Consulting Director - Environment, Climate Policy Evaluation

At ICF, your evaluation and research skills deliver a real-world impact. Over the past two decades, we’ve become the leading provider of evaluation services to the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), as well as Natural England, the Environment Agency and other government agencies.

We’re now looking for an experienced evaluation service leader to join our talented team of experts in environmental and resource policies.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of UK environmental policy, to see it in action, and to evaluate the difference it makes in the real world. The Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) frameworks we have with Defra, and our established role on its Research and Development and Evidence framework, offer access to a range of secure, long-term opportunities that are unmatched in the sector.

Why ICF?

ICF’s experts are thought leaders across a huge range of disciplines. Our approach is always collegiate and personal. You’ll join a team that’s focused only on delivering positive impact. Respect for new ideas and expertise means we’re always ready to embrace differences. We’re never afraid to ask if there is a better way to do something.

This role offers you the chance to develop your career within a global business that takes a collaborative approach to working with our unrivalled network of experts here in the UK.

We are looking for an experienced evaluation leader with expertise of applying evaluation methods in one more or the following policy areas, preferably in a UK context:

• Air quality
• Water quality
• Pollution
• Water resources
• Waste and resources
• Flood and coastal erosion risk management
• Climate change, climate adaptation and Net Zero
• Land use and land access.

In your new role you will:

• Design and direct a portfolio of evaluation studies on government policies relating to the topics listed above.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of our wider evaluation service offer for the Defra family, working with our senior leadership.
• Provide technical, management and development support to colleagues who are at an earlier stage of career progression.

You will come to us with:

• A strong track record in the design and delivery of environmental policy evaluations, research and analysis for the UK Government, working as a project director and service leader.
• An expert understanding of the theory and application of impact and/or process evaluation methods in accordance with Magenta Book guidance.
• Experience of leadership in a consulting or similar project-based environment.
• Strong project management and commercial skills and expertise in business or major programme leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This role will be positioned as a Consulting Director or Lead Managing Consultant level depending on experience.

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