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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in socio-economic analysis, impact assessment, and economic appraisal, with a strong ability to manage projects and deliver high-quality outputs on time and within budget. Proficient in utilizing various datasets and methodologies to assess socio-economic effects and support client engagement.
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Socio-Economic AnalysisImpact AssessmentEconomic AppraisalProject ManagementQuantitative Research Skills
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Hard Skills
Socio-Economic Baseline DraftingEconomic ModellingData AnalysisEIA/ESIA PreparationCensus Data UtilizationHM Treasury Green Book ApplicationSensitivity AnalysisMitigation Hierarchy AssessmentCommunity Benefit StrategiesSocial Impact Assessment
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsStrong Commercial AwarenessClient LiaisonTeam ManagementStakeholder Engagement
Tools & Technologies
CensusONS/NRS/NISRA/CSONomisBRESASHEIMDAI-Enabled ToolsGIS
Industry Keywords
UK EIA RegimeIrish EIA RegimeDCOSection 36TCPAPlanning (Wales) ActIFC Performance StandardsEquator PrinciplesSocial ValueJust Transition
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support socio-economic baselines and impact assessment chapters.
- Lead economic appraisal, quantification of jobs and GVA effects, and social value analysis for client business cases, funding bids and consent applications.
- Manage discrete workstreams and small project teams of 1–2 people, coordinating CDH and regional inputs to deliver on time, on budget and to quality.
- Act as a day-to-day client contact for socio-economic workstreams, present findings and respond to client and regulator queries.
- Contribute socio-economic evidence across Capital Project Delivery sectors.
- Lead preparation of socio-economic baselines using Census, labour market, deprivation, housing, health, tourism and industry datasets.
- Identify and assess significant socio-economic effects across construction, operation and decommissioning phases.
- Apply and refine assessment methodologies covering sensitivity/magnitude, mitigation hierarchy, cumulative effects and distributional impacts.
- Draft scoping reports, EIA/ESIA socio-economic chapters, standalone Socio-economic Statements, technical notes, ESMP inputs, Livelihood Restoration Frameworks and community benefit strategies.
- Deliver quantitative economic modelling of direct, indirect and induced jobs and GVA, plus qualitative assessment of wider socio-economic, sociocultural and tourism effects.
- Support stakeholder mapping and engagement and integrate feedback into socio-economic assessments.
- Manage workstreams end-to-end, including scoping, planning, delivery, quality review and client communication.
- Contribute to bids, proposals, internal capability building, templates, tools and methodologies.
- Maintain knowledge of UK, Irish and international socio-economic policy and guidance.
- Adhere to ERM's Health & Safety, ethics and quality management systems.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in economics, human geography, sociology, planning, public policy, development studies or a closely related social science discipline; a Master's is desirable.
- 6-10 years' relevant experience in consulting with a demonstrable track record of delivering socio-economic analysis, impact assessment or economic appraisal outputs.
- Proven ability to independently draft socio-economic baseline and impact assessment chapters for EIA/ESIA, or comparable economic appraisal / business case outputs.
- Sound working knowledge of UK/Irish EIA and consenting regimes, including DCO, Section 36, TCPA and Planning (Wales) Act, and/or international frameworks such as the IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles.
- Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills.
- Confident use of Census, ONS/NRS/NISRA/CSO, Nomis, BRES, ASHE and IMD datasets.
- Application of HM Treasury Green Book principles to economic assessment.
- Experience managing discrete workstreams or small teams, including planning, budgeting, quality review and client liaison.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to work efficiently within scope, budget and time constraints.
- Mandatory working exposure to NA region.
- Experience delivering socio-economic chapters for NSIPs, DCOs or comparable major infrastructure consenting regimes, or ESIA socio-economics chapters aligned with IFC PS/Equator Principles.
- Exposure to Social Impact Assessment, social value, community benefits, just transition or deliberative engagement approaches.
- Experience working in a global delivery, shared service or hub environment across time zones.
- Familiarity with automation, AI-enabled tools or GIS to support socio-economic analysis and reporting.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Global collaboration opportunities
- Opportunity to contribute to complex sustainability projects
- Professional contribution to global consulting delivery
- Exposure to major infrastructure, energy, mining and transition projects
- Opportunity to support bids, proposals and thought leadership
- Opportunity for internal capability building and standardising templates, tools and methodologies