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Job description

E.S.G. Solutions is seeking a highly motivated and passionate sustainability professional to join our boutique consultancy at a very exciting time, as we help international clients drive the integration of ESG in their businesses and deliver shaped change at all levels in their organisations and for this amazing planet.

We are proud to be a truly client-centric business, no matter what. Clients allow us to exist and to deliver meaningful results. They engage us because we have a track record of finding solutions for them, not because we’re great at spotting problems that they weren’t aware of. Just keep this in mind and you’ll have filled 50% of the job specs below.

You will be one of the most senior members of our growing team, reporting directly to the founder, with responsibilities to independently manage the technical deliveries and support the Board to set up a successful team of consultants who will allow the company to meet its financial targets and grow its profile in the industry.

Responsibilities will include:

• Deliver and/or supervise the delivery of energy efficiency audits (including ESOS compliance), net-zero carbon strategies, site sustainability audits and well-being assessments.
• Certify and/or supervise the certification of a number assets against the most common industry standards e.g. BREEAM In-Use, Fitwel, UK EPCs and DECs, etc.
• Coordinate the existing team responsible for corporate reporting, benchmarking and ESG analysis (e.g. GRESB, CDP, INREV, SECR, materiality assessments, GHG emissions, Article 8 & 9 SFDR, etc.).
• Manage junior members of the team who will support you with the technical and administrative tasks required to complete our projects.
• Help manage client relationships and identify potential leads and new business opportunities.
• Support the founder with raising the company’s profile and with the business development agenda (produce clear, effective and creative documents, charts, infographics, presentations, reports and marketing pieces; draft some powerpoint presentations and set the background for some of the new fee proposals).
• Conduct research and investigation into industry trends, best practices, key ESG topics, etc. and write informative articles on the website blog and Linkedin, either on hot topics about sustainability or some narrative about past project that we have completed (or are about to complete).
• Help the founder build a team of enthusiastic consultants who can deliver high quality services for our clients.
• Ensure that clear personal and collective financial targets are set and successfully met.
• Provide support with the digitalisation agenda (review the company’s current procedures, propose some changes and help implement them).
• Support the creation of an inclusive, vibrant and fun working environment where everybody can thrive and can truly look forward to getting out of the bed when they wake up in the morning to inspire others and fundamentally be proud of their job.

The successful candidate for this position will:

• Need to demonstrate relevant experience and competence in delivering sustainability-related corporate reporting projects, ideally in the real estate investment and asset management sector.
• Be very familiar with the industry key frameworks and standards e.g. net-zero carbon, GRESB, CREEM, CDP, INREV, GHG emissions, SECR, etc.
• Support the growth of our new service lines such as SBTi, TCFD, sustainability in sport, etc.
• Have a strong work ethic with the ability to handle multiple time-sensitive priorities and excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Work independently with little-to-no oversight on the various projects and identify and communicate issues before they become problems.
• Be able to propose solutions derived from scientific and social arguments rather than just relying on instructions.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills, strong organisational and analytical skills.
• Be accountable for completing work on time and support colleagues as required.
• Provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to clients.
• Be fluent in English (ideally in a second language too) with excellent written and oral communication skills and outstanding attention to detail.
• Develop subject matter expertise in a specific sector and/or service offering.
• Show a high degree of initiative, proactiveness, drive, enthusiasm, energy and follow through.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

We are creating a diverse workforce which can bring a wider pool of talent and greater insight into the diverse needs of our clients. Having a degree in a relevant discipline would be ideal but we wouldn’t mind bumping into the next Mike Ross, so we left it out from the “desirables” for the time being.

The positions will be based in the UK and we promote not only remote working (within the UK) but also a highly flexible working culture, focused on delivering impactful results and reaching goals. Rather than relying on timesheets we simply encourage everybody in the team to keep track of their good work for the regular performance reviews with management, to promptly report progress and challenges to the rest of the team, to maintain a high standard throughout the delivery of the various projects, to support the company to win new business and raise its profile in the industry, ideally via thought-provoking articles on our website blog and LinkedIn channel or via breakfast seminars and other promotional events where we offer our industry insight to a selected audience of prospect clients who want to hear more details about specific topics.

We want you to be just a responsible individual who appreciates what makes the business sustainable and financially sound, around whom to grow a great team of enthusiastic consultants who feel truly empowered to make a positive impact in life and at work.

Thanks for your time and good luck!

PS if you’re looking for salary details, we would like to offer you anything between £50k and the sky: please convince us that you’re worth way more than what we can actually afford and we’ll do our best to make you happy!