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We are seeking a Climate Change Consultant to deliver projects on GHG accounting, Net Zero, TCFD and transition planning to FTSE-listed and other global clients. We are looking for a candidate with experience working in the Environment and Carbon field, either as part of an in-house ESG team or as a consultant or transferring from an adjacent field, such as academia. We envisage that you would be able to bring expertise in at least one or more of the following ‘core’ areas. You will have excellent project management skills, a problem-solving approach and experience working directly with clients or external stakeholders.

We place great importance on team culture and values, and experience high levels of team satisfaction. We share a common desire to enjoy meaningful work, deliver to the highest standard, with colleagues we can learn from, in a supportive and culturally aligned workplace.

Our hybrid/remote and flexible working policy helps enable an appropriate work-life balance. Your normal place of work will be at our office in London (currently near Chancery Lane). Here you will work in our growing UK Environment & Climate Change (E&CC) sub-team, consisting of over 35 climate consultants. This team is part of our wider 80+ person UK ESG Strategic Advisory practice, with parallel global ESG advisory teams in Santiago, Melbourne, New York, San Francisco and Singapore. There is no requirement for frequent long-distance travelling.

The Role

• Managing small projects, or aspects of larger projects delivering the following:
• Preparing whole value chain GHG emission inventories at corporate level and for product systems, developing Net Zero strategies, modelling abatement pathways and developing residual emission strategies.
• Identifying and assessing the financial impact of climate risks and opportunities across climate scenarios, developing solutions to minimise the risks and maximise the opportunities and integrating climate considerations into business processes.
• Developing environmental and climate change strategies supported by performance management systems.
• Supporting the development of report content on environmental and climate change performance.
• Assisting clients to undertake due diligence on climate change and carbon related issues
• Increasing your knowledge and understanding of services, market and or competitor information and share relevant information to the wider team.
• Acting as a role model to and supporting more junior team members through provision of guidance and instruction on how to complete project-related and day to day tasks associated with their roles.
• Taking an active role in new business development through supporting new business opportunities and developing client proposals.
• Communicating effectively with clients to ensure accurate project and proposal preparation, delivery and follow up
• Building trusting, collaborative working relationships with clients and internal contacts.

About Us
We are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 2400+ staff across 6 regions – including over 850 staff across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.

About you
If you're interested in applying, we'd love to hear from you. In order to be successful within this role, we envisage you'd be able to bring demonstrable experience in at least one of the following specialist areas:

• Carbon management and strategy including implementing carbon/energy reduction programmes
• GHG accounting including GHG Protocol & SECR
• Disclosure including CDP, DJSI
• Scope 3 measurement & reporting
• Target setting and abatement planning including an understanding of net-zero approaches (including SBTi)
• TCFD response & reporting, climate resilience planning, and climate scenario analysis

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
SLR Consulting is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be. We embrace diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within and outside our organisation. We respect and celebrate difference to ensure SLR is a place where everyone feels included, is encouraged to be their authentic self, and has opportunities to grow.

Across Europe, our DE&I agenda is driven forward through our DE&I Committee, which actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across both our internal processes and our client work. Globally, our Global Culture & Diversity Council brings together representatives from across our regions to share ideas and best practice that can be incorporated into our global policies, enabling greater transparency, and supporting the development of an inclusive culture, inclusive approaches to policies and practices, and to personal behaviours.

We welcome applications from everybody, regardless of their background, and particularly invite those from groups who are currently under-represented in our business to apply, such as women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled people.

To apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you, so click apply or you can submit your application at: www.slrconsulting.com/careers.

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