Associate Expert in Urban Markets

Introduction

Adam Smith International is recruiting associate experts in urban markets for a variety of worldwide assignments working with the Investment Climate, Skills and Urban Markets (ICSUM) team. The team is looking to build long-term relationships with both experienced, senior experts and exceptional mid-level consultants.

Associate experts receive the exclusive benefits of joining a limited number of expert consultants working closely with us on business development, project delivery and thought leadership. This core group of associates are first in line for opportunities with the ICSUM team, and are offered support in making the most of these opportunities through a dedicated relationship manager.

The team

As one of four teams comprising Adam Smith International’s Inclusive Economic Growth Practice, the newly-formed ICSUM team is responsible for delivering and growing a portfolio of high-quality programmes focussing on business environment reform; trade policy; investment attraction and facilitation; market-driven skills development and youth employment focussing on the most marginalised young people; and applying market systems thinking to a range of urban sectors - including waste management, micro retail, construction, water, and manufacturing.

Our Proposition

As an associate expert for the ICSUM team at ASI, we will offer you:

› Access to short term assignments appropriate to your level of experience and knowledge

› A dedicated relationship manager within the ICSUM team

› Opportunities to support business development initiatives

› Opportunities to pitch, and participate in, research and learning exercises

› Opportunities to provide technical mentorship to the team and our programmes, including input into trainings, contribution to webinars, knowledge sharing, and presentation of your research

The Selection criteria

Associate experts will have:

› A strong academic background in a relevant field from leading institutions

› Experience working in developing countries, for example on development programmes, with corporates, in academia or with development agencies or consultancies.

› Evidence of delivering technical excellence in relevant themes

› A strong network of contacts across relevant technical areas and geographies

For associate experts in urban markets, we are seeking knowledge and experience in the following (or related) areas:

› Urban sectors, including: wholesale and retail trade, construction, transport and logistics, manufacturing, tourism and hospitality, waste management, water and sanitation.

› Urban local economic development: MSME support, business development services, cluster development, access to finance, investment promotion.

› Urban local governance: policy, legal and regulatory environment for (inclusive) growth, institutional reform, decentralisation, local service delivery.

› Urban social enterprise addressing public service deficits through sectors such as off-grid energy, water and sanitation, waste management, healthcare, childcare, transport and low-cost housing.

› Urban poverty reduction: informal settlements upgrading, spatial mapping and analysis, supporting vulnerable and marginalised urban populations, gender and social inclusion, promoting urban advocacy.

Adam Smith International

Adam Smith International is a leading professional services business that delivers real impact, value and lasting change through projects supporting economic growth and government reform internationally. Our reputation as a global leader has been built on the positive results our projects have achieved in many of the world’s most challenging environments. More information is available at: http://www.adamsmithinternational.com/

To apply

Please provide the following information and attach to your CV before submitting a single document to our website http://bit.ly/2d5nssv:

· Home location and preferred working locations (if any)

· The type(s) of assignment you are interested in (short term, field-based, etc.)

· Availability over the next six months

· An indication of your daily fee rate (in GBP)

Applications close on the 6^th October 2016.