Consultant - Social Development

**Introduction**:

- Deliver exciting Social Impact & Development projects and be supported by industry leaders.
- Flexible location across NSW including Sydney, Newcastle or Wagga Wagga

**What’s on offer**:

- A front row seat in Australia’s energy transition.
- Part of a successful and growing business
- Energetic and friendly team culture.
- Ethical client base.
- Flexible work arrangements available.
- Diverse work environment.
- Attractive salary plus excellent benefits.
- Opportunities for growth and development.
- Paid parental and partner leave.
- Energetic and friendly team culture.
- Well-being program and EAP.

**Note**: NGH have offices in city centres and regionally across Sydney, Wagga, Newcastle, Bega, Wodonga, Canberra, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville and Melbourne.
**Description**:
**The opportunity**:
The Social Development team support the delivery of game changing infrastructure. Much of our work is in renewable energy infrastructure in regional areas and we aim to ensure that our projects support a more sustainable Australia and more resilient regions. Ultimately, we want to lead the industry in collaborative engagement and robust social and economic impact assessment, development and management.
We are currently seeking a Consultant specialising in Social and Economic Impact Analysis and broader Social Sustainability. This role will contribute to social and economic impact assessments and development, as well as delivering big picture regional plans and strategies aimed at addressing complex societal challenges.
**Key deliverables**:

- Contribute to the development of social and economic impact assessments through research, analysis and targeted engagement.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of plans to manage impacts and support the delivery and operation of large-scale infrastructure.
- Completing targeted research to inform social analysis, such as data review, surveys, interviews, focus groups and benchmarking to inform decision making around social outcomes.
- Providing advice to team members on Social and Economic Impact analysis requirements and risks.
- Drafting reports summarising social impact assessment and management outcomes.
- Providing targeted analysis and inputs into long term regional plans.
- Supporting the delivery of workshops, interviews, survey and focus groups and analyse complex data as part of targeted social research.
- Contribute to thought leadership content to help guide industry development.

**Skills and Experiences**:
We are looking for talented and ethical social scientist with knowledge of infrastructure planning and a passion for the renewables space.
- Tertiary Qualifications in the relevant fields, such as social science, economics, anthropology, or social planning.
- Excellent research skills (quantitative and qualitative preferred).
- Experience in survey development and analysis.
- Renewable energy sector experience or a strong interest in this area.
- Understanding of state and territory guidelines for engagement and social impact assessment.
- Problem-solving aptitude.

NGH. Careers unbound, lifestyles unmatched.
Drawing on diverse and innovative experience of 30 years, NGH provides sustainable knowledge-based solutions to a variety of private and public sector clients. The breadth of our experience is as diverse as the Australian landscape. Founded in regional NSW, NGH is considered an industry leader in renewable energy, having worked in this sector for around 20 years. Our key strength is our people and as an employer we provide flexibility in the workplace, generous professional development budgets and work hard to create a positive and supportive work culture.
Please note we do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies.