Strategic Economics Leadership Director

6 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Urbis Full time

About Urbis

We are a community of passionate problem solvers, sought out by clients for our fresh thinking and transformational approach to their city-shaping projects.

As a director you will be part of the economics leadership team with other directors and associate directors to lead the ongoing profitable business growth and development of our national economics service offering.

The Opportunity:

This role is open to candidates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

You will shape cities and communities by delivering evidence-based economic evaluations, insights, and advice to governments for the benefit of community. Policy areas of focus will span housing, infrastructure, health, education, and human services.

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Applying your economics expertise to policy formation and evaluation
  • Analyzing the economic effects of policy changes and investments, and communicating them effectively as a professional economist
  • Developing innovative economic policy recommendations to complex problems in changing policy environments
  • Generating new public sector work through activating and building on your existing network, engaging with and developing professional networks, and leading high-quality tenders and submissions, fee proposals, and business development activity
  • Contributing to commercial outcomes through disciplined financial management of projects, and assisting with forecasting, budgeting, and financial management at the business unit level
  • Promoting the relevance and purpose of policy economics and evaluation principles to Urbis' overall business development strategies and brand and reputation
  • Supporting a high-performance culture and growing our next generation of consultants, nurturing, and developing individual staff members through effective coaching and mentoring, and managing performance where required

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