Climate Change and Sustainability Consultant

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Verisk Full time
Job Description

About the Role

Verisk Maplecroft is a trusted advisor to clients from a range of sectors, including natural resources, financial services and consumer goods. Within our consulting practice, our well-established Climate and Resilience team has been at the forefront of the ongoing evolution of climate change risk assessment, management and disclosure for over 15 years.

This role will best suit you if you’re passionate about climate change and aware of the risks and opportunities it generates, but also interested in helping global companies manage broader related environmental and social challenges.

As a Managing Consultant, you will support the team in the planning, design and delivery of workstreams on large projects as well as management of smaller engagements. You will work closely with client teams, building strong relationships characterized by high levels of trust, and contribute towards developing new business.

In addition to working on individual consulting projects, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of Verisk Maplecroft’s overall climate risk products, dashboards and services, promote our climate work through various public engagements, and support delivery of projects across other sustainability fields.

The role will may also involve a degree of domestic and international travel for short periods of time ( days rather than weeks), depending on project requirements and travel restrictions.

About the Day to Day Responsibilities of the Role

As a key member of our Climate and Resilience team, you will work collaboratively to help deliver a range of projects for global corporate clients. Depending on the skills and experience of the successful candidate, this is likely to include:

Climate change risk and opportunity assessment for company assets, business groups, investments and value chains, including providing advice to improve climate risk management Reporting and disclosure , including drafting content for corporate reports, benchmarking and gap assessments against external standards, data collection and management, and supporting the submission of company disclosures ( TCFD/IFRS, CDP) Location-based risk and opportunity assessments focused on other elements of natural capital, such as biodiversity, deforestation, etc. Supporting business development activities, including project scoping with clients, proposal writing and creating engaging thought leadership material Depending on experience, you may also help conduct scenario analysis , including quantifying climate change losses under different scenarios for corporate clients, as well as modelling impacts of climate risk on financial institution portfolios 

Qualifications

About You and How You Can Excel in This Role

Several qualifications would help prepare you for this role, including (but not limited to) a masters or PhD in natural sciences or a quantitative field with exposure to climate change concepts and data; a masters or equivalent qualification in sustainability, carbon management or energy; a strong STEM undergraduate degree Good understanding of climate projections and impacts modelling and able to translate those concepts to clients Understanding of climate risk management approaches and knowledge of related disclosure standards and guidance Exposure to data science, natural catastrophe risk modelling, GIS or integrated assessment models would be beneficial Strong data analysis and visualisation skills and an aptitude for working with large datasets ( familiarity with, and ability to manipulate) Ability to work flexibly, to tight deadlines, while managing your own schedule

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