Environmental and Social Impact Economist – Analyst

Role Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Analyst to join our Impact Assessment team.

In light of its rapid growth, the now needs to recruit at least one new entry-level Analyst to support the delivery of its work. As an Analyst within the Impact team, you will gain experience across a wide variety of different service lines and skills. Key skills that we anticipate you cultivating within the team include:

Carbon foot printing & Net Zero: Using best practice standards to assess client’s carbon footprints and to align the decarbonisation strategies with the Science-Based Targets Initiative.
Natural capital accounting: Using an ‘Total Net Gain’ approach to assess and value the environmental, social and economic impacts associated with estate management and new development.
Business Intelligence Software: Using BIS to create Strategic Impact Frameworks that are capable of analysing in detail the total impact that clients are delivering through their value chain.
Financial reporting standards: Many of our clients operate within the Impact Investing space and so we will help you to develop familiarity with the relevant ESG and Impact related legislation.
Planning and development: Other clients are often interested in receiving advice about how their environmental and social contributions can be used to help navigate the Planning process
As an Analyst in the Impact Advisory team, we think that you will create an impact in the following ways:

You will have the opportunity to be part of a fast growing team that has an interesting and well-regarded pipeline of work.
You will be involved in a wide variety of work that presents a significant opportunity for personal development and career growth.
You will collaborate with leading professionals within the field of Impact Measurement as well as other disciplines across the department.
You will have the opportunity to build on experience and undertake training designed to ensure that we stay ahead of the competition.

Key Responsibilities

As a consultant within the team, the key responsibilities would be as follows:

Project delivery: To deliver a high quality of work and effectively balance competing priorities. You will be supported in doing so by senior members of the team.
Project management: To help project manage the projects that you are involved in, ensuring that they are delivered on time, on budget and on impact.
Business development: To support on business development opportunities on an ad-hoc basis.
Client engagement: To join and input into client meetings as and when required. You will also be encouraged to develop your own network by attending relevant external events and webinars.

Key Skills

An analytical disposition, meaning that you are comfortable with working with relatively complex datasets and helping to draw conclusions from them.
A conscientious and professional demeanour, including being proactive and having a strong attention to detail.
Being a team player and having a collaborative mind set.
A genuine interest and commitment to sustainability and the wider topics that surround it
A high-quality Bachelor or Masters degree in Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics or a closely related field.
Technical proficiency in one or more of the following applications: Excel, Business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Microsoft Power BI, GIS software, Programming languages such as Python or Rstudio, Data science tools such as Stata, Alteryx or Talend.
Life experience that demonstrates an equivalent level of capability.

Team Overview

Our dedicated sustainability division, Savills Earth, brings together over 100 professionals from across our business and includes experts from Engineering & Design Consultancy, Property Management, Energy Consultancy, Energy Procurement, Environmental Economics and Research.

Our Impact Advisory team was established at the start of 2021 and is based in London. The team specialises in Impact Measurement & Management; this involves using environmental economics and advanced analytics to assess the environmental, social and economic impact of our client’s products and services and to develop robust, evidence-based strategies that respond to them.