Sustainability Consultant

Your new company
A world-renowned design, engineering, and project-management consultancy with over 50,000 employees across the globe. The company's Environment Practice comprises a dynamic network of environmentalists, sustainability experts, ecologists, economists, engineers, planners, and project managers.
The consultancy is expanding the size and scope of its environmental services in response to the growing demand for more sustainable infrastructure and nature-based solutions. The company's environment practice is passionate about driving cutting-edge initiatives such as Net Zero, ESG, BNG, and social value across the company and its clients' businesses.
If you're looking for an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the natural environment, this is the opportunity for you.
Your new role
A Sustainability Consultant with experience, knowledge and expertise in developing wide-ranging sustainability strategies for development plans and projects to join a growing team of dedicated sustainability and environmental professionals.
The role would especially suit someone with a generalist background, a strategic thinker with a strong holistic understanding of the full range of sustainability aspects on complex development projects, e.g. carbon, energy, waste, water, ecology, pollution, social-economic resilience. A highly collaborative and engaging approach is also a must.

• Provide technical direction and leadership across a portfolio of projects. These projects span various sectors, including energy, transport, water, waste minerals and land use.
• Collaborate with central and local government bodies to integrate sustainability principals into project planning.
• Embed sustainability considerations throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with outcome-focused objectives.
• Develop net zero carbon strategies, policy and assessment approaches that drive sustainable outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement effective policies and assessment approaches.
• Take ownership of project management responsibilities, including planning, execution and monitoring.
• Play a key role in business development efforts, identifying opportunities, prepare bids, and contribute to winning new projects.

What you\'ll need to succeed

• The successful candidate will be educated to degree level in a sustainability / environment related discipline
• Desirable: chartered status and / or full or associate membership of a recognised relevant professional body.
• Strong sustainability related expertise, a wide range of skill sets and a willingness to become involved in a broad selection of projects.
• Experience of UK sustainability and environmental regulations, guidance and standards.
• Knowledge of international regulatory frameworks, guidance and standards would be an advantage.
• Excellent verbal communicator with the ability to present with confidence to a wide range of audiences and communicate technical concepts simply and clearly & excellent writing skills
• Able to adapt writing style to produce documents for different types of audience, including non-specialists.

What you\'ll get in return

• Competitive salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum
• 25 days annual leave exclusive of bank/public holidays with opportunity to buy an additional 15 days
• Access to specialised medical service including 24/7 health information and GP appointments
• Cycle to work schemes
• Gym, retail and travel discounts
• Competitive defined contribution pension arrangement

What you need to do now
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