Permanent
Full time, Part time
Leeds, UK / Reading, UK / Brighton, UK / Birmingham, UK / Edinburgh, UK / Cambridge, UK / Madrid, Spain /
Job Description
Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that. As water and environmental policy developments drive a more integrated approach to water services and environmental stewardship, Mott MacDonald has taken a leading role in supporting clients develop practical approaches to implementing systems approaches. Clients require increased integration of environmental and infrastructure systems and greater engagement with other sectors such as agriculture, transport, industry and power generation. In particular, the UK is undergoing a period of transition in the funding of environmental stewardship creating new opportunities for collaborative, multi-benefit, multi-sector programmes to achieve water and environmental outcomes.
In this role you will lead projects that extend our systems analysis and system mapping work furthering our partnerships with key clients such as the EA, Defra, water companies, regional planning bodies including government. You will be involved in policy forming research work, pioneering new approaches to the water and environment sector and supporting wider efforts for integrated and digital approaches to infrastructure and the environment.
In the role you will support or lead creation of value/benefit frameworks, resilience frameworks, theories of change, road mapping, system transformation. You will work with our teams to develop benefit frameworks, resilience frameworks and blended finance. You will support work on development of interconnected digital twins by mapping interactions of infrastructure (see CreDo project).
Strong candidates will have the opportunity to lead business development extending our offering to new clients while continuing to increase our technical portfolio of system related client offerings.
Candidate Specification
Required for the position of Water and Environmental systems advisor – senior or principal.
- Experience of working with systems
- Broad perspective on water, environment and social systems
- Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement and liaison skills
- Experience of collaborative working for the development of frameworks, programmes, projects, or roadmaps.
- Good report writing and presentation skills.
- Relevant water resources, geography, environment, or other related master’s degree
- Experience and knowledge of the UK’s water and environment policy context
Desirable:
- Experience of value/benefit frameworks, resilience, theory of change, road mapping, system transformation
- Good marketing skills and experience in writing proposals
- Good visual communications
- Excellent report writing skills
- Awareness of enterprise systems, Project 13 and Industry 4.0
If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.
Job Profile
We’re working closely with North Star Transition to reconnect business and the environment. North Star Transition is the new venture from some of the leading thinkers in multi-capital movement. Mott MacDonald is bringing our systems thinking, wide domain expertise and excellent digital capability alongside North Star Transition’s business and financial expertise – all applied through a systems transformation lens. With the Wales Transition Lab we worked with leaders across the country to reconnect environment, health, and food systems. We’re rolling out the approach, with a focus on understanding landscapes as systems and co-creating new patterns of investment with multiple benefits across different sectors in ways that are regenerative environmentally and socially. We’re applying this systems approach to enable landscape based investment alongside some of the largest water infrastructure projects in the UK.
Another partnership is with Imperial College to pioneer new capability in integrating water resource, water quality, wastewater and flood management. We’re delivering results at scale pioneering a new integrated approach to sub-regional water management for London and for the OxCam Arc.
Systems approaches allow clients to achieve environment, social and service objectives with more efficient, cost effective and coordinated programmes of action. Blue green infrastructure, social outcomes, natural capital, multi-criteria analysis, conventional infrastructure planning and digital twins are all tools towards building a more systemic approach to environmental challenges. Integration of these tools requires systems thinkers with strong stakeholder engagement and analytical skills.
We are looking for motivated strategic and systemic thinkers, who can combine interdisciplinary analysis, stakeholder engagement and project management. We are interested in hearing from team players who want to generate the best possible outcomes for our clients, the environment and society.
About the business unit
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients’ needs across all sectors.
How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our 15-minute application via our website. Our talent acquisition coordinators aim to provide feedback within 5 working days with the outcome of your application. More information about our application process can be found here. If you have any questions regarding your application or the role, please reach out to the dedicated recruiter listed who will be more than happy to help.
Mott MacDonald is Work180 accredited – which means we actively support and encourage women to join our work force!
Benefits we offer: Packaged vary depending on the country of employment
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Other Information
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can assist.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence
Job Ref: 63472BR
Recruiter Contact: Holly McDonald Gallagher
Country: United Kingdom
Region/State: England – Midlands, England – North East, England – South East, Scotland
Discipline: Water
Sector: Water
Website Region: Europe and Central Asia
Website Sector: Water and wastewater
