Senior ESG & Sustainability Consultant

Senior Consultant

Lewis Davey is looking to speak with ‘passionate about the industry’ consultants who hold some experience in building stakeholder relationships and leading the delivery of sustainability programmes. An opportunity within a smaller agile business that thrives on team environment and is set to expand rapidly. Working in partnership with clients to advise and set out strategic direction beyond a compliance led approach. This role would suit someone who enjoys working in their key areas of net zero and responsible business.

As a Senior Consultant, you will have a broad understanding of measuring and managing environmental and social impacts supported by details knowledge of the significant ESG and sustainability reporting frameworks. A great time to step in and work at strategic level, providing guidance on the development and implementation of programmes to improve performance and embed responsible business principles into culture and process.

Role

• Leading the delivery of clients’ sustainability programmes through project teams
• Conducting Responsible Business discovery sessions to assess the effectiveness of clients’ activities and identifying risks and opportunities
• Carrying out stakeholder engagement programmes and developing materiality assessments
• Building effective working relationships with clients and key stakeholder groups
• Developing ESG roadmaps and supporting clients to establish the systems and processes to underpin them
• Contributing to the development of new service offers and the assets they require
• Developing sales leads and preparing bids and proposals, including costing
• Speaking at events and preparing thought leadership pieces
• Leading and guiding team members towards achieving organisational goals. This includes providing clear direction, setting expectations and fostering a positive and productive work environment.

What you will need to succeed

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience leading sustainability projects, ideally as a consultant or alternatively leading an in-house sustainability team
• Extensive experience of conducting audits, conducting gap analysis and preparing reports
• Ability to lead multiple projects and deliver them on time and within budget
• The ability to confidently build client relationships and lead multi-disciplinary teams
• Good delegation skills and the ability to motivate others
• A sound understanding of the commercial context of sustainability
• A good understanding and strong experience of the principles of net zero carbon, science-based targets and materiality
• A working knowledge of common ESG and sustainability reporting frameworks
• Experience of leading and motivating team members towards achieving organisational goals
• Excellent English oral and written skills; strong presentation skills
• The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK

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.