# Economic Advisory Assistant Consultant / Consultant

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: London, London
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking to recruit Assistant Consultants, based in the UK, to join our Economic Advisory team. Our work is split between the UK and international markets.

The team – led by Prof Jim Coleman - undertakes a wide variety of work to support clients in both the public and private sectors to develop place-based or industry strategy, make informed policy decisions and secure investment for major urban projects.

Key aspects of the Assistant Consultant role include:

- Identifying issues and generating evidence relevant for sustainable and resilient economic development, industry sector growth and infrastructure investment

- Analysing economic, social, real estate, financial and spatial data

- Supporting senior team members in developing models to assess the economic and financial performance of places, industries or infrastructure assets

- Working on economic/industry strategies and regeneration programming

- Helping determine how places can develop pathways to Net Zero that stimulate sustainable economic growth

- Helping draft business cases, due diligence assessments and client-focused reporting

- Looking at ways to utilise AI and other technologies in our analysis and case-making

- Aligning economic, sectoral and infrastructure planning with targeted social value outcomes

- Working with colleagues across the business in a range of disciplines including energy, digital technology, transport & mobility, environment & natural capital, defence & security, and structural engineering.

We will be looking for you to demonstrate:

- An initial foundation in the fields of economic advisory/consulting, economic development, real estate advisory or infrastructure appraisal

- A keen interest in sustainable and inclusive economic development, ideally in an urban or infrastructure planning context

- Strong aptitude for project and team work

- An interest in strategy development for public and private sector clients in the UK and internationally.

- Confidence in using data and some exposure to quantitative economic modelling, economic appraisal and economic impact assessment

- Good communication and report writing skills.

## Skills

### Required
- economic advisory
- consulting
- economic development
- real estate advisory
- infrastructure appraisal
- data analysis
- quantitative economic modelling
- economic appraisal
- economic impact assessment

### Nice to have
- sustainable and inclusive economic development
- urban or infrastructure planning
- strategy development
- AI and other technologies

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