Senior Consultant – Energy Impact Assessment & Evaluation (EU Policy)

Overview

 

Role Title: Senior Consultant – Energy Impact Assessment & Evaluation (EU Policy) 

Location: London, Spain, Italy - Hybrid 

Job ID:  2026-3277

 

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

 

  The RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Senior Impact Assessment and Evaluation Specialist to support the European Commission in the design, appraisal, and evaluation of EU energy and climate policies. This role is ideal for an expert with deep knowledge of EU Better Regulation principles and strong experience applying evidence‑based methodologies to energy, climate, and industrial transition topics.

 

 

The successful candidate will lead and contribute to Impact Assessments, evaluations and analytical studies underpinning EU legislation and funding interventions across the energy system, including electricity, gas, hydrogen, CCUS and industrial decarbonisation. 

 

Key focus areas  

Working primarily at the policy appraisal and decision-support end of the policy cycle, with particular focus on: 

 

EU Impact Assessment and Evaluation 

• Application of Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox 

• Problem definition, objectives, policy options and intervention logic 

• Quantitative and qualitative impact assessment across economic, social and environmental dimensions 

• Evaluation of EU legislation, programmes and funding instruments 

 

Energy and Climate Policy Analysis 

• EU energy and climate legislation and initiatives (e.g. Fit for 55, Clean Industrial Deal, Electricity Market Design, EU ETS, NZIA) 

• Energy infrastructure, markets and system transformation 

• Industrial decarbonisation pathways, including hydrogen and CCUS as policy cases 

 

Economic and Analytical Methods 

• Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) 

• Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) 

• Distributional and competitiveness impacts 

• Assessment of proportionality, effectiveness, efficiency and coherence 

 

Key Responsibilities  

• Leading or co-leading EU-level Impact Assessments and evaluations in the energy and climate domain for the European Commission and international institutions 

• Designing and delivering analytical frameworks aligned with Better Regulation requirements, including: 

• Intervention logic and theory of change 

• CBA, MCA and qualitative assessment 

• Assessment of regulatory and non-regulatory options 

• Providing economic and policy analysis to support decision-making on: 

• Energy market and infrastructure regulation 

• Industrial decarbonisation measures and public support schemes 

• EU funding instruments and State Aid interventions 

• Managing and synthesising evidence from desk research, data analysis, modelling inputs and stakeholder engagement 

• Engaging directly with EU institutions, Member State authorities and stakeholders through interviews, workshops and consultations 

• Contributing to business development, including proposal writing, methodological design and technical leadership 

 

Key Competencies and Experience 

Essential 

• A Master’s degree or PhD in economics, public policy, energy policy, environmental economics or a closely related discipline. 

• Strong, hands-on experience with EU Impact Assessments and/or evaluations, including direct application of the Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox.

• Proven track record performing stakeholder engagement activities, including the design of consultation tools such as interviews, workshops, surveys.  

• Proven experience working with EU institutions, in particular the European Commission (DG ENER, CLIMA, MOVE, GROW, etc.) 

• Solid understanding of EU energ