Senior Consultant Climate Change Adaptation

Ricardo plc; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting company in Camden Town is seeking a consultant to manage climate adaptation projects. You will work closely with local and national governments to assess climate risks and develop effective adaptation strategies. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in consultancy, a higher degree in a relevant field, and strong skills in managing stakeholder consultations. Flexible working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for physical and mental health

Qualifications

• Understanding of adaptation planning processes.
• Experience in adaptation planning at city, sub-national and/or national level.
• Experience of facilitating virtual and face-to-face stakeholder consultations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver adaptation projects for multiple government levels.
• Climate data gathering and processing.
• Deliver spatial climate risk assessments.

Skills

Understanding of adaptation planning

Experience in consultancy environments

Facilitating stakeholder consultations

Strong literacy in MS Excel

Education

Higher degree in a numerate/scientific subject

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

You will contribute to the delivery of consultancy projects that focus on climate adaptation and resilience. This will include supporting local, regional and national governments with their climate adaptation planning processes, and supporting business development activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver adaptation projects for local, regional and national governments, which may include the following:
• Climate data gathering and processing: climate projections, databases and climate indices
• Assessing climate vulnerabilities and risks
• Delivering spatial climate risk assessments
• Identifying and prioritising effective adaptation options
• Assessing adaptation-mitigation co-benefits
• Mainstreaming adaptation into sectoral policies, strategies and funds
• Developing costed implementation plans for adaptation actions, and associated finance strategies
• Developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks (including indicators) for adaptation policies, plans, and programmes
• Preparing concept notes and/or funding proposals to the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund and related facilities
• Managing and contributing to business development activities, including the preparation of proposals
• Participating in capacity building activities including workshop facilitation and delivery

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 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. 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.

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.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion 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 to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

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 depending 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 [e-mail] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

Requirements

• Higher degree in a numerate/scientific subject, or equivalent academic experience
• Understanding of adaptation planning processes, and experience in adaptation planning at city, sub-national and/or national level
• Experience (more than 5 years) of undertaking at least three of the types of adaptation-related activities listed above
• Experience (more than 5 years) of working in a consultancy environment
• Experience of facilitating virtual and face-to-face stakeholder consultations, workshops, and capacity-building events
• Strong literacy in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Desirable Competencies and Experience

• Knowledge of international climate change policy (e.g. UNFCCC) regarding adaptation
• Application of GIS and geoprocessing techniques
• Experience of working in different cultural environments
• Fluency in a second language (English, French, Spanish)
• Experience of designing adaptation and/or climate-proofed projects
• Experience delivering services to private sector partners (reporting, physical risks assessments, materiality assessments)
• Familiarity with AI applications in environmental or climate contexts

About Ricardo 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 expertise in delivering cross-sector sustainable products and solutions to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.