Sustainability Consultant (m/w/d)

Job Description

Join us in helping companies of all sizes and industries take meaningful climate action today. At ClimatePartner, we're dedicated to working as a team toward one common goal: making net zero a reality.

As a Sustainability Consultant, you'll be the face of ClimatePartner - playing a key role in empowering businesses to understand, reduce, and manage their carbon footprints while achieving their broader sustainability goals. You'll combine strong commercial and client management skills with a passion for climate action to deliver measurable impact.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Serve as the account manager across a diverse portfolio of clients, effectively prioritising work to ensure all projects are delivered on time, in scope, and to a high standard of quality.
• Consistently achieve high client renewal rates through proactive relationship management and exceptional service delivery.
• Upsell repeat services and collaborate with technical leads to identify and sell new opportunities, including Reduction Projects and Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM) initiatives.
• Manage corporate and product carbon footprint projects, ensuring calculations are accurate, comprehensive, and clearly communicated to clients.
• Supports clients in identifying carbon hotspots and devising high-level carbon reduction strategies.
• Supports target-setting workshops, helping clients establish and progress towards Net Zero or Science-Based Targets.
• Allocate time and resources effectively to manage a high volume of accounts and competing priorities, maintaining structured project timelines and avoiding scope creep.
• Identify inefficiencies in internal processes and create long-term, scalable improvements to enhance team performance and delivery quality.
• Contribute to team development, supporting Senior and Lead Consultants and sharing best practices in project delivery, client management, and process optimisation.

Who you are

• You are commercially minded, with experience upselling or expanding client accounts through relationship building and solution-oriented discussions.
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset, taking initiative to improve processes and deliver better outcomes for clients and colleagues.
• You have experience in a professional environment.
• You have proven project and client management experience, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high standards.
• You build relationships easily, using education and transparency to build client trust.
• You are confident working with data, have strong analytical skills, and are proficient in Excel.
• You are passionate about sustainability and persuasive in communicating the importance and business value of corporate climate action.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and budget holders at management and board level.
• Your English language skills (written and verbal) are at a native level.

Desired, but non-essential:

• You have some previous exposure to carbon accounting.
• You have experience in life cycle analysis, corporate social responsibility strategy, climate risk, CDP/TCFD reporting.
• You have a technical sustainability-related university degree or similar educational qualification.

Benefits

• Join our dynamic and diverse team, where authenticity is celebrated. We collaborate openly and effortlessly, fostering a work environment where we enjoy socialising both inside and outside of work. Here are some of the perks we offer:
• Our modern and bright offices are centrally located and easily accessible by all modes of transport.
• Engage in eco-friendly commuting with our cycle-to-work and EV leasing schemes.
• Enjoy a generous holiday package of 30 days, plus public holidays, as we believe a well-rested team performs at its best.
• Prioritise your wellbeing with our comprehensive sick leave policy and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) recognising the importance of both mental and physical health.
• Embrace a flexible and hybrid working environment enabling you to enhance your work-life balance.
• Participate in regular development and check-in meetings integral to our feedback culture.
• Benefit from enhanced parental leave options, supporting you during significant life moments.

How to apply

Simply click the application button below to submit your resume and cover letter. We're excited to hear from you!

At ClimatePartner, we believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants, regardless of background or identity.

If you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please don't hesitate to contact our People & Culture Team at [email protected].