Managing Consultant – Climate Change and Decarbonization Strategies (Mid-Senior Level)
Due to significant growth in demand for our corporate GHG accounting, reporting and emissions reduction services, there is an opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced individual to join our climate change consultancy team.
Based in Madrid or Barcelona, you will be part of the Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change Team working on projects, assignments and proposal tasks under the supervision of your team leader, contributing to the achievement of the team and group targets of quality project delivery, client satisfaction, productivity and revenues.
The successful candidate will join our multidisciplinary team, supporting ERM’s client organisations on a range of challenges related to energy and climate change, including, but not limited to:
· Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions)
· Reducing emissions by setting targets and through the application of renewable energy, energy efficiency, new technologies, carbon offsets and removals.
· Scope 3 value chain emissions and setting SBTi targets
· Reporting climate performance in annual sustainability reports and CDP disclosures.
· GHG assessments and climate change risk assessments for major capital projects.
· Low carbon transition risk assessments, including alignment to the TCFD recommendations.
- Leading the analysis of physical climate data from multiple sources (including the IPCC) using ERM’s proprietary digital platform, and ensuring that these and other outputs enable our clients to meet assessment and disclosure needs.
Role and key responsibilities
As a Climate Change Managing Consultant at ERM, you will play a pivotal role in assisting organisations in their journey towards achieving net-zero emissions. You will provide strategic guidance, technical expertise and innovative solutions to help clients reduce their emissions and contribute to a more sustainable future. Projects typically extend across GHG inventories and decarbonisation strategies, and for the right individual this offers the chance to act as a go-to advisor to ERM’s key clients. What you can expect from the role:
· We will offer the opportunity to act as a project manager, acting as the focal point for our work with clients, particularly across corporate sectors. Working in collaboration with a Partner in Charge, you would act as the day-to-day contact and coordinator of our work, leading teams and delivering proposals and project deliverables to clients.
· Supporting and ensuring that the outputs enable our clients to meet assessment and disclosure needs;
· Overseeing the preparation of reports, workshop materials, presentations, and technical summaries; and
· Leading and supporting partners and teams to develop proposals, including for clients across a wide range of sectors.
ABOUT YOU
Technical knowledge
- Relevant technical degree or 5+ years’ experience in environmental consulting / climate change / related industry position.
- Specific sector experience would be an advantage, as would experience of high-impact/high complexity industries to bring a broader knowledge to the team.
- Strong experience and detailed technical knowledge of GHG accounting and reporting principles, mechanisms, methodologies and schemes, e.g. GHG Protocol, SECR, SBTi, EEIO etc.
- Experience in financially quantify climate related-risks.
- Experience in setting decarbonization roadmaps, specifically in quantifyingGHG reduction and Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC), development of archetypes and Marginal Abatement cost curves (MACC).
Technical skills
- Efficient and effective project planning (i.e. managing work and deliverables; resourcing and budgeting; delegating and managing a team).
- Ability to manage/deliver multiple projects/tasks in parallel with different requirements and timelines.
- Business development/proposal writing experience.
- Highly numerate and comfortable with large datasets including conversions and calculations, as well as with the use of Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills in both English and Spanish.
- Excellent technical writing skills and ability to synthesise reports to a very high standard
ERM care about our people, their safety and career development as well as their well-beings. We offer all our employees a diverse and inclusive culture in which difference is embraced, valued and celebrated. We offer flexible working environment to accommodate our personal needs including hybrid / home working. Our people are respectful and open-minded and enjoy collaboration with colleagues across services lines and geographies.