DescriptionAbout the role
Lead the strategic development and implementation of ESG goals, ensuring climate action is a practical, measurable, and integrated component of business operations and design activities.
Serve as the primary authority on net-zero carbon strategies, resource competency, and regulatory compliance.
Act as a consultant on major projects while mentoring staff to embed a culture of environmental stewardship across the entire organisation.
Key Responsibilities
1.Strategy & Leadership
•Develop and execute company-wide sustainability policies, including long-term net-zero targets and ESG reporting frameworks.
•Act as the primary authority reporting to the Board of Directors on sustainability targets, ESG performance, and the firm’s Carbon Reduction Plan.
•Provide support to the senior management team to ensure sustainability remains a core business priority.
•Translate global climate guidance and regionally specific regulations into practical firm-wide frameworks that drive compliance and innovation.
2.Project Integration & Technical Excellence
•Act as the specialist advisor on client projects, ensuring sustainable solutions are embedded in design, including material selection, construction methodologies, and that respond to regional climatic conditions.
•Lead in-house analysis to ensure design intent is backed by data and oversee environmental assessments and certifications.
•Conduct technical project reviews to ensure sustainability intent is carried through from conceptual vision to realisation on site.
•Enable and oversee technical modelling, including Whole Life Carbon (WLC) calculations, building physics, and environmental analysis.
•Lead studies to evaluate building performance in use, ensuring that goals are realised on-site and beyond.
3.Business Development & Client Interface
•Represent the firm’s sustainability credentials during industry events & in external communications
•Support high-stakes bids and pitches to transform environmental consulting into a core project value.
•Liaise directly with clients to gain buy-in for ambitious sustainability objectives and explain the value of green initiatives.
•Produce the sustainability elements of fee proposals and manage the financial aspects of specialised environmental tasks.
•Liaise with Marketing team to communicate sustainable design as intrinsic component of brand including project initiatives and successes.
4.People & Internal Culture
•Lead, manage, and mentor the sustainability team while fostering a collaborative culture where climate literacy is integral to the firm’s identity.
•Understand individual, team, and project-based knowledge and how to best leverage this across the office and stay ahead of industry trends.
•Organise CPDs and training for staff at all levels to build internal skills in sustainable practices.
•Track and report on the office’s own environmental footprint, setting internal benchmarks for improvement.
