Location
Brussels, Belgium

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. We embrace curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives, offering a world of opportunity to shape a career as unique as you.

We are seeking a high-calibre junior-level policy consultant to join our growing Environmental Policy and Economics team based in Brussels. This role involves working globally alongside colleagues across the UK, Europe and Canada, providing robust, impartial and influential advice on policy development and strategic response across the full policy lifecycle including development, assessment, implementation, review, evaluation and revision.

WSP is the world's leading engineering company specialising in infrastructure, transport, environment, power, energy, property, buildings and advisory. This is an exceptional opportunity to develop your career, gain exposure to diverse projects and international travel within a friendly and supportive environment.

You will work in multi-disciplinary teams contributing to policy development, implementation and evaluation; economic and socio-economic analysis; cost-benefit analysis; data collection and analysis; stakeholder consultation; report writing and presentations. You will support delivery of environmental policy projects at national and international levels for clients including international organisations (OECD, United Nations), EU institutions and agencies (European Commission, European Chemicals Agency, European Environment Agency), national governments (Canada, EU Member States, UK) and the private sector.

In addition, you will actively engage with clients and stakeholders, build and maintain relationships to identify new business opportunities, support proposal writing and represent WSP at EU policy forums, conferences and meetings.

Joining the Brussels team places you at the heart of EU policy making, with access to training, career development and personal support to help you become a recognised expert in your field. The team is expanding with a strong forward workload and ambitious growth strategy, offering an exciting environment to advance your career.

Experience
Experience in consultancy or relevant industry with a core background in environmental economics. This may include roles in consultancy, government, research agencies, think tanks, NGOs, private sector or relevant placements.

Knowledge of economic theory and socio-economic techniques applied to environmental and other policies at national and/or international level, including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, ex-post evaluation, impact assessment, valuation of human health and social and environmental effects of policies, and assessing economic competitiveness.

About you
A strong interest in environmental policy and enthusiasm for developing solutions to complex problems. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to take initiative, plan work, meet deadlines and work independently with minimal supervision. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present findings, policy recommendations and project updates clearly and concisely to clients, stakeholders and non-technical audiences. Ability to engage effectively with clients and stakeholders and support business development activities.

Applications from candidates with European language skills are particularly welcome.

Qualifications
A postgraduate qualification in environmental science, environmental technology, chemistry, engineering, policy, law or a related field.

Demonstrable research skills and understanding of analytical techniques including data collection, validation, analysis and synthesis, literature review, stakeholder consultations, survey dissemination, market analysis, socio-economic analysis and regulatory impact assessment.

Familiarity with national and international sources of government and business statistics is desirable.

Strong expertise in policy evaluation and impact assessment methodologies using data-driven approaches to inform decision-making and policy recommendations.