Job Title: Sustainability Advisor
* Location: Welwyn Garden City, Herts
* Salary: £26,000 per annum +£2,000 discretionary annual bonus (paid quarterly) after first 12 months
* Contract: Permanent, Full-time / Monday-Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Sustainability Advisor:
Do you have a keen interest in the Sustainability sector?
Maybe you’re a recent graduate with a Geography or Environmental Science degree or similar? Although this is not essential.
Are you a focused, motivated individual who would be comfortable dealing with large data sets?
Would you be described as a strategic thinker with good problem solving skills?
Are you a confident individual with excellent communication skills?
If you answer ‘YES’ to some of the above please get in touch with TalentHQ Recruitment today…
Our Client:
Our client is highly established and one of the leading providers of reduction services in the UK and have an exciting opportunity to join their Sustainability & Compliance team as a Sustainability Advisor.
Sustainability is one of the fastest-growing areas of their business, as more clients embark on their sustainability journeys to reduce environmental impact. Our client offers scalable Sustainability Consultancy Services for the wider automotive retail and repair industry. The successful candidate will play an active role in shaping and delivering these services and support pioneering projects, such as the ARIES Accident Repair Industry Environmental Standard, helping to decarbonise the automotive repair industry.
Job Role:
This role will suit someone who is focused, motivated and comfortable in dealing with large data sets. We are seeking an individual with a practical mindset, who is a strategic thinker with the ability to solve problems and use their initiative to generate he best possible outcomes for our clients, the environment, and society. A desire to develop their knowledge and experience to support our Sustainability Team and wider Compliance Team would be advantageous.
Candidates must have strong data handling and management skills with the ability to share findings with a variety of audiences with differing levels of expertise. Therefore, confidence in communicating with people at all levels of an organisation would be beneficial in order to help motivate behavioural change, this can be achieved by passing on their enthusiasm for sustainability and the environment.
Skills:
A degree in Environmental Science, Geography, or a related discipline is beneficial but not essential. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical and data management skills, proficiency in Microsoft Excel and general IT applications, commercial awareness, and a genuine passion for sustainability. Good communication skills are preferred, with opportunities to further develop the ability to engage, influence, and motivate others within the role.
Job Requirements:
The successful candidate will be involved in generating the data elements required in delivering Sustainability Strategies to clients. This includes but is not limited to carbon accounting and reduction analysis as part of ongoing carbon management to achieve carbon emission reduction targets.
Key Responsibilities of the Role:
Acquiring emissions source data and converting to carbon figures for sites and organisations.
Create carbon footprints in line with industry requirements and global standards.
On-going monitoring of energy usage and carbon emissions across an organisation.
Data analysis to identify waste and opportunities for improvement, as well as to highlight positive reductions.
Setting targets for Carbon reduction.
Preparing reports to summarise Carbon Emissions and reduction opportunities.
Deliver 1:1 and group review meetings.
Support the Carbon Offsetting/removal process for clients where applicable.
Keep up to date with industry standard best practice and report good news stories for external and internal communications.
Develop working knowledge of key frameworks and standards including:
ARIES (Accident Repair Industry Environmental Standard)
SBTi (Science-Based Targets initiative)
ISO 14064, ISO (phone number removed), ISO 14001, ISO 14067
GHG Protocol
ESOS
SECR
PAS 2060
You’ll also have the opportunity to eventually manage your own client accounts, overseeing data collection, emissions calculations, and the creation of comprehensive carbon footprint reports and management plans.
Access to recognised industry training and qualifications.
Carbon Accounting & Verification Training
Energy Institute: Net Zero for Professionals
Benefits:
Company pension contribution 6%.
Dental and Optical care contribution.
Access to the company employee savings scheme.
Once training is completed, there will be opportunity for some hybrid working.
Time off in lieu up to 1 day per month, overtime must be banked to acquire and use this time.
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