Associate Sustainability Consultant | ESD

Amida Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Group in Melbourne seeks a Senior Sustainability Leader to steer a small ESD consultancy. You will own client relationships, lead project delivery, and shape how the team operates. You’ll balance technical work with strategic leadership, offering substantial influence without four layers of management.

The role emphasizes ownership, growth, and reward, with room to make a real impact as the business grows in Melbourne.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience of small teams.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and business development.
• Strong proposal development and project scoping skills.
• Experience reviewing technical work for quality and accuracy.
• Knowledge of energy modelling and sustainability advisory services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a small sustainability team.
• Review work and maintain technical quality across projects.
• Prepare proposals and help decide which work to pursue.
• Manage existing client relationships and develop new ones.
• Remain technically active across projects and client engagements.
• Help run the Melbourne office's day-to-day operations.

Skills

Leadership

Client relations

Proposal writing

Quality review

Energy modelling

Job description

Strong salary + a highly achievable bonus structure that genuinely rewards performance.

This one is probably more about where you want your career to go than what your current job title says.

I'm working with a small, established ESD consultancy in Melbourne looking for someone to step into a genuine leadership role.

It could suit an existing Associate or a very good Senior Sustainability Consultant who feels ready to run a team, own client relationships and have a much bigger say in how things are done.

In a larger consultancy, getting that opportunity can take years.

You'll work directly with the owner and be trusted to take ownership of the day-to-day consulting business. There's still technical work involved, but this isn't a role where you'll spend five days a week buried in modelling.

It's a mix of:

• Leading and supporting a small sustainability team
• Reviewing work and maintaining technical quality
• Preparing proposals and helping decide which work to pursue
• Managing existing client relationships and developing new ones
• Staying involved technically across projects
• Helping run the day-to-day operation of the Melbourne office

The project work is predominantly commercial, alongside mixed-use and other building projects, with services spanning ESD advisory, SDA/SMP/BESS, NatHERS, Section J/JV3, energy modelling and broader sustainability advice.

What makes the role different is the amount of freedom. You're not joining underneath three layers of management waiting for somebody to eventually give you a team. You'll be given plenty of room to make decisions, build relationships, improve things and put your own stamp on how the team operates.

The owner isn't looking for someone who just wants to turn up, do the job and collect a salary. He wants someone who genuinely wants to be part of the business, help it grow and be well rewarded when it does.

It's about getting some of the upside of running a business, without having to go and start one yourself.

So if you're already a Associate, great. But if you're a strong Senior who has been thinking I could run this, this might be your chance to actually do it.