Environmental Economist

About the organization

The employer is a future-focused team that uses evidence, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration to support sustainability goals, smarter resource use, and better policy and business decisions. Its work centers on assessing environmental impact, weighing economic trade-offs, and building practical approaches that support both long-term ecological outcomes and financial resilience. The culture emphasizes innovation, honesty, teamwork, and responsible growth.

Role overview

The Environmental Economist will examine how environmental challenges, sustainability programs, and climate-related policies affect economies and organizations. This role involves research, model building, and analytical work that informs strategic choices across environmental, social, and commercial priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Assess the economic implications of environmental policy, sustainability programs, and climate-related risk.
• Measure the costs, benefits, and broader financial effects of environmental initiatives, projects, and investments.
• Create economic models, projections, and scenario-based analyses to guide decision-making.
• Work with environmental, market, and economic datasets to uncover patterns, trends, and opportunities.
• Draft reports, policy summaries, presentations, and actionable recommendations for internal and external audiences.
• Assist with environmental valuation, cost-benefit studies, and impact evaluation work.
• Partner with sustainability, finance, risk, consulting, and policy teams on cross-functional assignments.
• Track changes in regulations, environmental policy, and global sustainability developments.
• Support ESG, climate-risk, and sustainable finance workstreams when relevant.
• Share findings with senior leaders, clients, and project stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Economics, Environmental Economics, Environmental Science, Public Policy, Finance, Sustainability, or a closely related subject is required.
• At least 3–5 years of experience in environmental economics, economic consulting, sustainability analysis, policy research, or a similar field.
• Solid understanding of microeconomics, macroeconomics, environmental economics, and quantitative analysis.
• Hands-on experience in economic modelling, forecasting, and statistical analysis.
• Strong research, reasoning, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort with Microsoft Excel and data analysis software.
• Ability to juggle multiple research assignments and stakeholder interactions.
• A detail-oriented and collaborative working style.

Preferred background

• A master’s degree in Environmental Economics, Economics, Public Policy, Sustainability, or a related area is an advantage.
• Exposure to ESG analysis, climate economics, carbon markets, natural capital valuation, or sustainable finance is beneficial.
• Familiarity with tools such as R, Python, SQL, STATA, Power BI, Tableau, or GIS is a plus.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations, climate policy, and international sustainability frameworks would be helpful.
• Experience in consulting, government, research organizations, financial services, or international bodies is advantageous.

What the role offers

• A hybrid work setup based in Singapore.
• The chance to contribute to sustainability, climate, and environmental strategy work.
• Support for professional growth, including development and certification assistance.
• Exposure to ESG, environmental policy, economic research, and strategic consulting engagements.
• A collaborative, innovative, and purpose-led workplace.
• A competitive compensation package with comprehensive benefits.

Additional information

This position is for a full-time role at mid-level seniority in Singapore. The workplace arrangement is hybrid.