Air Quality Consultant

Director, Associate Director, Principal, Senior

Aether is a niche environmental consultancy specialising in the compilation, reporting, and review of emission inventories and projections and the development of sectoral policies and measures at a city, regional and national level. We have built a strong reputation with customers and collaborators around the world by delivering innovation and technical excellence.

Aether specialises in air quality data collection, processing, analysis, and the development of systems that underpin the design and implementation of strategic air quality policies and measures. Aether has a large portfolio of projects related to the development of emission inventories and tools to support national governments with reporting commitments under the NECD and CLRTAP, as well as local-scale air quality management projects. We are also actively involved in research programmes supporting the development of the scientific understanding that underpins emissions inventories.

Our experience reflects many years of working in this field for the UK Government, the European Commission, CLRTAP, UNDP and other donors, and working directly for governments in Europe and Asia. In the private sector we work with property developers to undertake local scale air quality assessments. 

As a result of the growth in our air quality business, we are looking for Consultants to join our team.

The Role

The successful candidates will work with our company Directors and Business Area Leads to deliver across our portfolio of international and UK projects and support new business development. You would be working closely with counterparts, supporting their development of air pollutant inventories, modelling, and/or policy support tools through capacity building and training. This can be very rewarding and often provides the opportunity to really make a difference. The role offers excellent opportunities to expand your air quality career to engage decision makers across international institutions, funding agencies, national governments, and local authorities.

Required Experience and Skills

We are seeking consultants who can operate in a small and dynamic consultancy. 

Working alongside our founders we are looking for individuals who: have an understanding of priority air pollutant issues, can support the long-term development of technical teams, can gather and analyse data and produce high quality outputs, and are familiar with the broad commitments of countries under the CLRTAP and NECD, or local government’s commitments within the UK’s legislative framework. 

As a data-led business, experience of managing data and accounting systems is desirable.  We also welcome skills and capabilities in programme management, capacity building and communications to work alongside our data scientists. 

As a ‘hands on’ business, the role could include directly working with clients around the world, delivering projects with complex stakeholder groups in international markets.  Experience of project management, building client relationships and strong commercial acumen is critical.  The preferred candidate will have developed a strong track record of presenting complexity in a way that is easily understood by clients and stakeholders, through both written and verbal formats in fluent English.

Working for Aether

Aether is committed to bringing the best technical knowledge, data management and advisory services to enable our clients to make good decisions. We have a strong company ethos, and have built long-term relationships with our clients and a strong forward pipeline of projects. 

We have a flexible work model with staff located across the UK, with hubs in Oxford and Bristol. Our flexible model aims to support a work life blend that meets the career aspirations of our staff and the needs of our clients. 

Aether is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of the business, and is a Disability Confident Employer. As members of the scheme, Aether will ensure that any applicant who has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, is eligible to request that their application be considered for a guaranteed interview for any role, providing the applicant meets the essential role criteria set out in the job description.

Please contact recruit@aether-uk.com for further information and to discuss adjustments needed regarding your application.

Remuneration

As a small company we offer salaries based on the skills, experience, capabilities and role of each of our consultants

Application

To apply for this position, please email your CV and a covering letter to recruit@aether-uk.com, clearly stating “Air Quality Consultant” in the email subject.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Testimonial

Don't just take our word for it...

“Chris was excellent to work with and always very pro active in making suggestions, taking work forward and applying his considerable technical knowledge in effective ways.”

Robert Vaughan, Defra Air Quality Team

“Professional team and very collaborative communication. Effective result in terms of suggestions for improvement in the quality of the inventory and proposals on how to streamline specific topics.”

Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research

“I must congratulate each of you for your professional and tireless efforts. Let me point out that this has been the 'neatest' in-country review expert review team I have coordinated, and it has been a real pleasure.”

UNFCCC Secretariat

“Both the face-to-face training and the online version have been of high quality, with dynamic methods and a practical orientation that have allowed students to reach a solid knowledge base. The products have been delivered within the stipulated deadlines with an excellent quality and the team has always shown willingness to make adjustments according to the requirements of CONAF. We are very satisfied with the work. ”

Javier Cano Martín, Professional Unit for Climate Change and Environmental Services, CONAF (National Forestry Corporation), Chile

“The professional service provided by your company was of very high quality and completed within agreed timelines.”

Matthew Dudley, UNFCCC Secretariat

“The Aether team were a joy to work with and I would recommend the consultancy - the service provided throughout the process was exceptional.”

Clare Bayley, Defra

“The support provided by Aether for this project was especially remarkable considering the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tools and methods used in order to engage local stakeholders really added value to the capacity building of the national team.”

Shanna Emmanuel, Saint Lucia BUR Project Coordinator

“The Aether team were a joy to work with and I would recommend the consultancy - the service provided throughout the process was exceptional. Where there were problems, they provided solutions. The team were working to very short time scales but were able to deliver a high quality piece of work within the specified time frame.”

Sefton Council - for the Merseyside Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

“Engaging Aether to support us to develop the first GHG Inventory System and first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the United Republic of Tanzania has been a rewarding experience due to their high level of professionalism, creativity, timeliness and value for money. We will definitely consider Aether in our future initiatives.”

Abbas Kitogo, Programme Specialist Energy and Climate Change, UNDP Tanzania

“If we have a need for any more reports in the future Aether will be first on my list.”

Alan Hardy, Kyson Design

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