Principal ESG Consultant

2 months ago


Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Gaia Talent Full time

We're recruiting a Principal ESG Consultant for a leading independent safety, environment and engineering consultancy that offers the following benefits:


Hybrid & Flexible Working, Competitive Salary & Annual Review, Generous Holiday Entitlement, Company Pension, Discretionary Merit Bonus Scheme, Income Protection Policy, Company pool cars for business travel, Group Life Assurance (4 x Salary), Sponsored Company Social Events, Volunteering Day, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Car Scheme, Paid Professional Membership, Continuing Professional Development, and Enhanced Company Maternity & Family Leave.


Their project work consists mostly of renewable energy, commercial, residential, and infrastructure sectors.


The ideal candidate will have a successful track record and passion for team leadership and operational delivery (scheduling, resource management, people development, customer relationship management) in ESG. You may be looking for a change, a growth opportunity or be looking to return to your career after a break.


We are seeking to recruit an ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Principal Consultant, ideally from a consultancy background to lead our ESG service growth (winning and delivering projects) for the UK and Ireland.


We are a flexible employer and are willing to consider any arrangement that is desirable to you. You will be provided with all IT equipment and software/services required to facilitate your efficient working.


Qualifications


The ideal candidate will possess an Honours or Masters Degree in sustainability, international business, business administration, accountancy, environmental management, or similar, and have a have a full U.K. (or equivalent) driving licence with clean driver record. Professional chartership(s) (e.g. Society for the Environment, IEMA, CIPS etc.) would be viewed favourably.


Experience


You will be comfortable with proposal and tender writing, have a successful track record of winning and running contracts to agreed commercial arrangements, have a strong business network and be experienced with issue resolution and customer retention. You will have knowledge and experience of the topics within environment, social and governance, and have experience of managing/delivering ESG activities focusing on nonfinancial reporting, such as:


  • Application of GRI, TCFD, CSRD, corporate responsibility reports
  • Screening/Scoping ESG
  • Double materiality assessment
  • ESG Policy development
  • ESG Strategy development
  • Auditing
  • Bridging the gap between financial and non-financial reporting.
  • Addressing greenwashing claims (company performance, products/services)
  • Data analytics, including visuals (sustainability metrics/dashboards)
  • Board advisory services
  • ESG Communications including training delivery


This role is within the Environment Group. Other technical groups include Climate & Carbon, Energy Engineering Groups and Safety, bringing already established services relevant to ESG delivery.


The successful candidate will enjoy the challenge of developing the ESG service, be able to provide examples of ESG work completed, and will be able to convert opportunities from external and internal sources into projects.


You will work for the Environment Group Director in a collaborative environment. You will relish the business-environment challenge of finding opportunities, winning work, delivering impactful projects, developing people, growing a team and delivering on sales goals (within which you will have a say). You will be responsible for planning, innovation, project delivery quality as well as developing a team.



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