Sustainability Specialist - Footprinting
Sustainability Specialist - Footprinting
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Job Description
THE ROLE
You will be expected to help the team deliver high quality metricsbased consulting services to our clients in Germany.
As a Sustainability Specialist at Quantis you will:
- Be responsible for technical execution of tasks in client projects with your solid knowledge of LCA and Carbon footprint
- Contribute to multiple client projects involving one or more standard offerings
- Develop productive and comfortable working relationships with client contacts
You will be successful in your role if you:
- Reliably deliver errorfree analyses and clearly communicate to clients and peers
- Can credibly explain the Quantis Footprinting offer and perspective to clients in project context
- Build a general understanding of business challenges in one or more core sector
- Take ownership of selfdevelopment including knowledge and skill improvement
Qualifications :
DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU AND YOUR NEXT ROLE
- Youre motivated to put your technical expertise to work towards our mission of aligning businesses with Planetary Boundaries.
- For 3 years youve been sharpening your skills and technical expertise in a professional corporate setting ideally with some experience in the consulting.
- You have a sciencebased orientation and a deep intellectual and business curiosity combined with strong interpersonal skills.
- You have a first professional experience performing managing interpreting and communicating on results and sustainability topics in consulting industry and/or academic context.
- You have affinity for performing technical analysis modelling and data management.
- You can collect process manage and interpret data in a form that is understandable to audiences with varying levels of knowledge on sustainability.
- Youre able to generate valuable insights from analysis and the preparation of clear and compelling reports and presentations of results.
- You have a strong knowledge of the application of Carbon Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) from a product and corporate perspective and interest in developing your related technical skills.
- You have an excellent knowledge of MS Excel Word and PowerPoint.
- You have experience with one of the LCA software tools e.g. SimaPro GaBi OpenLCA etc.
- You have knowledge of ISO 14040; ISO 14044; ISO 14067; ISO 14064; GHG protocol for products and organizations. SBTi framework is an asset.
- You preferably have a background (professional or academic) in food.
- Youre motivated for teamwork and supporting a team.
- Expertise in water footprint is valuable.
- Expertise in coding (e.g. Python R.) and geospatial analysis is valuable.
- You communicate effectively in fluent German; you have professional proficiency in English.
Additional Information :
AS A SUSTAINABILITY SPECIALIST HERES A PREVIEW OF WHAT TYPE OF WORK YOUR DAYS WILL INCLUDE:
- Conducting a variety of quantitative and qualitative analyses to support the development of client sustainability solutions. Examples of the types of work will include: quantitative analyses such as life cycle assessment (LCA); corporate and/or product footprinting (carbon water other); climate impact reduction scenario modelling; and others
- Collaborating with the project team to develop customized solutions to address clients sustainabilityrelated challenges developing client recommendations on sustainability with guidance from other Quantisians
- Supporting client interactions to advance projects and to generate and communicate solutions.
- Preparing clear and compelling reports and presentations of analyses results insights and recommendations to support the project teams communication to clients.
- Supporting the project team in helping the clients in their understanding and implementation of solutions.
- Supporting sales process if requested including contributing expertise to proposal development and client meetings
- Seeing opportunity to support others and act on it
TO THRIVE IN THE QUANTIS CULTURE YOULL:
- Show up as team collaborator with a winwin attitude: empathetic attentive and supportive of colleagues when codesigning or codelivering 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 setbacks as lessons learned.
- Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.
- SelfManage: be in the drivers seat of your professional growth and ambitions all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis.
SOME OTHER DETAILS TO CONSIDER:
- Location: Berlin Germany or NRW (commuting to Kln or Dsseldorf a couple times a week) according to a distributed workforce framework (ongoing project).
- Optimal start date: As soon as possible
- Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches (France Italy Switzerland USA) via webconferences
- Ability to travel (eventually)
Quantis has a distinctive fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment.
At Quantis the principles of DEI have always been an essential part of our identity our values and our mission. Our commitment is to elevate the voices of all Quantisians to foster an inclusive culture where all employees feel that they belong and are valued. Our goal is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of all the places where we live and work. This extends to our clients their clients and their entire value chain as sustainable thinking and collective representation are integral components of our purpose to transform the way that businesses operate.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
