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Consultant, Carbon Trust

Contract Term: Permanent

Location: London

Salary: Commensurate with experience

About the role:

Our mission is to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future. We are your expert business partner offering practical solutions to turn your climate ambition into impact. We have been climate pioneers for more than 20 years, partnering with leading businesses, governments and financial institutions to reduce carbon emissions and accelerate their route to Net Zero. We are one global network of over 400 experts, who enable you to take ambitious climate action.

Carbon Trust Business Services is a team within the Carbon Trust and is a leader in the field of corporate carbon advice and assurance services. Carbon Trust Business Services has over 400 active clients including internationally renowned organisations.

It is an exciting time to be joining the Carbon Trust. Climate action is high on the political and business agenda, this role will be responsible for managing the day-to-day sales relationships with both existing and new clients in line with the Carbon Trust business plan. The role calls for a highly motivated, committed and talented individual who can work well with people at various levels within clients, as well as with colleagues, to identify and capture revenue-growth opportunities, manage day to day client relationships and where appropriate adapt services to meet client needs.

In this role, the successful candidate will operate within an international matrix structure, providing deep technical knowledge of carbon and environmental topics to corporate prospects and clients.

About us

The Carbon Trust is a global climate consultancy driven by the mission to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future. We have been pioneering decarbonisation for more than 20 years for businesses, governments, and organisations around the world.

Drawing on a network of over 400 experts internationally, the Carbon Trust guides organisations through their journey to Net Zero. From strategic planning and target setting to delivery, activation, and communication - we provide smarter ways to turn intent into impact.

Main duties and responsibilities:

The Consultant will have the following responsibilities:

• Managing projects, with responsibility for ensuring deliverables are completed on time and to budget.
• Managing the relationship with client counterparts, ensuring that expectations are appropriately set and met, and dealing with issues and difficulties as they arise.
• Leading the analytical process and developing deliverables that address the client\xe2\x80\x99s issues and achieve the objectives of an engagement. This involves framing the problem, defining hypotheses and data requirements, and developing the analytical approach to derive business insights and recommendations. Within the context of a client engagement, Consultants will typically lead on several types of analyses and certification projects. These may include (but not be limited to): footprint-based impact analysis, business and financial analysis, scenario analysis and planning, verification and certification projects.
• Job managing and quality assuring the work and outputs of Analysts and Associates (which may include extensive data modelling on Excel, e.g. developing business models and forecasts)
• Increasingly taking the lead on business development, sales and sell-ons, expected to work both collaboratively and self-sufficiently across the Carbon Trust
• Coaching and mentoring Analysts and Associates, transferring knowledge and skills, and contributing to their professional development
• In addition, the Consultant will also contribute to practice development and institution-building efforts (e.g. knowledge development, proposition development and sales)

Key skills we are looking for:

Interviewed candidates are expected to demonstrate evidence of the following skills and abilities:

• Excellent quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills (in particular where applied within a business or financial context)
• Ability to think creatively and lead the thought process
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships and influence decision-making
• Commercial skills including specific experience in supporting or leading follow on business development activity with existing customers
• Ability to think and work independently, taking the initiative and \xe2\x80\x98ownership\xe2\x80\x99 of assignments, and having excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Office suite of tools, in particular

• Proven ability to use MS Excel for complex problem solving and analysis
• Experience in using MS PowerPoint and Word for communication and report writing

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree educated (or equivalent) preferred.
• Additional relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. MBA or professional qualification) also preferred but not essential
• Fluency in oral and written English
• At least 5 years\xe2\x80\x99 professional track record of achievement in areas relevant to the role\xe2\x80\x99s scope of responsibilities
• Direct experience of working with corporate clients in a professional services setting is strongly preferred
• Knowledge of carbon management, lifecycle analysis, climate change, and environmental sustainability is an advantage but not essential.
• International languages are an advantage but not essential.

Salary & Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and a performance based bonus. Our hours are 37.5 per week with 28 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and a generous pension scheme.

At the Carbon Trust we offer flexibility around working from home and our employees are able to work from home for half of their weekly working hours. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need.

Our head office is in London, close to Blackfriars and Waterloo stations, we offer travel card loans, a cycle to work scheme, company away days and a 24-hour Employee Assistance Helpline.

Joining the Carbon Trust provides an opportunity to work alongside some of the leading practitioners in the low carbon arena so if you are excited by this opportunity and would like to join us please follow the link to our application page and submit your CV and a cover letter.

We are an equal opportunities employer, value diversity in our workforce and make our decisions based on your skills and experience.

We can only accept applications from those who can prove their eligibility to work in the UK. No agencies or publications.

Please be aware that due to our hybrid working model the interviewing and onboarding processes may take place via video conferencing.

The Carbon Trust values are integrity, ambition, collaboration and excellence. Hours 37.5
Department Business Services
Job Type Full time
Contract Type Permanent
Salary Commensurate with experience

Carbon Trust