Senior Consultant

**Job Description**:

- ICF is a leading provider of science-based energy, climate and environmental advisory services to private and public sector clients across the globe. We help our clients to progress on their sustainable transition journey, from the understanding of this rapidly evolving landscape to the design and implementation of impactful strategies and actions plans all the way to their evaluation.-
- Your future colleagues have built a reputation for the successful delivery of large, complex projects, developing innovative solutions that drive positive change for their clients and support the overall sustainable transition in the EU and beyond. Some of our flagship projects include:- Evaluating the impact of green bonds on supporting climate mitigation investments for the European Investment Bank
- Supporting National Promotional Banks with advice, guidance and training on how to operationalise the EU Taxonomy and InvestEU sustainability requirements
- Drafting the Sustainable Bond framework for an EU Member State
- Designing the Sustainable Finance Action Plan of an EU Member State
- Providing expertise to support the successful implementation of the EU Emissions Trading System’s Innovation Fund
- Contributing to the design of a standard on biodiversity measurements and valuation for corporates and financial institutions
- Delivering the European Business and Biodiversity Platform since 2013- Responsibilities- You will work as part of a multi-national, collaborative team of economists, climate and environmental experts, financial experts and communication specialists to:- Manage and deliver projects for public and private clients
- Provide robust and sound qualitative and quantitative analysis and translate complex data into meaningful and impactful recommendations
- Engage with stakeholders through both quantitative and qualitative surveys
- Support development of a sales pipeline that builds on ICF’s track record, bringing your experience in designing and developing compelling service offers and bids
- Support ICF’s thought leadership in sustainable finance, identifying emerging trends and opportunities and help to translate these into new service offers that will benefit clients.- Required qualifications & skills-
- Fluency in spoken English and excellent English writing skills
- Master’s degree in environmental economics, ecology, environmental sciences, finance, engineering or a related discipline
- Expertise in sustainable finance, low carbon market economics, low carbon innovation, climate and environmental policy, or biodiversity impact assessment
- Strong Project Management skills demonstrated by concrete experience of dealing with complex projects and multiple stakeholders in an international environment
- Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis capability, including advanced knowledge of Excel and equivalent tools
- Proven communication skills and track record in the field of stakeholder engagement, especially within public authorities and the business and finance community
- Ability to work independently as well as within multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary consulting teams spread across several countries and time zones
- Professional consulting experience of 6+ years- Preferred qualifications & skills-
- Fluency in a second EU language
- Familiarity - and ideally some project experience - of established and emerging market areas in sustainable finance, covering strategy definition (e.g. target setting, innovative financial instruments), risk analysis (TCFD / TNFD), impact reporting (EU Taxonomy, CSRD, SFRD), etc.- #indeed- #LI-CC1Working at ICF

Brussels, Belgium (BE75)