flexible. London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Hemel Hempstead

Do you have a passionate interest in helping places to grow their economies? Do you enjoy applying robust economic analysis to help evidence how investments deliver impact for people and places? Do you enjoy working with teams across different sectors to plan and deliver high quality projects which clients can rely on and trust?

As part of our Economic Development & Evaluation Team, you will provide advice to a range of clients who are seeking to deliver transformational change across economic growth, regeneration and net zero agendas. You will have strong technical skills which can be applied to help clients develop strategies and business cases which drive real change. You will have experience of developing and applying techniques to assess economic impact, ideally in a local, regional or other place-based context.

As well as strong technical skills and the ability to interpret evidence to help shape robust policy and strategy, you will bring excellent communication and interpersonal qualities to enable you to lead reporting and presentation of advice and complex analysis to senior-level clients.

At Steer-ED, we provide specialist consultancy to support clients across the breadth of economic development, including innovation, growth and sector development, housing & regeneration, skills & inclusive growth and infrastructure planning. We also work collaboratively with Steer's core transport consultancy team to provide holistic, insightful solutions for our clients.

We work with combined authorities, local government, subnational bodies, national government and government agencies to offer a spectrum of services across strategy & action planning; case-making; feasibility and impact assessment; and evaluation. We pride ourselves in understanding how local economies work and helping clients deliver the greatest benefit for the places they work for.

At Steer we recognise that your career will be unique to you as an individual, that is why we provide opportunities to expand your knowledge across new clients, new projects and even new markets if that interests you. Our support, whether that is as part of project teams, formal classroom or online training, or mentoring and coaching will enable you to be the best you can be and find day to day fulfilment as well as be supported on a longer-term career path.

Requirements

You will work as part of a team providing solutions to national, regional and local clients. This position requires an enthusiastic, hard-working person, who wants to be part of our growing, dynamic team and in this role, tasks are likely to include:

• Provision of high-quality advice to clients including the preparation and delivery of reports and presentations
• Managing project teams and budgets exercising effective financial and budgetary control
• Leading work streams, ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently
• Taking responsibility to lead economic analysis and economic impact modelling, interpret and review outputs and convey findings tailored as appropriate to technical and non-technical audiences
• Engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders from across different sectors through interviews and workshops, synthesising content into insightful findings
• Contributing to the production and delivery of proposals related to our market area
• Assisting in general business development initiatives
• Taking part in training to develop both your technical and consultancy skills
  
  

To be successful in the role, you will:

• Be comfortable working in creative multi-disciplinary teams and provide positive contributions
• Demonstrate a strong track record in the field of economic development and delivering economic analysis
• Take responsibility for key tasks and workstreams, managing multiple deadlines in parallel
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven project management/delivery experience in an economic development environment.
  
  
  

Benefits

Why join us

We believe in empowering our people and giving them the opportunities to shine. As an employee-owned company means that our team are dedicated and passionate about what they do, and that's the reason why we are at the forefront of our industry.

Steer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know.

We offer a competitive benefits package including:

• Private medical insurance and health screening
• Life assurance and group income protection
• Company pension scheme
• EAP and mental health first aiders
• 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days,
• Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work,
• Group Share Incentive Plan,
• Up to 5 days for volunteering activities
• Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance)
  
  
  

Compensation

Steer is committed to ensuring that all its employees are compensated a fair, liveable wage. All initial compensation, regardless of location, may be subject to change as skills, abilities, internal equity and geographic location are taken into account.

In addition to base salary, all employees will be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus. Please review the benefits section for more information on total reward.

Steer reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional compensation.

Work Environment

All Steer employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 40% of their time either in office or on-site with clients. An employee's typical work week consists of 40 hours (Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be adjusted for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.)

We understand that some may be dissuaded to apply based off their compatibility with the job description. That being said, we understand that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to the job description.

Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered.

Ready to apply? Just complete our brief online application form and attach your CV and covering letter.

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