Sustainability Expert - Climate Risk Strategy

THE ROLE

This role supports the development and delivery of climate risk management solutions that address key challenges of Quantis clients, ensuring that the proposed delivery meets clients’ needs. Your mission will be to maintain Quantis at the cutting edge of your area of expertise to maximize the quality and impact of our advice to transform our clients, and to continuously improve our offerings.

As a Sustainability Expert – Climate Risk Strategy you will:

• Be a subject matter expert for Quantis in the field of climate risk management strategy, contributing to multiple client projects with your strategic sustainability consulting skills
• Develop credible, trusted relationships with senior client project contacts, guiding them from crafting the brief to developing climate risk management strategies, supporting data collection & reporting, crafting deliverables and sustainability solutions.

You will be successful in your role if you:

• You’re able to lead client-facing strategic environmental sustainability projects
• You have strong client-facing skills, with the ability to understand client needs
• Master sustainability expertise areas such as climate risk strategy & modelling, international climate change and sustainability regulations (eg. TCFD and ESG policies)

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 our focus sectors to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.

Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ 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.

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Learn more about Quantis and our Mission.

DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU AND YOUR NEXT ROLE?

• You’re motivated to put your expertise to work towards our mission of aligning businesses with Planetary Boundaries.
• For 5+ years you’ve been sharpening your ability to provide expert advice on climate risk management, using models and data to assess future climate scenarios and their potential impact on clients' business operations (own operations, supply chain, etc).
• You have knowledge of climate - science and experience in climate risk modeling and data sourcing.
• You have expertise in defining tailored, strategic recommendations for clients to build climate resilience and align with future environmental trends.
• You have knowledge of international climate change and sustainability regulations, such as TCFD and ESG policies.
• You have proven communication skills for presenting complex climate risks and strategic solutions to clients in a clear and actionable manner, included the ability to lead discussions with senior client stakeholders, preparing strategic reports and presentations to support sales process.
• You are self-confident, able to both listen and be assertive when needed to advice C-suite clients.
• You’re motivated for teamwork and supporting a team.
• You get excited about guiding companies to understand and design transformative and science-based strategy.
• You communicate effectively in fluent Italian and English.
• You have demonstrated the ability to coach, teach, and mentor others with your knowledge and skills, in an academic and/or corporate setting.

AS A SUSTAINABILITY EXPERT, HERE’S A PREVIEW OF WHAT TYPE OF WORK YOUR DAYS WILL INCLUDE:

• Working closely with our Global and Branch Experts team to manage and delivery projects and to develop new businesses
• Developing unique innovative solutions to address challenges related to sustainability strategies, climate risk management solutions, together with other Sustainability Experts and Strategists
• Guiding our clients with a strong consultant posture from crafting the brief to developing excellent ESG strategy deliverables
• Explaining many standard Quantis solutions and their interdependencies in a credible and compelling way
• Proactively identifying further sales opportunities at active clients
• Challenging an operating budget with additional services
• Mentoring and guiding Sustainability Specialists
• Identifying process or system improvements that could improve project team effectiveness
• Enabling the successful delivery of projects in every stage of own work

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 setbacks as lessons learned.
• 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 OTHER DETAILS TO CONSIDER:

• Location: Italy (Milan) according to a distributed workforce framework (on-going project)
• Optimal start date: As soon as possible
• Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches (France, Germany, Switzerland, USA) via web-conferences
• Ability to travel (eventually), approximately 30%

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 we believe that equality, diversity and inclusiveness are central to our mission of building a sustainable future. Quantis is an equal opportunity employer that embraces people from diverse backgrounds including race, color, nationality, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, disability, religion, creed, politics, or any other non-merit factor. It is our daily commitment to ensure that each Quantisian works in an environment where they belong and where they can thrive.

To learn about the Quantis Spirit and what makes us exceptional, check out our Braver New World video.