Zero Carbon Consultant

**Zero Carbon Consultant **(£25,000 to £40,000pa)

**LASER Energy **(Hybrid/Kings Hill, Kent)

**About Commercial Services Group**

LASER Energy is part of Commercial Services Group (CSG), one of the largest providers of public sector and education procurement services globally, with revenues of c£500M, 1800 staff and six trading divisions: Global Education Supplies, Procurement, Energy & Carbon, Community Services, Professional Services and People Services.

Wholly owned by Kent County Council, CSG supports over 15,000 customers in 86 countries and collaborates with a supply chain of c1,000 suppliers.

**About LASER Energy**

LASER Energy’s mission is to deliver unique end-to-end solutions that help reduce energy costs and support the public sector on their journey to net zero.

As the leading provider of decarbonisation and energy services to the public sector, our goal is to always push the boundaries; we’ll explore new solutions and technologies to make sure the journey to net zero grows ever-greener and always more efficient - for us and our customers.

All the while we strive to deliver on our goals, we also recognise how important it is to create an inviting, colourful place for our employees to work.

Our recently refurbished HQ - based in Kings Hill - is now an inviting co-working space where teams and colleagues from the wider business can come and enjoy an inclusive, vibrant space to work and socialise alike. Our work-from-home policy allows you to adopt a working pattern that best suits you, ensuring you the perfect work-life balance.

**The Role**

The Zero Carbon Consultant is accountable for delivering services to the Energy Division’s customers to help reduce their carbon emissions.

The services will primarily be delivered via a consultancy type approach and will include carbon footprinting, long term forecasting and creation of high level action plans to enable customers to move towards a zero carbon position in future. The Zero Carbon Consultant will need to be adaptable and focused to deliver a variety of high quality consultancy work as required. This is a key role for delivering the Energy & Carbon Division’s vision of delivering a broader range of services to a broader range of customers.

This position includes liaising with both internal and external stakeholders up to senior management level to ensure the successful delivery of carbon reduction solutions on behalf of customers. The Zero Carbon Consultant will lead projects with customers and be responsible for the monitoring and delivery of these projects.

Personal Development within the role is expected and supported. The ability to adapt to a rapidly changing market will be fundamental in driving forward innovation and in helping to deliver new revenue streams for the business.

**Key Duties**
- Identify customer drivers for reducing carbon emissions and seek to understand the associated market for carbon reduction services
- Deliver services to customers particularly relating to reviewing, forecasting and planning reductions in customer carbon emissions. Manage these projects and relationships as a project lead and report on progress and direction
- Be adaptable to deliver a range of services as required by customers and the team. Utilise, develop and improve methodologies for delivering and presenting outputs
- Provide high-quality written reports and presentations to customers regarding carbon footprints and strategies to reduce emissions. Customer representatives may range from energy carbon experts to senior management and/or elected members
- Meet with prospective customers to support our Commercial Team in communicating the key elements and benefits of our carbon services. Understand and interpret our customer needs and requirements
- Liaise with customers, suppliers and industry participants to ensure services being developed are attractive and feasible. Assist in the development of the services that the team offers and carry out research and deliver consultancy on a range of topics as required
- Utilise and work alongside other internal teams, as well as external consultants and/or partners, in order to develop and deliver services to customers
- Maintain an expert understanding of carbon footprinting techniques, national guidance, data sources and carbon reduction methods

**What we need from you**
- Experience in providing consultancy type services
- Excellent understanding of the latest carbon reporting standards and compliance requirements. Knowledge and experience of measuring greenhouse gas emissions
- Experience in providing compliance services such as CRC, GHG Reporting, ESOS, DECs EPCs
- Analysing large data sets and using calculations to conclude results and recommendations
- Experience of producing written reports, cohesively setting out results and findings. Ideally relating to energy or carbon footprinting and/or saving opportunities
- Experience of influencing strategic stakeholders and operatin