Consulting Associate – Sustainable Operation

Job Description

• Support client engagements and account management for services relating to ESG disclosures, Circular Economy, sustainability programs, reporting, and research
• Provide advisory consultation to clients upon request regarding topics relating to corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ESG
• Create guidelines, checklists, policies, procedures, and other related program content, to align with best practice and frameworks, and enable clients to carry out and enhance programs.
• Draft narrative content for sustainability reports, trends reports, and other communications.
• Lead or provide advisory support in professional design and layout of reports and communications.
• Lead or support qualitative landscape/benchmarking studies on corporate sustainability programs, goals, disclosures, performance, and rankings among companies, with corresponding data collection and analysis for client sustainability reporting, industry research, and data management needs.
• Support industrywide collaborative initiatives through project management, technical advisory, and coordinating functions and engagement for meetings, calls, workshops, trainings, presentations, and events.
• Lead delivery engagements through activities such as design thinking workshops, process blueprinting, gap assessments, system design, system implementation, data analytics and dashboards
• Support implementation of ERM Digital Products including understanding and documenting customer requirements, working with product teams to configure / customize the requirements, manage implementation and support
• Deliver high quality outputs to clients within agreed budgets and timelines
• Support in preparing proposals offering an in-depth understanding of client needs and values and proposing effective solutions to ensure ERM has the best chance of success

Requirements

• Bachelors Environmental Sciences/Engineering, Sustainability, Circular Economy, Energy Studies Sustainability
• Experience and understanding of ESG governing principals and reporting requirements including DJSI, SASB, IFC, CDP, GRESB, PRI, GRI etc.
• Understanding of Circular Economy Principles
• Understanding of Industry 4.0 principles is good to have, with exposure to emerging digital trends in Finance, O&G, Chemicals or in Process Industries
• The candidate should ideally have international consulting experience
• Track record in delivery of projects, including emissions management, sustainability reporting, incident management, safety reporting, environmental management etc.
• Experience and enthusiasm in supporting Go-to-Market activities and sales is good to have
• Ability to travel on overseas assignments when necessary.
• Excellent knowledge and comfort with excel based reporting and data analysis
• Excellent skill sets with power point and visuals representation of complex problems
• Comfortable with other Office tools: MS Visio, MS Project, Share-point, Office 360 etc.

Skills

• Ability to advise clients on key ESG performance management, trends, gaps and recommendations
• Excellent relationship building skills, with strong influencing and collaborative working skills
• Excellent communication skills – including oral, written and presentation skills

Company Description

ERM is a leading sustainability consulting firm that helps organizations to understand and manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities. We have a team of over 5,500 people working in over 160 offices around the world.

ERM is committed to creating a sustainable future and is a signatory to the UN Global Compact. We are also a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). We are looking for a motivated Consulting Associate – Sustainable Operations to join our team in Singapore.