Associate Director - Sustainability, ESG, Real Estate

Our client is an independent, pan-European sustainability consultancy who specialise in the commercial real estate sector.

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to fill the role of Associate Director to help lead the growing professional sustainability consultancy team. This position offers a very exciting opportunity to manage a team of highly capable consultants, manage high profile clients, oversee delivery of a broad spectrum of sustainability services, and ultimately drive significant positive environmental and social impact. Passion and a determination to deliver excellence are essential qualities as is a commercially astute and innovative approach to delivering client solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a growing team to deliver ESG strategy, net zero carbon, climate resilience, social impact, smart buildings, big data, and building-level sustainability improvement programmes for clients.
• Expert in sustainability issues and their application to real estate investment.
• Lead engagement with clients and external parties across pan-European investment portfolios (e.g., heads of sustainability, asset managers, property and facilities management teams in real estate, financial and corporate sector client space.
• Support clients to evolve their investment process to fully integrate ESG considerations.
• Lead regulatory and voluntary sustainability disclosure/reporting (e.g., GRESB, UNPRI, TCFD).
• Industry engagement (e.g., attending and speaking at conferences etc).
• Business development activities towards expansion of existing client work as well as new client engagement.
• Strategic and tactical input to the development of new products and services through direct involvement or support to service lines (technical teams covering ESG strategy, climate resilience, health/wellbeing, social value, data intelligence etc).

Requirements

• Proven proficient team leadership and staff management skills.
• Familiarity with GRESB, environmental data and environmental legislation.
• Clear understanding of managing complex programmes, competing priorities and multiple projects to a budget and target margin.
• Strong proven client relationship management and stakeholder management (internal and external).
• Knowledge of the built environment, preferably commercial real estate investment.
• Knowledge of investment management and finance.
• Experience of managing pan-European stakeholders.
• Environmental and energy audit experience for commercial buildings.
• BREEAM In Use, Fitwel or WELL certification experience.
• Sustainability strategy and leadership experience, preferably within real assets, finance, or construction.
• Familiarity with TCFD, net zero carbon, EU SFDR.

About UsClimate17 is a purpose-led, international Renewable Energy & Sustainability recruitment firm. We provide specialist talent acquisition services to organisations seeking to reduce their environmental footprint, as well as those working towards the decarbonisation of the energy sector.

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