Location England
Job-type Permanent
Salary £Competitive
Reference 16528

Our client is a fast-growing global energy and sustainability consultancy, pioneering ESG and climate change solutions to multiple corporate and infrastructure sectors.

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Joining their Energy and Sustainability team, you will sell to large and multinational organisations in the UK & Ireland. You'll be part of an organisation that thrives not only on creating a strategic vision but also on driving the client's solution across a multitude of decarbonisation levers.

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Responsibilities:

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  • Direct consulting with corporate clients on the creation and execution of strategic initiative

  • Delivering to improve our clients' corporate sustainability performance

  • Support sales team to deliver against revenue targets in line with overall growth plans

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Person Requirements

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  • At least three years of employment in a corporate sustainability role or in a consulting advisory role.

  • Ideally a bachelor's degree in sustainability, engineering, science, or business.

  • Experience within the financial or Private Equity sectors including due diligence, strategy, decarbonization, ESG.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including at c-suite and executive level. Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience and present in management, environmental, technical and other forums.

  • Experience with environmental reporting program requirements, regulatory or voluntary (e.g., SBTi, TCFD, GHG Protocol, SFDR, CDP)

  • Strong knowledge of corporate sustainability programs and the issues facing the leaders in this space

  • Experience managing multiple projects while meeting both time and budget commitments.

  • Ability to work independently and excellent team building, problem-solving, written and presentation skills.

  • Strong aptitude for critical, qualitative, and analytical thinking.

  • Highly skilled in Microsoft excel and PowerPoint.

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Preferred additional skills and characteristics

  • Experience consulting on sustainability issues facing the financial sector in a commercial environment, with a strong knowledge of regulations, reporting and industry drivers (SBTi, CDP, TCFD, ESG, Fit for 55 etc.)

  • Subject matter expertise in sustainability or energy related topic desirable, for example: renewable energy, life cycle analysis, carbon foot printing, natural capital, Net Zero, Green Transition, Supply Chain Decarbonisation, emissions markets etc.

  • Must be fluent in English, another European language is preferable

  • Location: UK (remote working)

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Please apply directly or contact Lewis Murray at lewis.murray@acre.com because we'd love to hear from you.