Senior Recruitment Consultant - Carbon Markets

What are your ambitions? ​

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We don't mind going first... We're commercially minded, but we want to make an impact. We want brighter futures for all; our clients, our candidates, society and the environment. We want a world that's safe, ethical, inclusive, and sustainable. From time to time, people hear that and say, "That sounds like a nice ambition." But what we do and what we stand for isn't nice; it's urgent and it's important.

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After all, sustainability and climate change are at the forefront of everyone's mind. Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough are amplifying the message to the masses: The planet urgently needs us to change our ways. How are we going to fix it without the right people finding the right solutions?

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Heightened governmental and consumer pressure means that businesses need to make big changes. So, more and more, organisations require sustainability-minded employees, for every role, in each department and skill set.

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We live our ambitions by specializing in finding those people - those who will go on to empower their organizations to meet net-zero, cut carbon emissions, finance essential infrastructure projects and create the innovative technologies required to build a brighter future for us all.

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So, what about you - what are your ambitions?

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If you're ambitious to be both commercially successful, but also to create an inspiring legacy; you're in the right place. Perhaps that's not a place you thought a career in recruitment could take you - to a place where you can prosper and drive real, meaningful change - but at Acre, that's our purpose.

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Right now, we're experiencing incredible levels of growth and the volume of roles we're working on is growing exponentially. To help us deliver, we're looking to hire a Senior Consultant in our Sustainable Energy Team with a specific focus on carbon markets. Someone with an appetite for business development, but an even greater interest in representing our brand professionally in the marketplace, sourcing excellent candidates and delivering an exceptional recruitment process.​

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Sustainable energy makes up one of our three primary business areas alongside sustainable finance and sustainable business. In 2022, we'll undergo considerable growth in this area across North America, Europe, the UK and Asia-Pacific.

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In the US, our Sustainable Energy Team is at an early stage of development, so the opportunity exists to contribute to our strategy and to benefit from the growth that lies ahead.

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If this sounds like you, let's tell you a bit more about it.​

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We're a global recruitment business operating in the sustainability and climate change sectors. This explains a little about why we're so busy - everyone is looking to tackle these problems head-on right now, but also need a recruitment partner that's well versed in these markets. Fortunately, we've been doing this a long time - for almost twenty years - so we know what our clients are looking to achieve and the solutions that will get them there.​​​

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What will your core responsibilities be in this role?​

• ​Managing client relationships & serving as a trusted-thinking partner: You'll engage with clients about their recruitment needs, building relationships to become a trusted advisor, whilst identifying opportunities for the application of Acre's other services.

• Helping to craft proposals, lead client meetings and negotiate commercial arrangements: You'll master an understanding of Acre's value proposition and use it to secure business from existing clients, as well as new leads in your market.

• Supporting the delivery requirements of key hires in your market: You'll capture an accurate understanding of client briefs and deliver them to best effect to win repeat and new business via referrals and feedback

• Engaging exceptional candidates: You'll keep your finger on the pulse in the candidate marketplace at all times, looking for creative and innovative ways to build your network, to identify individuals who are relevant to your client's search requirements and to engage candidates regularly so that they know to come to you for support in their current role or with finding their next.

• Delivering recruitment processes in a way that'll make your clients want to tell their friends about: You'll project manage every aspect of the recruitment cycle from CV to completion, and everything in between. This includes qualifying candidates for a role, interview consultation, offer management and much more.​

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What are your skills?

• You'll be an experienced recruitment consultant, with a successful track record of both generating and delivering commercial success.

• You'll have an understanding of sustainable energy and, more specifically, carbon markets to include the commercial landscape, legislation and key market drivers and risks.

• You'll have a consultative approach with the ability to partner with clients in the capacity of a trusted advisor.

• You'll have a network/ interest/ understanding of recruitment in climate services, nature based solutions and/or carbon markets.

• You'll have a thirst for knowledge and continuous improvement, with the constant desire to demonstrate drive and exceptional levels of service.

• Most importantly, you'll care about why we do what we do. You'll be an ambassador of our core values - courage, collaboration, integrity and innovation - and you'll embody them at every opportunity.

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What will you get in return?

• You're a valued partner here.
  As the only search firm in the world with the depth of experience to tackle some of the planet's biggest issues, we operate as a trusted advisor to our clients, not just a recruiter. The value you'll add to our clients runs much deeper than getting a person in a seat. You'll be supporting meaningful change being made in the world by asking your clients 'What impact do you need us to support you with making?' Our team is built on passion and integrity, not KPIs, and the value you'll add goes far beyond numbers.

• You'll grow with us.
  There's never been a more exciting time to be here. We're seeing exponential growth, which means new offices across the globe, and rapid headcount and commercial expansion year on year. This means that the potential to be successful at Acre is significant. We need great people to be part of the business and offer share options to those who can help us succeed - in fact, 20% of Acre's equity is in the hands of our team.

• You'll be set up for success.
  We set you up for success and invest in mechanisms, be those in-house support functions or technology solutions, which have the same goal: to support you to be more efficient, leaving you more time to do what you do best. Some of the ways we'll support you include:

• Virtual Assistant (VA) Access
  Our trusted VAs relieve the admin burden of the recruitment process and streamline everyday tasks like booking interviews, scheduling pre and post-interview calls, and coordinating diaries with your clients and candidates.

• Extensive Marketing Support
  Our marketing team are on hand to support you to produce best-in-class proposals, credible and eye-catching search documents and partner with you to build your brand. Our investments in marketing and brand building also take the pain out of business development, making sure our clients know who you are and how to find you when they need you.

• Operations, Technology & Finance
  We have a strong and ever-growing focus on technological and operational excellence, and continually invest in solutions that will help alleviate administrative tasks from your to-do list so that you can give your clients and candidates your undivided attention.

• Research Support
  Our experienced team of global research consultants take the stress out of tricky searches, armed with the tools, knowledge and expertise to find the candidates you need.

• Global Opportunities
  We are an international business operating in London, New York, Amsterdam and Asia-Pacific. Our ambition is to achieve a "One-Acre" culture that capitalizes on the spirit of collaboration between all of our regions. This means that we encourage international relocation opportunities and secondments where it is beneficial to the business and our team members.

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So, do our ambitions align?

Let's create change, together. Apply directly below or get in touch with our Managing Director - North America, Ellen Rutherford at ellen.rutherford@acre.com. Don't worry if your resume isn't quite ready, we can sort the finer details later.