Senior Analyst - Climate Change - French-speaking

You will support E Co’s teams as they formulate market creation and transformation projects and programmes related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and energy access in developing / emerging economies on behalf of our clients.

This position is based in our offices in London, but a potential other location can be considered for the right candidate.

Duties

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research, including literature reviews and background searches on a broad range of subjects related to sustainable energy and climate change. This would include data sourcing and calculations, policy analysis, report reviews, etc.
• Collect data using various methods (e.g. desktop research, interviews, surveys) and analyse data gathered (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions calculations, financial / economic analysis, policy, barrier and comparative analysis)
• Draft and present findings in presentations and reports
• Coordinate inputs from co-workers and external contractors (international and local consultants) to deliver our services on time and consistent with our quality standards
• Devise strategies and interventions based on situation analysis, best practice and client requirements
• Schedule, attend and contribute to meetings (assignment-related), including providing progress reports
• Support tender preparation and project-related marketing campaigns, by researching, collecting, analyzing and compiling required content
• Maintain assignment (project) filing in line with the knowledge management practice and to get well acquainted with the company portfolio and project references
• Contribute to E Co’s strategic initiatives as defined through internal strategy meetings

Essential requirements

• Postgraduate degree and an outstanding academic record
• An MS Excel / Google Sheets expert with an exceptional ability to structure and process quantitative data and qualitative information and draw insightful conclusions from them
• Excellent interpersonal skills, empathetic and open
• Sound knowledge and experience of energy access and/or climate mitigation / resilience sectors
• Strong oral and written English communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail
• Highly conversant with Internet and office applications
• Effective time management skills and demonstrated ability to meet challenging deadlines while delivering work to a high standard
• A minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience (candidates that do not possess adequate experience can be considered for a more junior role)
• Fluency in English and French

Highly desirable

• Fluency in another language (including Spanish, Portuguese,  Russian, Serbian / Croatian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese)
• Computer programming knowledge and experience
• Relevant experience in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and/or Asia-Pacific
• A network of contacts in the sustainable and international development sector
• Proven and recent experience with development and/or implementation and/or evaluation of international technical assistance projects
• Demonstrable knowledge and interest in one or more of the following areas: Sustainable cities / transport, renewable energy / energy efficiency, climate change adaptation / resilience in agriculture, water, forestry, or other sectors, financial and economic analysis of investments and projects related to climate change / environment.