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Senior Sustainability Consultant

Posted 23 June 2021
Salary Up to €95,000 + bonus
LocationBerlin
Job type Permanent
Discipline Sustainability
ReferenceSSC4
Contact NameTom Brookes

Job description

The Green Recruitment Company are working with a leading consultancy who offer comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all six continents, they strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. Their Climate Strategies Consultancy team partners with global corporate leaders in sustainability, wherever their clients are on their climate journey, providing them with unique and unparalleled technical expertise.

 

The Role:

Due to rapid global growth, we are looking for Senior Sustainability Consultants with a passion for sustainability, who either already have experience of, or are looking to make a move into the climate change industry. You will be responsible for providing high quality consultancy advice to well known multinational companies across multiple industries. Remote work is possible but you will also need to be able to work closely with your team in either the Amsterdam or Berlin offices:

You will be part of a team responsible for the management of proposals, projects, and consulting for the corporate sector on topics such as: 

  • GHG accounting 
  • Decarbonisation pathways
  • Science based targets (SBTs)
  • Risk assessments and TCFD
  • Materiality assessment 
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Sustainability strategy
  • Sustainable supply chains within the consumer goods industry
  • Corporate supply chains risks

You will manage and supervise large consulting mandates throughout their entire project cycle from initiation to implementation, and you will have the opportunity to lead and directly manage teams of consultants and technical experts. You will also contribute to the development of new products and solutions, marketing materials, and thought leadership to address sustainability challenges.

 

The Individual:

It is essential all applicants have the following skills and experience to be considered:

  • University degree, ideally at a Master’s level or higher, in a sustainability-related discipline
  • Approx. 5+ years experience in sustainability consulting with large international corporate clients, or extensive experience working as a Sustainability Manager for large multinational corporates
  • Proven project management skills - particularly implementation, and the ability to guide project teams in a multi-stakeholder and multi-geography context
  • Fluent in English, and it is highly desired that you are fluent in at least one other language (relevant to the client base in your country of residence)

It is also desirable all applicants have the following skills and experience to be considered:

Corporate consulting experience on one or more of the following topics: 

  • GHG accounting 
  • Decarbonisation pathways
  • Science based targets (SBTs)
  • Risk assessments and TCFD
  • Materiality assessment 
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Sustainability strategy
  • Sustainable supply chains within the consumer goods industry
  • Corporate supply chains risks