Sustainability Consultant - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - dss+

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 week ago

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Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Description

Who we are?

What will we offer?

A young, dynamic and passionate team
Every member has a deep expertise and a high sense for quality
Exciting and varied projects focusing on the main challenges of our time with opportunities to help clients transform to manage their environmental footprint, reduce their carbon emissions and move towards netzero and a more sustainable world.
The opportunity to take on responsibility driving and leading project workstreams
A management that listens, encourages initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit
Flexibility in the organization of work time and place
Heritage and legacy of one of the strongest brands in the manufacturing industry

What will you do?
As a Consultant with relevant expertise, your mission is to support client projects that help decision-makers in addressing their
ESG and Climate Change related sustainability targets:

Carry out comprehensive project tasks under the Project Manager's leadership. Plan complex project task streams in alignment with project leader and team.
Define subprojects and smaller projects and its targets in relation to content and methodology.
Design, set up, and administer project / milestone plans.
Lead a mediumsized client team. Win over team members for the objectives and results of the project.
Take responsibility for the followup on work and project plans for the overall project.
Independently implement own industry experience in the project work.
Design and develop presentations.
Independently moderate smaller workshops.
Competently give presentations to the clients' higher management.
Summarize project results into a coherent line of arguments.
Structure project findings in written reports in text form and in PPTpresentation format and communicate key message with higher management on a onetoone basis.
Create implementation plans for project results.

Additionally, you will be playing an active role in building the firm by:

Identifying leads for subsequent activities of current project work.
Supporting proposal development.
Mentoring a number of Interns and Analysts and introduce Junior Consultants into project phases.
Extracting knowhow from project work and turn it into offerings.
Actively engaging in internal tasks under instruction.
Supporting thought leadership for the firm, e.g. develop and enhance existing IP, PoV publications, whitepapers, presentations at conferences, etc.
Supporting and educate internal and external networks on the sustainability / climate change value proposition.

Who are you?
You will bring scientific rigor seeking to translate results into concrete and economically viable implementation in a number of the following sustainability themes:

Masters degree or equivalent in either engineering, economics, social sciences, MINT/STEM.
37 years of experience in Sustainability and climate change relevant fields.
Interested in various sectors and keen to dive deeper into specific sectors such as oil & gas, chemicals, mining, manufacturing, food & beverage, utilities, mobility, services: finance, telco, etc.
Deep knowledge of common international sustainability frameworks and respective institutions, e.g. SDGs, WBCSD
Experience in developing ESG strategy, materiality assessments and ESG implementation roadmaps.
Familiar with fundamental ESG reporting concepts and regulations, such as GRI, SASB, UN Global Compact, CDP, etc.
First experiences with netzero targets, potential actions and roadmaps and some of the key components, e.g. GHG emissions scope 1, 2 analysis and measures, decarbonization options and technologies. Scope 3 experience is a plus.
Knowledge on ISO 1406
Experience in conducting TCFD analyses.
Awareness of decarbonization themes, such as carbon capture and utilization technologies, carbon markets and financing mechanisms, various lowcarbon technologies.
Overview on renewables incl. relevance of hydrogenbased technologies and related energy systems to advise on our clients' energy transformation journey.

Your skills:

Thrive in complexity, a natural problemsolver, a critical thinker with intellectual curiosity and adapt to situations.
Analysis of complex data with absorption, and synthesis of large amounts of information, confidently draw conclusions from your research and put them into clear structure for discussion with project leader.
Not afraid to ask questions when you need clarity and willing to challenge your own and your team's perspectives.
Detail oriented where necessary, wellorganized, autonomous and a great team player.
Strong/effective verbal and written communication skills to be able to interact at different levels of the organization, from executive to technicians and operators.
Exceptional interpersonal skills and teamworking attitude to be able to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.
Work independently while personable, a good lis