Sustainability Specialist - Climate/SBT
Quantis, France
Job Description
Why you'll love Quantis
Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature. We strive to be agents of change, helping companies transform from business as usual to business at its best.
We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest science with strategic business insights. Our advice enables global leaders in the consumer goods and finance industries to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement change successfully, and operate within planetary boundaries.
Motivated by this common purpose, our 260+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.
Join us!
Does this describe you and your next role?
- You have a first experience (1-3 years) with Climate Strategy performing, managing, interpreting and/or communicating the outcomes (Science Based Target frameworks and decarbonization strategies).
- You’re familiar with carbon accounting and key accounting frameworks such as GHG Protocol, ISO 14064 and other reporting frameworks (GRI, CDP).
- You’re motivated to put your consulting and analysis skills to work towards our mission of building a sustainable future and aligning businesses with planetary boundaries.
- You get excited about guiding global companies to understand and improve their environmental performance and collaborate on deploying actions to drive change in their organizations as well as to communicate credibly on their efforts.
- You’re a team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule. You know how to structure your own work and build relationships with teammates and clients.
- As a strategic thinker, you can lead processes and provide our clients with clear recommendations in the climate strategy field.
- You always think of the big picture: while you pay close attention to the details and synthesize them, you are able to put them into a more global context.
- You feel comfortable in working in a fast paced environment and delivering high quality standards.
- You’re familiar with client engagement.
- You communicate effectively in both French and English.
- You have at least a Master degree in environmental engineering, science or similar discipline.
As a Consultant - Climate/SBT, here's a preview of what type of work your days will include:
- Consulting with clients to assist them in understanding and implementing Climate Strategy topics with our experienced project managers
- Developing unique solutions to address Climate Strategy challenges together with the related key account manager
- Topics will include: SBT, neutrality, compensation, reduction roadmap, carbon pricing, risk analysis, etc.
- You will be working cross-industries (food, cosmetics, fashion, energy, etc.)
To thrive in the Quantis culture, you’ll:
- Show up as team collaborator with a win-win attitude: empathetic, attentive and supportive of colleagues when co-designing or co-delivering a project.
- Take responsibility and ownership for your work: think and act with autonomy or authority, while knowing when to ask for help.
- Take initiative if something needs to be done.
- Be positive! Use positive language, look at challenges not as bottlenecks, but as problems to solve, and see failure as a lesson learned.
- Be able to take a step back on the work you produce, and be curious/ interested to look beyond the obvious/ results
- Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.
- Self-Manage: be in the driver’s seat of your professional growth and ambitions all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis.
Some logistics to consider:
- Location: Hybrid Remote (offices in Paris, 75002)
- Job type: full-time contract
- Optimal start date: ASAP
- Punctual collaboration with other Quantis offices (Berlin, Boston, Milan, Lausanne, Zurich) via web-conferences, in English
- Ability to travel, primarily in France, and at times in Europ