Senior Sustainability Consultant

About this role

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to fill the role of Senior Consultant to support our growing professional sustainability consultancy team. This position offers a very exciting opportunity to work with high-profile blue-chip companies. Passion and a determination to deliver excellence are essential qualities as is a commercially astute and innovative approach to delivering client solutions.

Core Responsibilities

The core responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Sustainability/ESG strategy and environmental management system development, including policy, procedures and monitoring approaches
• Client and external relationship management, including engagement with heads of sustainability, executive teams, fund and asset managers, property and facilities management teams
• Team management, including Consultants and Junior Consultants
• Manage large sustainability data collection programmes coordinating multiple parties
• Monitoring and analysis of sustainability data
• Coordination of building-level sustainability improvement programmes
• Sustainability disclosure / reporting advisory and management (e.g. GRESB, INREV, EPRA, UNPRI, TCFD)
• Supporting industry engagement through representation at industry groups, attending conferences etc.

Essential Skills & Requirements

The right candidate must have the following essential skills:

• A passion for furthering the sustainability agenda
• Highly articulate and numerate
• Strong people skills
• Understanding of managing projects to a budget
• Advanced IT skills
• Degree or Masters in related subject
• Detailed understanding of UK environmental legislation (ESOS, EPCs, MEES)

DESIRABLE Skills & Requirements

The right candidate may have the following desired skills:

• Membership of an appropriate and recognised professional body (e.g. Chartered Environmentalist, IEMA Practitioner Membership)
• Environmental and Energy Audit Experience for commercial buildings
• Second language desirable but not essential
• BREEAM in Use Assessor, Fitwel, or WELL Accredited Practitioner

Benefits to The Successful Candidate

• A competitive salary, reviewed annually in line with industry averages
• Attractive discretionary bonus structure
• Health insurance with Vitality
• Pension scheme (with staff contribution matched)
• 25 days annual leave increasing to 30 days by year 7 (plus public holidays) (for part time employees, we will adjust the entitlement on a pro rata basis)
• Additional 5 days holiday every three years to support one month sabbatical
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10-4, with 37.5 hour working week)
• Flexible lunch break
• Remote/home working in agreement with line manager
• Two days per year to volunteer for charity
• Excellent ongoing professional development support
• Multiple locations - London, Bolton, Birmingham (dependent on role)
• Plus Bike2Work scheme and more

Please note that we will endeavour to review your application within two weeks and, if there is interest in your candidacy, a Consultant will be in touch. Unfortunately, due to the significant amount of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback so if you have not heard from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest.

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Lewis Davey specialise in recruiting talented people across Town Planning, Cleantech & Sustainability and Environmental industries