Independent Consultant – Power-to-X, Advanced Biofuels

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Royal Society of Biology

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

Consulting • Healthcare • Education

Royal Society of Biology (RSB) is a collaborative network of global organizations dedicated to transitioning towards a net-positive world. As the world addresses the climate crisis, RSB facilitates companies' shift from fossil-based economies to sustainable, biocircular ones. It provides a robust sustainability framework, enabling its diverse membership community—including industry leaders, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and government bodies—to develop projects and solutions that positively impact the environment and society. RSB offers exclusive access to various platforms, initiatives, and events, advancing the biocircular economy and enhancing sustainability certification across supply chains.

📋 Description

• Provide technical research, policy analysis, and value-chain expertise on renewable hydrogen, PtX fuels, and sustainable aviation fuel topics • Support RSB’s work on PtX fuels, advanced biofuels, SAF policy, certification readiness, and grant-funded programmes • Support technical research, stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, and drafting across RSB’s PtX fuels and advanced biofuels work • Analyse renewable electricity, hydrogen and CO₂ sourcing, biomass, and waste feedstocks • Assess regional development opportunities, certification requirements, GHG accounting considerations, cross-sector resource dynamics, and international market access • Contribute to roadmap development and policy briefing outputs, initially focusing mainly on India and potentially supporting MENA-related activities • Support other team priorities across RSB’s PtX fuels and advanced biofuels portfolio • Produce technical research reports, policy briefs, roadmap inputs, stakeholder mapping and consultation summaries • Conduct resource and feedstock assessments • Perform life-cycle GHG modelling and carbon accounting analysis • Conduct market, regulatory, and certification-readiness analysis under frameworks such as EU RED, ICAO CORSIA, and UK SAF policy • Complete onboarding to RSB’s systems, delivery methods, and sustainability framework if accepted onto the roster • Submit proposals for defined project scopes when invited

🎯 Requirements

• Strong written and spoken English proficiency • Availability overlapping with CET/CEST working hours for a minimum of 4 hours per day • Proven output/delivery track record in the area of expertise • Compliance with applicable local laws and regulations, including tax and social security obligations • Legal authorisation to perform consultancy services in the country of residence or operation • Strong collaboration and communication skills • Ability to operate autonomously and proactively communicate progress, risks, and opportunities • Self-sufficiency in a remote and fully digital working environment • Reliable internet connectivity • For organisations: ability to assign appropriately qualified personnel and ensure continuity of delivery, including cover for absences • For organisations: confirmation that proposed personnel meet the essential criteria • Technical expertise in PtX fuels, renewable hydrogen technologies, advanced biofuels, or sustainable aviation fuel pathways (desirable) • Familiarity with EU RED, ICAO CORSIA, and UK SAF policy (desirable) • Understanding of global PtX fuel and advanced biofuels developments, market-access requirements, and relevant resources and feedstocks (desirable) • Track record of producing original technical content, resource assessments, policy analysis, roadmap inputs, applied sustainability analysis, or certification-related analysis (desirable) • Knowledge of renewable hydrogen, PtX and advanced biofuel production routes and value chains (desirable) • Understanding of scale-up challenges involving renewable electricity, eligible carbon sources, sustainable feedstocks, hydrogen infrastructure, project bankability, certification readiness, and market recognition (desirable) • Familiarity with life-cycle GHG analysis and accounting approaches relevant to PtX fuels (desirable) • Awareness of PtX market and policy trends (desirable)

🏖️ Benefits

• Pre-qualification process avoids repeated tender submissions • Direct access to RSB’s pipeline of project-based opportunities • Opportunity to contribute to a globally recognised organisation at the forefront of sustainability and systems transformation • Meaningful, mission-driven work contributing to sustainability standards and real-world impact across global value chains • High-impact, intellectually engaging project-based assignments • Opportunity for ongoing collaboration and multiple assignments • Agreed day rate remuneration • Remote engagement • Framework Agreement initially until September 2028 • Project-based consultancy opportunities through the roster