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CONSULTING MANAGER (Low Carbon Transport and e-Mobility) - Cape Town, Western Cape, SA
Highly Competitive Package on Offer!
Global Strategic Management Consulting Firm is currently recruiting within their team of Transport Consulting Specialists.
You are an energetic problem-solver, who is open-minded, with multi-perspective views on international development, particularly in transport-related topics
Further to this, you have a strong desire to contribute to making a significant positive impact in the world, with a belief in the power of a committed and diligent team to effect change. You are a productive team player who thrives in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment and who is capable of working independently to deliver tasks to the expected level of quality with minimal.
Main Purpose of the Role:
To support the acquisition and delivery of our Clients portfolio of transport work. With your focus being on low carbon transport and e-mobility as well as to support the broader transport portfolio as well as to support work across other sectors within the business.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Defining client problems concisely, in simple terms, and developing hypotheses to identify solutions, working collaboratively with clients.
• Leading or coordinating quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify suitable solutions.
• Analysis of policies, regulatory frameworks and barriers, and development of policy, regulatory and strategic approaches to support low carbon transport and e-mobility.
• Leading or coordinating the development of high-quality project deliverables, including slide decks, reports, financial models or other analytical tools.
• Communicating with and presenting findings to clients, partners and senior decision-makers in government, development finance, NGOs and the private sector with a high level of confidence.
• Actively contribute to and drive the development of new business opportunities, with a particular focus on the low carbon transport sector and e-mobility.
• Managing cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams tackling complex business, economic and social challenges for clients.
• Cultivating and managing relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Managing stakeholders, both in the formal and informal sectors that Clients work with and assisting the clients in doing the same.
• Managing subcontractors, including overseeing the delivery of high-quality deliverables by these parties.
• Developing knowledge products on topics in the sectors that the Client works in.
• Supporting project management and administration, to comply with client or company requirements and standard procedures.
• Contributing to practice and company-wide strategic initiatives.
• Mentoring and managing junior staff.

Key qualification, skills and attributes:

• At least Masters degree in Economics, Engineering, Public Policy, Environmental Science or related field.
• 7-10 Years of working in consultancy or business advisory
• Minimum 5 Years experience in transport and climate or infrastructure or related sectors, including work in the analysis and implementation of strategies, policies, and regulations
• At least 2+ years of experience in the analysis, planning and/or implementation of low carbon transport or e-mobility projects
• Demonstrate proven knowledge of low carbon transport and electric mobility, including international best practice
• Experience in managing and delivering consulting assignments and comfort with client and contract management
• Comfort with undertaking, and guiding junior colleagues in, the delivery of quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform proposals and recommendations to clients

Advantageous:

• Experience working with climate finance and development finance institutions, as well as the private sector.
• Experience with projects in the public sector, across national, provincial and local spheres of government.

Attributes:

• Comfort with complexity and detail, without losing sight of the broad, strategic objectives of projects.
• Ability to communicate project solution proposals to clients and other stakeholders in a persuasive way that promotes buy-in and builds trust, both through written deliverables and presentations.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and deliver, individually or through others, deliverables of high quality.
• Commercial acumen and project management capabilities.

To apply for this role, please forward a detailed copy of your CV to Nicole Spamers: AND Andrea Jones:
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