About the organisation
Amberside Advisors Ltd (‘AAL’) specialise in providing project finance consultancy and advisory services to public and private sector organisations. AAL combines market-leading financial modelling capability with experienced project finance expertise, and our services include advisory, refinancing, due diligence, model development, model audit and training. We have worked on more than 1,500 projects to date across a wide range of sectors and global locations, and our clients are well-known companies with billions of pounds of investments.
Part of the Steer Group since July 2022, we serve a global client base through 22 offices across four continents and take great pride in providing high quality advisory, customer service and insight into our clients’ projects. Our core industry sectors are low carbon, transport, decentralised energy, large scale energy and infrastructure, and we regularly advise on major projects ranging across heat networks, wind, solar and biomass, road and rail, schools, and hospitals, as well as public service delivery contracts in sectors such as local authorities, healthcare, education, and justice.
AAL are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity across our employees. In addition, staff wellbeing is a key focus for AAL, and annual events are dedicated to reconnecting with colleagues, welcoming new joiners and having fun together as a team. Furthermore, weekly social events provide an easy and enjoyable way to get to know your peers.
About the role
This role will report to Amberside’s Head of Commercial Advisory, who leads on our energy transition investment mandates, advising the public and private sector on all the commercial (including contractual, financial and policy-related) aspects of decentralised energy sectors like Heat Networks, CHP, EfW, and Smart (Integrated) Local Energy Systems.
This is a key growth area for Amberside from its existing clean energy platform, and a key collaboration sector across the Steer Group globally, together with other Net Zero and Decarbonisation workstreams such as e-mobility, with executive oversight from our Head of Sustainability, globally.
Whilst the role will be involved across a number of mandates, it will be expected to lead on the origination and delivery of public sector (including central government) mandates particularly. This will include existing mandates supporting the GHNF fund and BHIVE platform, with a keen focus to grow the Steer/Amberside offering to Local Authorities (as well as healthcare and education), especially in the context of Heat Network Zoning policy.
The candidate will utilise resources across teams, and as growth is realised, be expected to recruit and line manage a team in order to lead concurrent advisory mandates, driving the value-add to clients, managing relationships and programmes, and producing (and or reviewing for) high quality client outputs as well as continuing delivery of advisory mandates, working on tenders, presentations, and reports, directly.
This will include supporting Steer and Amberside initiatives that may apply internationally,
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Work-life balance
At Steer, we believe that a healthy work-life balance is paramount to long term success, which is why all employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 60% of their time either in office or on-site with clients and why we aim to keep our employee’s typical work week to 37.5 hours, reflective of client needs. Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be determined for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.
Compensation
Steer is committed to ensuring that all its employees are compensated a fairly and at a competitive rate. All initial compensation, regardless of location, may be subject to change as skills, abilities, internal equity and geographic location are taken into account.
In addition to base salary, all employees will be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus. Please review the benefits section for more information on total reward.
Steer reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional compensation.
Qualifications:
Person Specification
You must be self-motivated, team player and with a passion for working on large projects that make a difference to our world. The role requires working to deadlines, prioritising workload, and always providing a high level of service.
Values and skills we look for in an Amberside employee:
We offer a competitive package of benefits including private medical insurance and health screening, life assurance, group income protection, company pension scheme, EAP, ability to buy and sell annual leave days, Season Ticket Loan, a group Share Incentive Plan, up to 5 days for volunteering activities and a discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance).
Additionally, we offer 25 days annual leave, plus the 8 bank holidays and the ability to buy and sell leave in the year to give extra flexibility.
Steer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know.
In our commitment to inclusivity in the workplace, Steer has welcomed the creation of various Employee Resource Groups, dedicated to ensuring the support, progression, and well-being of all employees. For more information, check out our social responsibility page Our social responsibility | Steer (steergroup.com).
We understand that some may be dissuaded to apply based off their compatibility with the job description. That being said, we understand that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to the job description.
Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered.