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Bachelor's Degrees

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With a bachelor's degree, an individual joins one of ICF International's practices as a Research Assistant (RA). Typically the newly hired RA quickly assumes an active role on project teams, working on two to five projects concurrently.

Working with peers and seasoned professionals, the RA assists with collecting and analyzing data, reviewing literature, conducting interviews and surveys, solving quantitative and qualitative problems, and performing computer applications. Working both independently and as part of a team, the RA is able to build and develop business skills in a challenging and professional environment.

Opportunities for UndergraduatesMany Research Assistants join ICF International to gain work experience and to explore career alternatives before pursuing graduate studies. Others stay longer and advance in our consulting practice. Research Assistants from ICF International have gone on to outstanding graduate programs around the country—our experience with the admissions offices at several of these programs suggests that work experience at ICF International is highly regarded.

Please take a moment to review the following examples and learn how various bachelor's degrees are utilized within some of ICF International's areas of expertise:

APPLIED ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH

ICF International helps organizations maintain and improve their performance by linking our operations-level knowledge of the client organization with proven workforce services and solutions. Our professionals provide innovative solutions, analysis, and products that customers can use to meet real world challenges. Our staff uses ICF's innovative job analysis tools—which enable us to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities required at each level of the organization—and our assessment tools, which help determine an individual’s readiness to succeed at the next level.

Typical Degrees
 
  • Psychology
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Liberal Arts
  • Organizational Development
  • Policy
  • Job Openings
    • No positions available at this time

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    CLIMATE CHANGE
    Climate & Energy Policy

    The Climate and Energy Policy group is at the forefront of preparing leading-edge climate change technical and policy analyses, identifying viable market solutions, and building real-world management tools. As the recognized leading firm in climate change consulting, we offer our clients around the globe unparalleled analytical, policy, and business management services.

    Alternative and renewable energy also plays a critical role in today's increasing efforts to reduce air pollution and secure energy resources through petroleum displacement and new technologies. We assist corporations and governments in making the best strategic resource development decisions. From broad analyses to detailed market assessments to developing strategic business plans, we help clients understand the opportunities, evaluate and avoid risks, educate their audiences and implement cost-effective programs that meet their goals.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Engineering
  • Biology
  • Economics
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental or other Earth Sciences
  • Public Policy
  • Job Openings

    Climate & Environmental Strategy

    The Climate and Environmental Strategy group provides decision analytics and strategy support in the following areas:

    • multi-pollutant compliance strategy and planning
    • policy analysis of alternative air regulatory approaches
    • emissions strategies
    • scenario analysis of regulatory, fuel, and power market uncertainties
    • real options analyses
    • asset valuation and due diligence

    We help leading companies develop and implement green strategies that are right for their business. From energy efficiency and environmental sustainability to carbon footprints and credit monetization, ICF's experts have more than 30 years of experience supporting some of the world’s best-known brands as they navigate an increasingly complex array of environmental options and opportunities. Our clients are in both the private and public sectors, and they include utilities, independent power producers, pollution control vendors, financial institutions and city, state, and federal governments.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Economics
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering
  • Operations Research
  • Job Openings
    • No positions available at this time

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    ENERGY
    Electric Power

    The Electric Power team's business is in generation and transmission asset valuation, risk analysis, portfolio management, power market design, litigation, and regulatory analysis. The team's work provides decision analytics and strategic support for new investments, mergers and acquisitions, asset management and commercial contracting, financing due diligence, and restructuring. Our clients are in both the private and public sectors and they include utilities, independent power producers, financial institutions, and city, state and federal governments.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Math
  • Operations Research
  • Job Openings

    Energy Efficiency

    The Energy Efficiency group is a leader in designing and implementing effective and innovative demand side management strategies. Our thorough understanding of our clients’ needs enables us to help energy companies, governments, and commercial clients worldwide to manage energy consumption and peak demand by providing services in the areas of energy efficiency; demand response; program development and evaluation; communications and marketing; labeling and voluntary programs; commercial, government, and residential lighting; water energy efficiency and conservation; training; and building technology.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Building Science
  • Business
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Policy
  • Sciences
  • Job Openings

    Fuels & Technology

    The Fuels and Technology group help clients control a critical and potentially volatile component of the energy equation, ICF International assesses and forecasts natural gas, petroleum and coal markets worldwide using deep industry expertise and proprietary models and databases. We provide clients with natural gas market analysis, supply assessments and project evaluation, asset optimization and valuation, coal supply and emissions analyses, fuel due diligence and financing support, and oil and gas regulatory support and government services.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Economics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Job Openings

