Do you want to make a real difference in the fight against climate change?
For over 24 years, our consultants have been supporting and guiding our clients to achieve low-carbon climate-resilient development. We assess contexts and baselines, design strategies and frameworks, develop policies, programmes and projects and unlock finance for public and private sector clients across the world.
As a Senior consultant, you will be a leader in your sector of expertise with complementary experience in related sectors. You will feel comfortable leading multiple complex assignments as well as contributing your expertise to others. Your knowledge and experience in your sector will have covered several of our 7 service areas and you will know what it means to deliver excellence in these areas to clients, colleagues and partners. As a sector leader, you will have experience in, and be keen to feed into strategic conversations, help to grow the business, capitalize on the knowledge you have to support others in their professional development and to support business and bid development activities including representing E Co. externally online or in -person.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Postgraduate degree – MBA, MA, MSc, PhD in a relevant technical subject is highly desirable
• An outstanding academic and career record
• Excellent interpersonal skills, empathetic and open
• A minimum of 15 years working experience within the infrastructure sector in particular with a focus on sustainable development and/or mitigation and adaptation to climate change
• A minimum of 10 years relevant experience in:
  Green/sustainable cities, preferably with experience in measuring environmental performance and improvements in development of sustainability plans for cities;
  Policy-related experience related to local governance, particularly related to urban planning, climate change mitigation and adaptation and environmental policies and regulations;
  Economics experience in applied cost-benefit analysis and/or related multi-criteria analysis;
  Finance experience with knowledge of private and public financing on related green-/ and brownfield projects;

Relating to the incorporation of environmental, economic, social and gender aspects in the development of green/sustainable city agendas;

• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience working with municipalities in relevant countries relating to urban sustainability and both national and local municipal regulation
• A minimum of 5 years experience developing strategic plans and to support the transition to green infrastructure
• A minimum of 5 years experience writing strategic policy documents that can be read and understood by a broad audience
• Experience working with the EBRD, WB, EIB and bilateral donors working on green cities, smart cities, and infrastructure related programmes and projects is essential. Experience working with global funds would be an advantage.
• Experience in a number of the following areas: Data acquisition and analysis, stakeholder engagement and management, strategy and climate action planning, policy baselining and feasibility assessment, economic and financial analysis, green finance, municipal finance, environmental engineering, geospatial analysis, gender and social safeguarding
• Fluency in English
• Positive, resilient, flexible and adaptable “can-do” attitude that can see its way through challenges.
• Knowledge of and a keen interest in infrastructure issues and their applicability to developing contexts.
• Ability to think both strategically/big picture and to focus on the detail/manage the day-to-daY
• Experience supporting business and bid development including writing proposals in your sector
• Managed complex teams and budgets in your sector

E Co. is seeking experienced full time Senior Consultants to join our infrastructure team.
Ideal candidates will have expertise in one or more of the following general sectors within an urban context: transport and mobility, waste, water, WASH, energy, urban planning, industrial manufacturing, urban-agriculture and urban-forestry. Candidates should have extensive experience in developing and implementing green urban infrastructure solutions, with a track record of contributing to the development of sustainable cities.
Responsibilities & Duties