Associate Director - EMEA Consulting - Tourism Economics (London/Belfast)

Tourism Economics is a subsidiary of Oxford Economics dedicated to analytically-based consulting to the tourism sector. Oxford Economics is one of the world’s leading economics consultancies, providing advice to international institutions, governments and blue-chip companies.

We are looking to hire an Associate Director to join the consulting team at Tourism Economics. Our team provides a range of analytical services to clients, including:

• Quantifying the economic impact of tourism-related industries, companies, events, and visitor segments;
• Developing tourism satellite accounts;
• Performing cost-benefit analyses of public policies;
• Examining the economic return on investment of infrastructure development and marketing expenditures;
• Constructing tailored forecasts for various visitor segments.

This role will be based within the EMEA consulting team. The Associate Director will act as line manager up to six team members, and will typically have responsibility for overseeing around six projects at a time. Consulting projects usually run for between two and six months, and culminate in a report or presentation to a client.

Associate Directors lead on all aspects of a client engagement for larger projects, from designing the methodology and writing a proposal, through to project management, leading the analysis, and communicating the results to the customer. Project teams typically also include one or two senior economists and, when necessary, specialist econometric modellers. Other projects may be led by a Lead or Senior Economist, and where this is the case the Associate Director provides support to the project manager, and quality assurance of analysis and outputs.

In addition to project management, a core part of the role will involve contributing to broader methodological and product developments taking place within the wider Tourism Economics team. The post-holder will report to the Director of Consulting, EMEA.

Key Responsibilities

• Project managing and overseeing a number of research studies;
• Ensuring robust and rigorous economic analysis in the delivery of consultancy projects;
• Handling clients and potential clients effectively and developing Tourism Economics’ relationship with them;
• Leading the production of research proposals, project reports and presentations;
• Line management of up to six team members, to ensure resources are allocated efficiently and to support personal development;
• Planning and structuring projects, and coordinating input from a range of team members, ensuring sufficient time for quality assurance;
• Being entrepreneurial and proactive in the identification and pursuit of new business opportunities;
• Contributing to development of methodologies and products across Tourism Economics more widely.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Substantial experience of quantitative economic analysis and the use of a variety of data;
• A track-record of successfully developing and executing advanced quantitative project analysis;
• Excellent analytical skills used in the manipulation and analysis of large datasets;
• Evidence of being proactive and creative in using economics to answer (external, internal or policymaker) clients’ questions;
• Very strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain economic concepts and quantitative results, as well as their implications, to non-specialists;
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to going the extra mile to produce rigorous, accurate work, within the constraints of the time and resources available.

Desirable:

• Experience in managing consulting projects within the tourism sector.
• A post-graduate degree in economics;
• Experience with quantitative analysis software such as Python, R, Stata;
• Familiarity with analytical techniques such as IO modelling, cost-benefit analysis and econometrics;
• Experience of project management and line management;
• Extensive experience of client-facing work and the ability to develop commercial relationships with potential clients.

Location: Oxford Economics’ London or Belfast office

Job Benefits

Here are some of the benefits we offer in the UK to ensure you feel valued, supported, and thrive at work:

• Private Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Hybrid/Flexible Working
• Team Gatherings and Connection Boost!

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

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