    Renewable Energy

    Choosing the right course is critical. ICF International's experience and analytics help clients make the best strategic resource development decisions. From broad analyses to detailed market assessments to developing strategic business plans, ICF International serves a vital role in the power sector. Our evaluations of both supply-side green power and demand-side green power and renewable portfolio standards and programs have spanned 10 U.S. states, 8 countries, and 3 continents.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Life Science
  • Public Policy
  •  
    Job Openings

    Wholesale Power

    The Wholesale Power group’s business is in generation and transmission asset valuation, risk analysis, portfolio management, power market design, litigation, and regulatory analysis. The team’s work provides decision analytics and strategic support for new investments, mergers and acquisitions, asset management and commercial contracting, financing due diligence, and restructuring. Our clients are in both the private and public sectors, and they include utilities, independent power producers, financial institutions, and city, state, and federal governments.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Economics
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering
  • Operations Research
  • Job Openings

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    ENVIRONMENT

    ICF International offers a complete range of services for the design, evaluation, and implementation of environmental policies and projects across all environmental media—land, air, and water. Working in six continents, we develop and refine strategies that address environmental, health, and safety challenges, including market-based incentives, public-private partnerships, and performance-based approaches. As industry leaders in environmental consulting, we create sound economic models and well-researched risk assessment methodologies for our clients.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Environmental Studies
  • Science
  • Public Health
  • Economics
  • Public Policy
  • Natural Resources
  • Job Openings

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    HUMAN CAPITAL

    ICF International's experienced consultants are masters of the art and science of designing and managing a plan to acquire, engage, invest in, and retain the best available staff resources for your organization. We provide a wide spectrum of human capital management consulting services for both public- and private-sector enterprises. We leverage our broad public- and private-sector experience to develop effective human capital strategies.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Organizational Development
  • Liberal Arts
  • Policy
  • Job Openings

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    SOCIAL PROGRAMS

    ICF International has long worked to improve the conditions of America’s most at-risk populations—reaching out directly to the populations in need, as well as providing strategic consulting support to human services, housing and communities, and economic development agencies throughout the United States.

    The hallmark of ICF International's approach to social programs and human services is in recognizing that public, private, and nonprofit sectors must each do their part to lay the groundwork for positive social programs that promote healthy societies, governments, and economies. We offer a longstanding commitment to community development and social change as a pillar of our core values.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Social Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Education
  • Economics
  • Social Work
  • Public Policy
  • Job Openings

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    STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

    ICF International is a leader in the field of strategic communications, supporting clients charged with effecting change in organizations and communities. ICF’s
    communications work is unique because we combine social marketing expertise with technical expertise on every project. ICF understands social marketing as the arena in which public policy and traditional marketing intersect. We specialize in helping government organizations change public and corporate behaviors through integrated communications campaigns that have measurable results. Sustainability—creating a better world for the future through our actions and decisions today—is at the heart of what we do.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Communications
  • Marketing
  • Journalism
  • English
  • Job Openings
    • No positions available at this time

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    TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

    The Technology and Management Solutions group at ICF provides program management, CIO support, information technology, and training solutions to our core markets. Since 1969, ICF has delivered hundreds of complex information technology solutions to public and private sector clients. Today, ICF employs more than 700 IT professionals who support clients in building and operating complex enterprise system solutions using industry best practices (CMMI framework, Rational Unified Process, and Spiral & Agile development) and robust technology platforms such as J2EE, Oracle, Microsoft .NET, and more. ICF software development teams have been successfully appraised at CMMI Level 2 and CMMI Level 3, an accomplishment that recognizes the high level of process maturity being implemented by ICF teams.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • MIS
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Business (with technology focus)
  • Job Openings

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    TRANSPORTATION

    ICF International specializes in addressing issues at the nexus of transportation and energy, economic development, and the environment. Our business focus is to assist clients with the design and implementation of solutions using our skills in transportation planning, urban and land use planning, environmental science, economics, financial analysis, policy analysis, and communications.

    Much of our work involves the application of complex transportation, economic analysis, and environmental impact assessment methodologies to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of infrastructure projects, service programs, and government policy.

    Typical Degrees
     
  • Environmental Science
  • Transportation
  • Urban Planning
  • Economics
  • Public Policy
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    Job Openings
    • No positions available at this time

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