Associate – Development Economist-Food and Land Use Coalition - London

SYSTEMIQ London United Kingdom Board
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Company Description

SYSTEMIQ is an organisation driving system change in clean energy, circular material solutions and sustainable land use. By addressing failures in these areas, SYSTEMIQ aims to unlock economic opportunities that benefit business, society and the environment.

We connect the right people, ideas, technologies, and capital to transform economic systems. We do this through five activities:

  1. Convene and support coalitions of leaders to shape policies and business strategies that will rapidly transform economic activity
  2. Work with companies that want to be pioneers and drivers of change towards more sustainable systems
  3. Co-create and incubate the market solutions most likely to build regenerative economic systems
  4. Invest our own venture capital and expertise in opportunities with the biggest potential to drive rapid system change
  5. Direct larger pools of capital into regenerative economic systems, so they scale and multiply.

To deliver in these areas, we recruit and develop distinctive and varied individuals who strive to achieve our mission, challenge the status quo and act as change leaders.

SYSTEMIQ is an equal opportunities employer. SYSTEMIQ’s recruitment and selection policy ensures the best possible skill mix of colleagues and the highest quality candidates are appointed using objective job-related criteria.

Position

The Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) seeks to accelerate a transformation of food and land use systems to meet the SDGs and the objectives of the Paris Agreement, by better protecting the natural environment; providing nutritious and affordable food; and strengthening the resilience and enhancing the prosperity of people.  FOLU aims to provide the practical connections, the evidence base for action and a vision for change to drive a food and land use system transformation.

Requirements

  • 1-3 or more years’ experience in a high calibre and international environment, ideally working with industry, energy, manufacturing or agricultural clients
  • Highly advanced problem-solving and analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative
  • Relationship management skills, also on a very senior level and in various cultural contexts
  • Collaborative team player
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to identify opportunities and new initiatives and make them into reality 
  • Comfortable with a level of international travel. This will vary depending on project but could be up to 20-30% (however we don't normally co-locate with clients and typically these are short term trips)
  • Masters or equivalent degree in Economics or Development Economics
  • Strong quantitative background on microeconomic analysis (familiarity with agricultural, energy or environmental economics or with environmental sciences would be a plus)
  • Capacity to work with large data sets
  • Evidenced passion for the sustainability/ environment/ social enterprise space 
  • Must align with SYSTEMIQ values (creativity, challenge, collaborate, change and care) and be able to demonstrate how they have lived these values in a professional setting

Other information

We are keen to receive applications from all parts of the global community though you must have the right to work in the UK.

Please send your application to Michael Round at [email protected].