Senior Place Economics Consultant (Economic Growth and Development Advisory)

ARCADIS Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Senior Place Economics Consultant to provide economic advisory services, focusing on place-based projects in the public sector. The successful candidate will utilize their expertise to conduct economic analyses, engage with stakeholders, and develop strategic recommendations to support regeneration initiatives. This role requires collaboration across various teams and offers a hybrid working environment, fostering both independent and collaborative work while contributing to impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in economic development, placemaking, or similar fields.
• Familiarity with Green Book methodology for value-based assessments.
• Proven ability in project management, ensuring timely delivery.

Responsibilities

• Conduct evidence-based research for economic strategies.
• Engage stakeholders to identify barriers and opportunities.
• Analyze data to assess economic impacts and outcomes.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Economic strategy

Written communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Economics or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Excel

GIS

Power BI

Job description

Senior Place Economics Consultant (Economic Growth and Development Advisory)

Job Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

This role is being created to support the continued development of our Economic Growth and Development Advisory (EGDA), providing greater Senior Consultant level economic advisory capacity to undertake place-based economic analysis, strategy, appraisal, case making, impact assessment and evaluation.

EGDA is a multi-disciplinary team that sits within the Arcadis’ Places Global Business Area. The team provides economic and development advice predominantly to public sector agencies including Local Authorities, Combined Authorities, Homes England, Higher Education and other clients across a range of sectors to help make informed place-based investment decisions.

The role will involve working on a wide range of place-based projects, undertaking:

• Evidence-based research to support place-based strategies and the strategic case for regeneration and development programmes
• Stakeholder engagement and facilitation of workshops to identify place-based barriers, opportunities and priorities for investment
• Data analysis to establish socio-economic baselines and estimates of initial and adjusted economic benefits
• Economic Appraisals in line with HMT Green Book guidance
• Economic impact assessments and evaluations
• Development of investment propositions and prospectuses
• Delivery of economic development advice verbally and via reports to clients.
• Delivery of technical and narrative-led reports, action plans, and presentations

You will have time served experience in similar roles, most likely within a multi-disciplinary or specialist place economics consultancy, or the public sector. You will be familiar with the Green Book methodology and guidance for assessing value for money (VfM) and Magenta Book guidance on evaluation. You will have demonstrable experience in economic strategy and policy, business case development, impact assessments, and economic and financial appraisal. You will be able to point to examples where, throughout your career, you have made a successful case for investment in place-based regeneration, transit-oriented development or placemaking schemes.

An ideal candidate would both be able to work as a part of a team and work independently, as required. Our team works in offices across the country, so you should be comfortable in a hybrid (in-person and virtual) working environment. You should be analytical and bring a creative approach to finding the best solutions for clients.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Preferred master’s degree / Essential bachelor’s degree in Economics, Economic Development, Finance, Geography, a Social Science, or a related discipline.
• Ideally qualified as a Better Business Case Practitioner or other professional qualification in Economic Development
• Experience supporting the development of proposals for clients or developing and selecting proposals for bidders
• Ability to produce excellent written content, with careful attention to detail
• Interest in economic development, placemaking, and issues affecting local and regional government
• Experience in leading or contributing to the management of projects, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualisation tools such as Excel, GIS, or Power BI.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

Job Info

• Job Identification 36463
• Job Category Consulting
• Posting Date 12/17/2025, 02:31 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 5th & 6th floor, London, EC3M 4BY, GB