Senior Consultant - Economist

Job Title: Senior Consultant - Economist

Department: Consulting

Reports to: Director

Direct Reports: Consultant/Analyst grades

Salary: £60,000-£68,000 (depending on experience)

Benefits: See below

Location: London, UK

At The Sports Consultancy (TSC), we help shape the future of sport, major events, and entertainment through world-class strategic, commercial, and legal advisory services. Headquartered in London with a growing presence in the Middle East, we partner with leading international rights holders, governments, sports federations, host cities, investors, and venues.

Our consulting team delivers evidence-based strategies and actionable commercial solutions to help clients transform their organisations, maximise economic and social impact, and achieve sustainable growth. Our advisory work spans strategy, investments & growth, commercial, major events bid and delivery, venue and facilities strategy, and organisational transformation — underpinned by deep industry expertise, innovative thinking, and strong focus on social value and public‑sector outcomes.

TSC is hiring a Senior Consultant–Economist to join our growing Impact team. This is a chance to apply serious applied economics skills to tangible projects in sport, leisure and the built environment – from stadiums and arenas to community facilities and wider regeneration programmes. You will sit within the Consulting team but work closely across TSC Impact and our Facilities & Venues (F&V) practice.

A core part of the role is quantifying economic, social and wellbeing impacts and building robust, Green Book‑aligned business cases and social value assessments.

Sport experience is not essential; we are prioritising strong economic skills, public‑sector appraisal experience and an interest in social value and non‑market valuation.

You will bring strong project management discipline, analytical rigour, and client-facing confidence, particularly in projects involving business planning, financial modelling, and operating model design for sports and live entertainment venues. You will independently lead smaller assignments or take ownership of work streams within larger projects, managing junior consultants and analysts to deliver exceptional outputs and help evolve TSC’s economic and social impact tools and methodologies.

• Ability to simultaneously lead discrete projects or key work streams within larger engagements, ensuring high-quality and timely outputs.
• Manage day‑to‑day coordination with clients and subject matter experts across diverse geographies and sectors.
  • Experience working with local authorities, combined authorities, and central government bodies.
• Translate complex data and research into actionable recommendations across commercial strategy, operations, and governance.
• The role may involve travel within the UK and internationally, including to the Middle East, to work on world‑leading sporting events and major infrastructure projects.

• Lead or contribute to Green Book–compliant SOBC (Strategic Outline Business Case), OBC (Outline Business Case), and FBC (Full Business Case), with a focus on the Economic and Financial Cases.
• Design and deliver cost–benefit analysis, including non‑market valuation techniques (e.g. contingent valuation, revealed preference)
• Practical experience using input–output tables and constructing Leontief multipliers from domestic-use tables is highly desirable.
• Apply social value approaches including WELLBYs (Wellbeing-Adjusted Life Years), QALYs (Quality-Adjusted Life Years), VSL (Value of a Statistical Life) and wider non‑market benefits, in line with Green Book guidance.
• Calculate and interpret benefits‑cost‑ratios (BCRs), net present values (NPVs) and other value‑for‑money (VfM) metrics.
• Build and refine financial and economic models for facilities and wider place‑based investments.
• Strong Excel skills and experience building transparent, well‑documented models.

• Contribute to proposals and business development efforts by developing compelling content and ideas aligned to client needs.
• Develop and…