Consultant, Carbon Trust Advisory Services

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

The Carbon Trust’s Advisory Services provides strategic consultancy advice to UK and international blue-chip companies, helping them grow and profit from the low-carbon economy while responsibly managing their impact on climate change. We help clients address carbon/energy and climate change as a strategic business issue, enabling them to understand and realise opportunities and mitigate risks.

The successful candidate will work in project teams to deliver high quality, high impact advice to clients.  He/she will also be expected to play an active role in growing and developing the Advisory Services business.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Managing projects and/or engagement modules, with responsibility for ensuring deliverables are completed on time and to budget
• Leading the analytical process and developing deliverables that address the client’s issues and achieve the objectives of an engagement. This involves framing the problem, defining hypotheses and data requirements, and developing the analytical approach to derive insights and recommendations. Within the context of a client engagement, Senior Analysts will typically lead on several types of analyses. These may include (but not be limited to): carbon footprinting, market analysis, business and financial analysis, and policy analysis
• Managing the relationship with client counterparts, ensuring that expectations are appropriately set and met, and dealing with issues and difficulties as they arise
• Job managing and quality assuring the work and outputs of Analysts (which may include extensive data modelling on Excel, e.g. developing business models and forecasts)
• Coaching and mentoring Analysts, transferring knowledge and skills, and contributing to their professional development
• In addition, the Senior Analyst will also contribute to and lead on business development and institution-building efforts where required (e.g. knowledge development, marketing and sales)

Key skills:

Interviewed candidates are required to demonstrate evidence of the following skills and abilities:

• Excellent quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills (in particular where applied within a business or financial context)
• Ability to think creatively and lead the thought process 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships and influence decision-making
• Ability to think and work independently, taking the initiative and ‘ownership’ of assignments, and having excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Office suite of tools, in particular a proven ability to use MS Excel for complex problem solving and analysis along with experience in using MS PowerPoint and Word for communication and report writing

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree educated (or equivalent); graduates with at least a 2:1 level of achievement (or equivalent) are strongly preferred.  Second/further degree is advantageous.
• Additional relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. MBA or professional qualification) preferred but not essential
• Fluency in oral and written English
• At least 3 years professional track record of achievement in areas relevant to the role’s scope of responsibilities
• Knowledge of carbon management, lifecycle analysis, climate change, and environmental sustainability is an advantage but not required
• Specific knowledge of ICT industry and technology is an advantage but not required

Candidates wishing to apply for this position should send a fully up-to-date CV of no more than 2 pages in length to human.resources@carbontrust.co.uk