Natural Capital Consultant - Junior​/Assistant

Job Description Overview

Are you passionate about shaping a more sustainable future where measuring and valuing natural capital drives better decisions? Do you have a degree and preferably a post‑graduate qualification in environmental economics or environmental science? Do you have practical experience of applying environmental economic techniques to assess natural capital in a professional or academic context?

If so, you may have the drive and skills to join Atkins

Réalis as a Junior or Assistant Natural Capital Consultant, helping to advance our services in this rapidly evolving area. You'll become an integral part of our respected technical team, helping to sustain our reputation and industry‑leading expertise. Working collaboratively across diverse projects, you'll make a real impact for our broad and growing client base.

Atkins

Réalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, with over 50,000 employees worldwide. At Atkins

Réalis, we offer more than just a job. We offer an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the natural environment. Our friendly, collaborative and supportive working environment is a great space to further develop your technical skills, build your career, and work with great people with a shared purpose.

This role is within Atkins

Réalis' Natural Capital and Environmental Economics team, part of our Water Management Consultancy group, and the wider Environment practice. Within this role you'll have the chance to work within the water sector but also collaborate across disciplines and work across all sectors and internationally. We develop and use state‑of‑the‑art approaches and our innovative in‑house tools to assess and quantify the economic impact of environmental changes at various scales, from single fields to entire landscapes.

You can see some examples of our work here Valuing Our Natural Capital:
The Atkins

Réalis Approach.

Our team offers a unique blend of skills, comprising experts in environmental economics, environmental science and spatial analysis, with an ambitious strategy for continuous innovation and expanding our capability. We enjoy working collaboratively with our colleagues across the company to deliver projects that bring about real change, drawing on experts from specialist teams such as ecology and sustainable river management to deliver our work.

We work for a broad spectrum of clients across the UK and globally, including central and local government, utilities, regulators, the water industry, private estates, developers and NGOs. Many of our clients are highly ambitious about tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. You will have the opportunity to work with and influence our clients directly, supporting them on tackling these challenges.

• Support the delivery of natural capital and environmental economics projects.
• Help develop and refine digital tools that quantify and illustrate environmental impacts and the value of nature to people in a clear and visual way.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with other Atkins
  
  Réalis' staff to deliver natural capital outputs which influence decision‑making and provide a consistent and integrated service to our clients.
• Be available to support a wider range of environment and sustainability projects, as per our clients' needs and resource availability.
• To succeed within this role, you must have a flexible, 'hands‑on', proactive approach to your work. You must be able to work independently as well as part of a wider team and be comfortable applying your skills in a commercial environment.
• You should be highly motivated, enthusiastic and proactive; focussed on achieving and delivering technical excellence and sustainable outcomes. You will have an interest and relevant experience in environmental economics and natural capital. You will need to be skilled at collaborative working, have good interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively. In addition, you will need to be flexible, adaptable and prepared to take on new challenges in a commercial environment.
  
  Finally, you…