Senior Consultant - ESG, Climate and Sustainability

Opportunity to join a young growing team, that is client and people focused, with career progression and development opportunities to progress into a Leader within ESG and Climate Services, and growing people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support in the delivery of a wide spectrum of ESG consulting and assurance projects, ranging from strategy development through to climate risk assessment through to sustainability reporting and assurance
• Prepare and Quality Review working papers, including data collection, analysis, and work paper documentation and proof-read narrative reports and presentations of observations and recommendations;
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team across a range of industries to assist companies in better understanding and developing solutions to respond to the complex and evolving policy, regulatory, and business environment risks and opportunities associated with ESG/Sustainability and Decarbonisation;
• Supervise and enhance the analysis of corporate activities and provide recommendations related to enhance their sustainability/ESG strategy, methods, framework, and related tools to support clients in achieving their sustainability/ ESG objectives;
• Development of sustainability/ESG programs and related reporting, such as materiality assessments, peer benchmarking, stakeholder engagement, gap analysis, metric/KPI identification (in alignment with common sustainability/ESG reporting standards such as GRI, TCFD or IFRS S1 and S2), and the preparation of reporting (internal and external) materials;
• Responsible for a “mentor group” – which involves coaching junior team members to develop new skills, monitor their performance, support their development and help manage their career growth.
• Promote key principals including flexible working arrangements, inclusivity, agile auditing and continuous improvement.
• Ability to quickly learn concepts outside of your area of expertise.

Education Requirements:

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental/Sustainability or equivalent studies such as Business/Commerce/Engineering

Desirable

• Relevant certification or professional membership
• Understanding of the following concepts and frameworks preferred:
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
• Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
• Sustainably Development Goals (SDGs)

Demonstrated Experience & Attributes:

• 3 – 5 years’ experience preferably within Professional Services or a relevant industry position
• Experience of ESG consulting/assurance/internal audit work and the ability to apply this expertise from this perspective
• In-depth technical knowledge of relevant frameworks and the international regulatory and policy context, specifically knowledge and experience of working with the GHG Protocol Scope 1, 2 and 3
• Extensive experience applying your knowledge and expertise in a variety of sectors
• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills. The position may require you to work with multiple teams and clients in a local and/or international context 

If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact Simon Gvalda on 0412 122 *** / *****@kaizenrecruitment.com.au or Brittney Ong on 03 7045 5*** / ********@kaizenrecruitment.com.au at Kaizen Recruitment or apply via the attached link. 

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Additional information

• Join a well respected consulting firm within their ESG team
• Work with a broad range of clients across a variety of ESG issues
• Brisbane, QLD | Collaborative, supportive team culture