Policy Analyst

Your Opportunity:
The Policy Analyst (Analyst) will act as a key contributor within the Policy & Regulatory team (Policy & Regulatory) in delivering exceptional policy, financial and economic analysis based on economic theory, regulatory knowledge and a growing understanding of the capital intensive infrastructure and energy marketplace across North America. This position will support deliverable development and execution for projects led under the Policy & Regulatory, Economics and/or Strategy and Implementation practices within Stantec’s MTC team. 

 
Your Key Responsibilities:
Conduct energy and infrastructure related policy and regulatory research for North American markets.
Develop or contribute to financial analysis and economic models, with moderate oversight, to support all aspects of project work across Policy & Regulatory projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Organize and analyze large data sets and be able to interpret and present summaries of analysis.
Conduct both macro- and micro-economic policy-based research.
Draft report content and contribute to preparation of client deliverables. 
Support the development of the Policy & Regulatory expansion strategy through market research for the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Support proposal development and pursuit of client opportunities requiring premium-rate consulting services.
Remain abreast of industry policy, regulatory developments, major industry trends and competitor activities in the energy and infrastructure sectors to support contribute growth of Stantec’s Policy & Regulatory services.

Your Capabilities & Credentials:
A passion for unpacking North American political and policy landscapes.
Experience in policy and economic analysis, including assessing policy drivers and their impacts to project development across energy and industrial sectors.
A highly intelligent contributor that can communicate research and analysis outcomes who prioritizes the development of trust and authenticity among their team.
Collaborative orientation who is well-suited to executing activities to build outcomes that meet internal and external project needs.
Able to manage multiple competing priorities in a high-paced global consultancy while maintaining exceptional value and quality. 

Education and Experience: 
3+ years of energy-focused policy or economics experience related to delivering policy and economic analysis.
Experience in a consulting environment is preferred. 
Relevant Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Economics required with a Master’s Degree preferred. 
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Self-starter capable of working efficiently and independently with a geographically diverse team. 
Proficiency with business software including MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Working experience analyzing and assessing large data sets, preferably with commonly used platforms like R, STATA and/or Python.
Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills. 

Travel may be required 10 – 15% of the time to support project execution or attend industry conferences, working groups, or other industry related events.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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