
ESG/Sustainability Consultant – Level 1
Apex Companies, LLC
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $53,000 - $65,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Support and manage a variety of sustainability projects for external clients
- Sustainability metrics verification and assurance – manage and conduct verification/assurance of corporate sustainability reporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data under several standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD, CDP, etc.)
- 3rd-party verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3) following internal procedures and external standards and guidelines
- Create inventory management plans for greenhouse gases and other sustainability/ESG metrics
- Develop sustainability inventories, such as GHG, water, and waste for stakeholder and public reporting
- Support the technical lead in monitoring and communicating developing market trends and regulatory changes to clients and internal stakeholders
- Assist in the establishment of goals, targets, and KPI’s for organizations and management teams
- Support the evaluation of climate change risks and opportunities and conduct a variety of quantitative policy analyses
- Support science-based target settings and conduct quantitative climate scenario analysis
- Communicate effectively with project teams in a primarily virtual environment
- Engage teams across our clients’ businesses on multiple ESG topics and datasets within the same project scope
- Support project data management for record-keeping, internal audit and quality assurance
- Identify, obtain, and maintain credentials as the sustainability industry evolves to meet client and company needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field such as Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainability, Geology, Geography, Environmental Science, Data Science, Economics, Business, or Public Policy
- 2 years of previous work experience in a related field is a strong plus but not required
- Strong quantitative analysis skills
- Strong communication and technical writing skills
- Ability to successfully balance competing project deadlines
- Experience with data management and report preparation
- Attention to detail and strong time-management skills
- Safety awareness and a good record and understanding of safe work practices
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel
- Ability to record important information accurately and concisely so that it can be recalled correctly at a later date
- Must be willing and able to travel approximately 5-10% of the time.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plan options.
- Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability insurance.
- 401k plan.
- Paid time-off and holidays.
- Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.
- Other perks and incentives.
- Working with the best and brightest in the industry.
- 1,800+ employee national firm with 50+ locations across the US.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
sustainability metrics verificationGHG emissions verificationquantitative analysisinventory managementsustainability reportingscience-based target settingclimate scenario analysisdata managementreport preparationenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) data
Soft skills
strong communication skillstechnical writing skillstime-management skillsattention to detailability to balance competing deadlineseffective communicationteam engagementproject managementanalytical thinkingadaptability