Leader, Climate And Sustainability Consulting

Description:

Marsh is seeking candidates for the following position based in either the Sydney or Melbourne office:

Leader, Climate and Sustainability Consulting

What can you expect?

Marsh Advisory is seeking an experienced candidate to lead and develop our Climate and Sustainability practice in the Pacific region. The Climate and Sustainability practice sits within Strategic Risk Consulting, which also contains the Risk Management, Resilience, Cyber Security and WHS practice areas.

As the leader of our Climate and Sustainability practice, you will play a pivotal role in helping our clients navigate and manage accelerating climate risks. Drawing on your expertise and business acumen, you will spearhead projects across three pillars:

1. Natural Hazards and Physical Risks - supporting our clients analyse and prepare for accelerating physical risks drawing on our climate risk insights, risk engineering capabilities, and insurance transfer products.

2. Carbon and Transition Risk - helping our clients understand their transition risks using quantitative modelling and supporting them plot a pathway to Net Zero.

3. Sustainability - assisting our clients meet regulatory and investor requirements on sustainability disclosures and embedding ESG risks into their enterprise risk management frameworks and strategic roadmaps.

What is in it for you?

• Opportunity to lead and grow the Climate and Sustainability Consulting practice in the Pacific region
• Work with a broad range and size of clients across different industries
• Leading training and development programs, and a culture of continuous learning
• Professional environment where your career path really matters and is supported in our global organisation
• Work/Life balance with hybrid working conditions
• An inclusive and vibrant team environment with passionate, energetic, and supportive colleagues

• Build the practice in the Pacific region, connecting capabilities from across the practice to client needs and closing business opportunities
• Develop strong internal networks across Marsh so that client executives and senior management are aware of our capabilities and how we can assist clients
• Manage and deliver climate risk advisory services including risk identification, climate scenario analysis (transition and physical) and climate reporting
• Manage and deliver sustainability advisory services, identifying client's problems, synthesising core issues and developing innovative solutions that integrate the wide set of disciplines and expertise required for complex sustainability challenges
• Develop relevant recommendations and solutions to enhance the management of sustainability and climate risk in a range of formats including reports, presentations and workshops, both in-person and virtually
• Apply strong communication and influencing skills, and be capable of presenting complex analytical topics across all levels of an organization including senior stakeholders (boards of directors and C-suite)

• Degree in Business, Environmental Science or Management, Engineering, or other academic field relevant to sustainability
• 5+ years' relevant experience in sustainability or climate change consulting
• Awareness and experience in the concepts and application of relevant international frameworks eg. GRI, SASB, ISO14001, GHG Principles, SBTi, TCFD
• Experience providing professional advice to clients by developing and adjusting project approaches, methodology and tools to guide risk programs and initiatives

• Experience consulting to key industries such as energy and power, manufacturing, or financial institutions
• An understanding of the science of climate change, including the application and interpretation of general circulation models (GCM), regional climate modelling (RCM), down-scaling methods, catastrophe modelling, etc.
• Exceptional client management skills
• Demonstrated experience in developing effective relationships and influencing stakeholders to achieve required outcomes
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to take on tasks that may be outside your comfort zone

Marsh is the world's leading insurance broker and risk adviser. With more than 45,000 colleagues operating in more than 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data driven risk solutions and advisory services. Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue of over $20 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Applications will only be accepted from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a criminal record check prior to commencement of employment.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person. Note: the changes to our hybrid work policy do not apply to officially designated remote workers and are subject to any works council or local legal requirement.

At Marsh we recognise that our people have different priorities and commitments. We are passionate about providing an inclusive workplace that supports all of our employees in managing those priorities, and we celebrate the diversity of all the family groups that make up our extended Marsh family. Marsh is proud to be an accredited Family Friendly Workplace, and a Work 180 endorsed employer. For information on the benefits and policies at Marsh visit www.work180.com and search "Marsh" under endorsed employers.