Socioeconomic Consultant

ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of experience helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for our clients and the planet. Our Consulting Delivery Hub (CDH) in India is a critical part of ERM’s global consulting model enabling scalable, high-quality delivery across regions and service lines. CDH teams work in close partnership with regional consultants to support global client projects, providing specialist expertise, driving consistency, and enhancing delivery efficiency across our most important programmes. As part of the Consulting Delivery Hub, you will collaborate with colleagues worldwide, contribute to complex sustainability projects, and play a key role in shaping the future of global consulting delivery. Why this role matters? As a Socioeconomic Consultant, you will support ERM’s global Impact Assessment teams by contributing social and human rights expertise to environmental and social assessments across a range of sectors and geographies. Working within the Capital Project Delivery Impact Assessment capability, you will help project teams identify social risks and impacts, apply international standards, and develop robust, practical recommendations for clients. This role is critical to ensuring the quality, consistency, and efficiency of social and human rights inputs across ERM’s global project portfolio. What your impact is? Support the preparation of social and human rights inputs for environmental and social impact assessments, human rights assessments, due diligence reviews, and management plans. Contribute to the review and analysis of project documentation against international standards, including IFC Performance Standards, EBRD Performance Requirements, Equator Principles, and other relevant good international industry practice. Assist project teams in identifying social risks, human rights considerations, stakeholder engagement needs, and mitigation measures across different sectors and geographies. Help prepare clear, well-structured deliverables, including baseline summaries, impact assessment sections, stakeholder engagement materials, and action plans. Support consistent and efficient delivery across regions by working closely with senior consultants and technical specialists. Contribute to high-quality client outputs by applying strong research, analytical, writing, and organizational skills. What will you bring? Academic background in social sciences, human rights, international development, sustainability, environmental/social management, law, political science, anthropology, sociology, or a related field. Initial experience or strong interest in social performance, human rights, impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, or responsible business practices.