Junior Consultant Job Listing at Tetra Tech in London, England (Job ID 42156)

Description

Company Overview:

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. It supports government and commercial clients with innovative solutions focused on international development, climate mitigation and adaptation, environmental sustainability, biodiversity, conservation, land reform, infrastructure, urban development, transport, water, and resource management. With 27,000 associates worldwide in over 120 countries, Tetra Tech's capabilities span the entire project cycle.

Tetra Tech International Development Europe is Tetra Tech's European business unit focused on International Development. We are based in London with offices in Kenya, Nigeria, Poland, and the Netherlands. We deliver international development programmes focused on economic growth, governance and justice/security, and infrastructure, for clients such as the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the United Nations, the European Union, the European Investment Bank and other donors and funding agencies. We also have a strong in-house Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Practice consisting of 35 evaluators, statisticians, economists, social scientists, and research managers.

Over Values:

We are committed to maintaining business practices that honour and protect the dignity and integrity of everyone with whom the company conducts business, employs, and serves. As a leading international development organisation, we fully support continued progress and improvement within the development community to make development initiatives more effective. We are also committed to addressing various cross-cutting issues relevant to international development to ensure that all people can access and enjoy the benefits of our activities.

• We value our people: we support the development of our people, ensuring that the environments in which they work are fair, safe, and flexible.
• We deliver quality results: we go the extra mile to deliver value for our clients, impact for beneficiaries and a fair financial return for the company to grow sustainably.
• We collaborate effectively: we work authentically with our clients, beneficiaries and partners and strive to always communicate clearly and openly.
• We encourage creativity and innovation: we encourage entrepreneurial thinking and provide the freedom, support and investment for new ideas and initiatives.
• We operate with integrity: We will do the right thing, be honest and keep to our commitments.

Full-time, Permanent

Location: London, United Kingdom

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, Flexible hybrid working office & home

Flexible-Working-Presence-with-a-Purpose-October-2022.pdf (tetratecheurope.com)

Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary & Benefits

Tetra Tech International Development, an industry leader and globally recognised consulting firm, is seeking a Junior Consultant to join their Evaluation and Research (E&R) Practice.

Job Overview:

The main purpose of the role is to provide technical support to a range of evaluation assignments and ensure the delivery of high-quality research deliverables. You will take responsibility for individually undertaking a variety of evaluation and research tasks, you will need to liaise and work with other team members and teams, who may be both internal and external to Tetra Tech to develop evaluation. You will assist with the design of research methodologies in the course of providing evaluation and research services and high-quality deliverables for our clients.

Main Duties:

• Take responsibility for a leading role on smaller assignments and assist with delivering specific parts of complex evaluation assignments.
• Effectively applying the technical knowledge of evaluation approaches and mixed methods that are most appreciated by clients, most importantly the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and various European Commission Directorates-General. These include quantitative and qualitative research design and analytical techniques that can be used for a wide range of evaluation and ex-ante impact assessment assignments.
• Demonstrate technical excellence by contributing to client-ready deliverables in line with the client's needs as confirmed by managers, senior managers, and directors.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers, and vendors.
• Assist in preparing bids for tenders and participating in wider business development activities both within the E&R Practice and across other parts of the business.
• Work effectively as a team player to gain the confidence of other members of the team.

Aptitude and skills:

• Undergraduate qualification in business, management, social sciences or in a technical/professional field of relevance; and a postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
• Experience in research and evaluation of policy, programmes and services; or evaluation experience in the field of international development and (European) public policy is a distinct advantage.
• Experience in applying different quantitative (for experimental and quasi-experimental designs) and/or qualitative research (interviewing stakeholders, coordinating workshops, and facilitating focus groups) techniques.
• Experience working with/for governments, international organisations or other public sector organisations; and experience in providing consultancy services is a distinct advantage.
• Demonstrated excellent command of the English language – written and spoken.
• Knowledge of how to carry out analysis of quantitative or qualitative data.
• Demonstrate an ability to manage your tasks and deliver quality work on time.

You will also demonstrate the following:

• Well-developed quality and results-focused orientation.
• Strong influencer and strategic thinker.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Tetra Tech prides itself on a workplace culture that advances equality, diversity, and inclusion and ensures the workplace is free from discrimination, harassment, bullying, racism and hate speech of any form regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage, and civil partnerships. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply for this role.

Think you have what it takes but are not sure you check every box? Research shows that while men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women often only apply when they meet every requirement. If you're passionate about what we're building, we look forward to hearing from you.

Disability Confident Employer:

Disability Confident is a UK government scheme where employers receive support to create and foster diverse and inclusive workplaces. We have self-identified as a registered disability confident participant.

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Safeguarding

Tetra Tech International Development has robust policies and guidelines which exemplify our commitment to safeguarding and technical excellence in gender equality. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context-specific and consistent approach is applied to all of our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world's most marginalised groups.

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