Senior / Principal Consultant – Economic Development
Leeds, London, Manchester

Work on a wide range of policy interventions that make a real difference to the economic success of areas. Projects primarily from the public sector, both central and local government. Helping with all stages of the policy cycle – from initial development through to policy evaluation.

About the role

Seeking an evaluation specialist to join a team of high-performing economic development consultants. You will work on a range of different projects for national, regional and local public sector clients, including process, impact, and value for money evaluations.

Your skillset will include quantitative and qualitative research techniques, as well as familiarity with a range of evaluation techniques such theory-based methods and counterfactual design. Your particular speciality may be in qualitative or quantitative techniques; or you may be a mixed-methods evaluator.

You will be well versed in HMT Magenta Book and Green Book best practice, and, ideally, will have experience of (or the desire to work in) one or more of our key policy domains:

• Innovation, sector development & business growth;
• Placemaking, regeneration and housing;
• Net zero and climate resilience
• Skills and inclusive growth; and
• Transport, infrastructure planning & finance.

As a Senior or Principal Consultant in Economic Development, you will:

Solve important and varied problems – each week can address a diverse set of intellectual challenges, such as:

• Has the public sector successfully unlocked dormant land for new housing?
• What lessons can be learnt from comparing infrastructure projects around the world?
• Have Local Authorities successfully upgraded the energy efficiency of their local housing stock?
• Build a work portfolio you are passionate about – working with the rest of the team, you will have the freedom to develop relationships and win work to suit your skills and interests.
• Be recognised and rewarded for your achievements

A typical day will involve:

• Primary research – for example, you could be interviewing business leaders, analysing client or public data, creating data visualisations, or designing telephone surveys.
• Building relationships with clients – you will build rapport with clients, spending time with them discussing project methodologies and sharing findings.
• Project management – you will co-ordinate project teams, be supported by passionate team members and work alongside leading experts in delivering high profile, influential evaluation outputs.
• Writing first-class reports – our research is frequently published by our clients and you will play a vital role in ensuring our reports are communicated brilliantly, and of the highest quality.
• Winning new work – you will support business development including the preparation of proposals.
• Developing staff – You will have line-management responsibilities, and more broadly you will help to develop junior staff through finding opportunities for stretching work, offering advice and giving constructive feedback.
• Developing your own skills – you will fine-tune your consultancy skills through L&D programmes, internal/external networking and the mentorship of highly experienced industry experts.

Requirements

• Experience working on process and impact evaluation, ideally in one or more of the key policy domains.
• 3+ years’ experience (Senior Consultant) or 5+ years’ experience (Principal Consultant) in the public sector, consulting or relevant private sector experience.
• A degree (2:1 or higher), preferably in Economics or a social science subject.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

For further information on this or any other related positions do not hesitate to contact Peter on 07881788772 or peter@huphuphup.com

Our industry knowledge ensures a unique, valued and specialist service. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community and offer every assurance that your application will be handled with the highest levels of professionalism.

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