Associate Sustainability Consultant - City of London, Greater London, United Kingdom - Eden Brown

Description

Associate Sustainability Consultant
£73k - £80k
City of London

A global property and construction consultancy with over 3000 employees worldwide is looking for a Associate Sustainability Consultant to join the London office.

Working with real estate investment funds, developers, contractors, private clients and public sector clients, they work to decarbonise large portfolios of new-build and existing building and infrastructure assets.

With 80% of the buildings that will be in use in 2050 already being built, you will have the opportunity to take a holistic approach toward improving the impact of our current building stock and making a real impact in reaching the UK's Net Zero Targets.

Historically they have been specialists in cost management and programme management but due to their client's needs they are expanding their sustainability team massively.

Having spoken to their Head of Sustainability, they are looking to grow the team from 15 heads to 45 heads in the next 18 months and are keen to speak to talented people.

A constantly evolving team with plenty of opportunities to progress and the opportunity to buy in as a partner after long term service - regardless of seniority.

Key Duties:

The key duties will be to provide strategic sustainability consultancy, working with clients and colleagues internally to direct on strategic deliverables and grow strong client relationships.

The successful candidate should have a holistic knowledge of sustainability and wider environmental, social and governance issues for both the built environment and wider corporations.

Conduct project, strategic and technical delivery alongside client engagement
Prepare engaging thought-leadership for social media channels and networks
Be externally facing and the person should be proficient in driving forward projects and business development activity with an ability to identifying cross-selling opportunities
Preparing and delivering sustainability strategies, action plans and statements
Strong experience in developing achievable sustainability, net zero carbon and / or ESG strategies
Experience of delivering BREEAM, LEED, WELL assessments
Leading discussions with clients, writing compelling proposals and building relationships
Assisting business development initiatives in the form of thought leadership pieces and social media articles
Degree in sustainability or similar field and have experience of developing and delivering sustainability strategies, action plans and statements
Line management experience
Ideally chartered or be a practitioner working towards chartership

Behavioural Capability:

Commercial Awareness:

strong business acumen combined with the creativity and vision to meet customer needs and the organisation gains team commitment to a vision, able to motivate staff and provide direction and vision.

Effective Communication skills:
Able to adapt communication to audience and create detailed written documents and reports. Able to maintain and manage communication links with a variety of stakeholders. Presents a professional image and promotes our Brand.

Customer Focus:
Takes time to question and understand the real, underlying needs of the customer, beyond those initially expressed. Always works closely with customers, developing an independent view of their needs and acting in their long-term interest

Influencing:

Identifies and builds relationships with those who will be useful now and in the future in achieving strategic business objectives.

Initiative:
able to work alone to get results in an effective way. Knowledge of how to minimise waste in resources and processes. Adopts and encourages others to adopt new ways of working. Ability to work unsupervised.

Team Player:
Always willing to be involved in other activities to achieve company objectives. Works collaboratively and uses influence to gain resolution of issues. Demonstrates honestly, dedication and commitment.

Whether you're working in the larger corporate companies or a small SME this is certainly one to take note of.

Please don't hesitate to apply or get in touch for further info on the email below, we can arrange a confidential conversation anytime to suit you.

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