Junior Data Analyst – Economics, Climate, and Energy

Role: Junior Data Analyst in Economics, Climate, and Energy

Location: Athens / Greece Hybrid

Role ID: 2024-2452

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc 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.

Clean Energy & Environmental Solutions (CE&ES), one of Ricardo plc’s five operating business units, is a leader in sustainability consultancy, solving complex environmental challenges through industry-leading analysis, advice, and data. With more than 40 years of heritage in addressing air quality, environmental and sustainability issues, our customers value us for our deep understanding and breadth of services covering the entire value chain from evidence, policy & strategy to implementation.

Our Digital Modelling practice is one of seven practices within CE&ES, and is responsible for complex quantitative modelling across Europe, with clients such as the European Commission, National Governments, and private clients. We are looking at expanding our power sector and electricity modelling team, and the Energy Modelling Analyst will play a key role in enabling this growth.

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Data Analyst to join our dynamic team specializing in economic analysis with a focus on climate and energy. This entry-level position is ideal for recent graduates or individuals with foundational experience in data analysis, who are passionate about applying their skills to tackle global challenges in sustainability and economic development.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and Analysis: Conduct in-depth research on topics related to climate, energy and environmental economics and the low carbon transition. Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to support project objectives.
• Data Collection and Management: Gather, clean, and organize large datasets from various sources, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Analysis and Reporting: Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses. Assist in creating reports, visualizations, academic papers and presentations.
• Modeling: Support the development and maintenance of large scale economic models.
• Research: Assist in literature reviews and stay updated on the latest research and developments in the fields of economics, climate change, and energy policy.
• Collaboration: Work closely with senior analysts, researchers, and other team members to support ongoing projects and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Environmental Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Analytical and Research Skills: Strong ability to conduct thorough and methodical research. Ability to analyze and interpret complex data sets.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of work.
• Interest Areas: Passion for issues related to climate change, renewable energy, and economic sustainability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: Previous work experience in data analysis, particularly in the fields of economics, climate, or energy.
• Knowledge: Familiarity with environmental and energy policies, climate change science, and economic development principles is considered a plus.

Working here

Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work and you have the opportunity to make a difference. You will work with teams of talented, dedicated, and supportive individuals. Alongside having a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with us through our broad range of projects, mentoring opportunities and a personalised approach to your learning and development. We are always keen to hear from people who have driven, ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.

Wellbeing and work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that’s working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals including flexible working, carers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance programme.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and ensure a culture of inclusivity, we are a recognised as a ‘disability confident’ employer.

Next Steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer – please advise the recruitment team via [email protected] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.