Sustainability Consultant

**Sustainability Consultant/Associate**
**Full-Time**
**Salary: €60,000 - €80,000**
**Location: 100% Remote within the EU (HQ in Berlin, Germany)**

Our partner company, a rapidly growing Climate Tech / SaaS firm, is looking to hire a Senior Sustainability Consultant/Associate. This role allows you to make a tangible impact by helping clients navigate their sustainability journeys, particularly through carbon management, CSRD reporting, and decarbonization strategies. You’ll be working on meaningful projects and developing solutions to help companies achieve net-zero emissions using an innovative software-driven approach.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Sustainability Advisory**: Provide expert consultancy on sustainability reporting (CSRD), carbon management, and decarbonization strategies through the company’s SaaS platform. Take ownership of client accounts, developing long-term strategies to enhance engagement.
- **Product Development**: Actively contribute to improving the SaaS platform, collaborating with internal teams to meet client needs.
- **Process Optimization**: Define and design workflows, and work on automating data processing tasks to enhance efficiency.
- **Project Leadership**: Lead strategic projects, such as implementing sustainability initiatives, and take on future leadership opportunities if desired.
- **Data Analysis**: Process sustainability data to generate Corporate Carbon Footprints and create key sustainability reports.

**Key Requirements ️**:

- **Fluent in German (C2)** and **English (C1)** for client communication.
- **2+ years of experience in sustainability consulting**, with a focus on CSRD reporting, carbon accounting, or sustainability strategy.
- **Skills**: Strong communication, hands-on approach, and project management experience.
- **Bonus**: Experience with Python or familiarity with data automation.
- **Technologies**: Familiarity with sustainability reporting and carbon management tools, with a willingness to collaborate closely with the software development team.

**Core Benefits**:

- **High Growth Potential**: Opportunity to shape both the product and the business in a fast-growing company.
- **Leadership Development**: Potential to advance into team leadership roles within Customer Success or Sustainability.
- **Impactful Projects**: Work on significant projects with clients like Tchibo, directly contributing to sustainability efforts.
- **Flexible Work Environment**: Fully remote with flexible working hours within the EU.
- **Meaningful Impact**: Make a real difference by helping companies reduce their CO₂ emissions and meet sustainability goals.

**Personality Traits**:

- **Curiosity, Empathy, and Communication**: A proactive, client-focused mindset with a passion for solving environmental challenges.
- **Organizational Skills**: Ability to manage multiple clients and projects effectively.
- **Leadership Potential**: Opportunities to lead and grow within the Customer Success or Sustainability teams.

**Team Structure**:

- **Direct Team**: 3 members (Sustainability Lead, Analyst, and a Working Student).
- **Reporting**: To the Sustainability Lead, who has over 10 years of experience in the field.
- **Collaborates With**: Internal teams such as product development and software development, clients, and senior management.

**KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)**:

- Reduction in CO2 emissions for clients.
- Client satisfaction and retention rates.
- Timely and budget-efficient project completion.
- Efficiency improvements through process automation.

**Hiring Process**:

- **Initial Screening**: Brief introduction to assess cultural fit and role alignment.
- **Case Study**: Practical challenge (e.g., developing a sustainability plan for a client).
- **Team Meet-and-Greet**: Opportunity to connect with core team members to discuss collaboration and cultural fit.
- **Offer Stage**: Final offer based on performance in the case study and team interactions.