Sustainability Strategy Consultant

Planet Mark empowers businesses to reduce carbon emissions and achieve their net zero targets, inspiring them to take meaningful action and generate long-term business value. Achieve tangible outcomes for your business, society, and nature. Our unified model combines people and technology, going beyond carbon accounting, for a seamless integration of sustainability into your business strategy and operations. Our continuous work in sustainability and net zero policy keeps you compliant and ahead of the legislative curve. Our decade of experience makes us the trusted carbon reduction mark, endorsed by the organisations that matter, from the UN and ISO.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Sustainability Strategy Consultant to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for working directly with Planet Mark members to help shape and define net zero and ESG strategy for their organisations. This role will be responsible for helping shape strategies to support net zero transformation within our member organisations, a core component of the Planet Mark Net Zero Certification Programme.

What that means day to day:

• Work with members to lead on delivery of the net zero strategy phase of the Planet Mark Net Zero Certification Programme.
• Analyse strategic sustainability priorities and how they are tracked and executed across the organisation.
• Engage directly with stakeholders and executives to define their strategic vision, sustainability motivations, and roadmap, with supporting business cases.
• Work closely with all Planet Mark Teams to understand the latest thinking, solutions, and emerging technology to help inform decision making and strategic approach.
• Support delivery of educational workshops as a technical subject matter expert.
• Maximise the value proposition from the engagement by reducing cost and time to market for initiatives.
• Continuously contribute to thought leadership and perform ongoing market research related to innovation, providing insight on industry trends, technology, challenges, and best practice.
• Remain up to date on relevant cross-sector frameworks and industry standards.
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders – both internal and external.
• Any other duties that may be defined.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Business, or a related field.
• Strong experience in sustainability consulting or strategy development.
• Proven ability to develop and execute sustainability strategies that result in tangible impact.
• Excellent verbal communication skills across a variety of in-person and virtual interactions.
• Excellent written communication skills, with a concise and detail-oriented style.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Passion for sustainability and a commitment to driving positive environmental change.

What you'll get in return:

• We operate a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week.
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Generous annual leave
• Healthcare Plan
• Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life Assurance
• Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback
• LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:

• An initial discovery call with the recruiter
• A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
• Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.