Climate Change And Sustainability - AD Or TD

Hardgate Consulting; Greater London; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hardgate Consulting is seeking an Associate Director/Technical Director for its Climate Change and Sustainability practice. The role focuses on carbon and climate change assessments within EIAs across sectors, with leadership over projects and client-facing responsibilities.

You will help develop proposals and contribute to business development, training, and tool generation to support strategy and delivery.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of UK climate change policy and planning legislation.
• Experience leading GHG and climate change assessments as part of EIA.
• Experience drafting Environmental Statement chapters and technical reports.
• Track record in the consultancy sector.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Experience engaging with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience in financial control and project management.
• Line management or oversight of junior staff.
• Experience in bid preparation and business development.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a range of carbon and climate change projects.
• Maintain a client-facing role with management of project teams and delivery.
• Lead development of proposals for new work.
• Contribute to business development and development of new service areas.
• Help develop tools/templates and train staff across teams.

Skills

UK climate policy

GHG assessments leadership

EIA reporting

consultancy track record

report writing in English

stakeholder engagement

financial control

project management

line management

business development

data interpretation

collaborative working

strategic/thought leadership

Job description

Associate Director/Technical Director

Climate Change and Sustainability

Various UK locations/remote possible for right person

We are seeking an experienced carbon, climate change and sustainability professional at Associate Director or Technical Director to join a growing climate change team. The company is a leading independent environmental consultancy, underpinned by a growing team of experts in environmental policy, strategy, design, and assessment.

The Role

The core of the work focusses on the assessment of carbon (greenhouse gas) and climate change impacts of projects in a wide range of sectors including renewable energy, transport, infrastructure, industry and property (both residential and commercial). They work with developers, designers, engineers and planners to ensure each new development minimises its greenhouse emissions, supports the transition to Net Zero and is resilient and adaptable to future climate change impacts. They assess carbon and climate change impacts as part of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for development projects including major Development Consent Order (DCO) schemes. As a significant proportion of their work involves preparing greenhouse gas and climate change risk and resilience assessments as part of the EIA process, experience leading and delivering these assessments will be central to this role.

The successful candidate will provide leadership to a range of on-going carbon and climate change projects. You will have a client-facing role with responsibility in terms of managing project teams and project delivery. You will lead and contribute to the development of proposals for new work. The role will be tailored depending on the successful candidate's specific experience, but it can be expected to include involvement in some of the following activities: support for business development, developing new service areas, development of tools and templates, working collaboratively with the Environmental Policy and Economics team and training and staff management.

This is an exceptional opportunity at an exciting time both for their business and for environmental consultancy.

Core skills and experience we seek

We are seeking the following core skills and experience, or closely comparable experience and skills:

• An excellent understanding of UK climate change and planning legislation and policy
• Experience in the technical management or leadership of GHG and climate change assessments as part of EIA (DCO experience is valued, but not essential)
• Experience in drafting Environmental Statement chapters and technical reports
• Track-record in the consultancy sector
• Excellent communication skills and ability to write clear and concise reports in English
• Experience of engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
• Experience of financial control and project management
• Line management or close oversight of junior members of a team
• Experience of bid preparation and business development activities
• High technical capability and ability to review and interpret data
• Collaborative working capabilities
• A track record with thought leadership or strategic advice