Location: Bristol, London or Manchester. Please specify any preference on your application form.
Homeworking during the COVID-19 pandemic is permitted.
Hours of Work: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, between hours of 08:00 - 18:00.
Start Date: As soon as possible. Please indicate your earliest possible start date on the application form.

About the Company:

Eunomia Research & Consulting is an independent and ethical environmental consultancy. We are a mission-oriented business and our goal is to be influential in bringing about positive change: we embrace this in all that we do.

We specialise in the fields of waste management, resource efficiency, circular economy, low carbon energy, climate change mitigation and natural capital. With the continuous increase of environmental issues across today’s headlines, these fields are gaining momentum on a global scale and like our specialisms, we too are growing as a business. Eunomia currently has over 100 employees worldwide and have offices in Bristol, London, Manchester, Brussels, Athens, New York and Auckland.

Job Description:

We are recruiting for a Consultant to support the growing portfolio of projects within our Local Environment Team. You will work predominantly in the areas of waste operations and resources management. You will be involved in multiple projects simultaneously, working predominantly to support UK local authorities in a diverse range of activities. These will range from strategic projects, such as developing waste strategies in response to new legislation and modelling the cost and performance of different waste collection schemes, through to more operationally-focused projects in infrastructure design, contract procurement and supporting the implementation of new collection schemes.

You will be flexible, comfortable under pressure, have a strong work ethic, and an ability to learn technical work in a range of areas rapidly. You will be a self-starter, highly organised, and share our commitment to a high quality of work. A personal interest in, and commitment to, environmental and sustainability issues is expected.

Reports to:

Senior or Principal Consultant

Essential Criteria:

• 2-3 years’ experience in roles where you have engaged with issues in waste and resources management;
• Strong technical understanding of waste operations and resources management in at least two of the following areas:
• • Comparing household waste collection options;
  • Local authority waste strategy;
  • Implementation of new waste collection services;
  • Waste transfer station and/or HWRC policy or design improvements;
  • Waste service efficiency improvement;
  • Impacts of partnership working in waste collection/treatment;
  • Commercial waste services; and
  • Waste treatment and sorting.
• Demonstrable experience of working on projects to time, budget and client satisfaction;
• Excellent research and data analysis skills, including manipulation of large datasets;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including technical report writing and client presentation;

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working within the consultancy business model;
• Understanding of local authority waste and recycling collection service delivery;
• Experience of having contributed to successful business development activity.

Remuneration

£28,000 to £33,500 depending on skills and experience.

Benefits:

• Private healthcare;
• Employee assistance programme;
• Group pension;
• Death in service scheme; and
• Income protection scheme (after completion of probationary period)

Holiday Entitlement:

24 days per year (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 30 days per year.

Application Information:

In order to be considered all applications should be submitted electronically to [email protected] and must include the following:

1) A formal covering letter should be submitted in a word format, not PDF (maximum 1 page of A4) addressed to Kate Thompson summarising your reasons for applying for the post, your suitability for the post and why you would like to work for Eunomia. The application process will be blind so please try to avoid including any identifying information in your cover letter (i.e. name and address).

2) A completed application form which should be downloaded from www.eunomia.co.uk/about-us/working-eunomia

3) The completed application form should be submitted in a word format, not PDF and contain all of the necessary information required by Eunomia.

4) As this is a blind application process CVs will not be considered. Any applications without a completed application form and covering letter will be rejected.

5) The deadline for applications is 9am 27th April 2021.

6) First interviews will be held via video conferencing and are anticipated to be in w/c 3rd May 2021.

7) Second interviews dates will be specified at a later date.

Hardcopy applications and CV-only applications will not be considered. If you do have any queries please submit these by email or phone to: [email protected] | 0117 917 2250

The Company reserves the right not to appoint anyone if no suitable candidates come forward. Eunomia Research & Consulting is committed to Equal Opportunities and is a Living Wage employer. Company no. 4150627

Eunomia Research & Consulting is committed to protecting data and respecting the privacy of persons it deals with. In so doing, we comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018. We confirm that in the event you apply for a role within Eunomia, your details will be securely held by the company in line with the company’s Privacy Policy which is available on Eunomia’s website. We encourage you to read this policy in order that you understand our legitimate reasons for processing your data, as well as your rights with regard to submitting your personal information to us with regard to recruitment.