Associate Director - Corporate Sustainability

SLR CONSULTING; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SLR CONSULTING seeks an Associate Director in Corporate Sustainability to lead climate-related projects and manage a team. The role involves strategic direction, client management, and delivering impactful climate services, contributing to sustainability goals in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Excellent healthcare offering

Travel and life insurance

Structured career framework

Flexible, agile, and hybrid working

25 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proven track record with corporate clients on climate-related issues.
• Experience managing teams and delivering climate strategy projects.
• Strong analytical capability with environmental and financial impact data.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of climate-related projects and manage teams.
• Develop client proposals and maintain key client relationships.
• Shape strategic direction of climate services and expand client base.

Skills

Climate Risk

Analytical Skills

Communication

Project Management

Client Management

Job description

Job Title

Associate Director - Corporate Sustainability

Vacancy No

VN5039

Employment Type

Permanent

Contract Type

Full-Time

Advert

SLR has a fantastic opportunity for a Climate Change specialist to join our industry-leading Corporate Sustainability team.

Our consultants work within client project teams, with responsibilities including project delivery, business development, and client management. We have consultants working at all levels with our clients and focus on developing our people to take on more senior roles as they grow their skills, knowledge, and experience.

You will have a key role developing and delivering our work across our service areas, including: sustainability strategy and materiality, reporting and disclosure (to ESG indices, ratings and frameworks) and social and community impact. Client focus, curiosity, strong analytical and communication skills, and good time management are essential for all our roles.

The role will be based in our London office with the opportunity for hybrid working.

Overview of the team

In the Corporate Sustainability team, we are unified by a deep passion to make a positive impact for people and the planet, driven by a collective vision of working towards a just society in a sustainable world, harnessing the power of business.

Our work is varied, interesting and constantly evolving. No two days are ever the same as we deliver great work with our clients and challenge them to go further. Our work covers a huge range of interrelated topics: from supplier management to community investment, from climate change to corporate governance, from human rights to investor relations.

We work hard to ensure SLR is a collaborative, inclusive, and flexible working environment, where employees are supported and given the opportunity to grow and develop to achieve their potential.

The role

In the climate pillar of our Corporate Sustainability team, you will play a key leadership role in delivering impactful climate-related services, managing projects, guiding teams, and driving business growth.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Technical expertise: Lead the delivery of projects in one or more of the following areas.
Core:

• Climate Risk and Resilience (including climate-related disclosures, climate scenario analysis and financial impact analysis)

Additional:

• Climate Transition planning
• Net Zero Strategy (SBTi aligned target setting, decarbonisation plans and pathway modelling, supplier engagement strategies)
• Greenhouse Gas Accounting (Corporate footprints - Scope 1, 2 and 3, data management, software support and implementation, assurance)

2. People leadership:

• Lead and develop a team of 4–6 direct reports
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing across the wider team

3. Project management:

• Managing and delivering multiple complex and large projects, ensuring milestones are met within agreed timelines
• Oversight and rigorous review of projects, including managing and supporting team performance

4. Developing key client relationships and generating new clients:

• Manage the development of client proposals, identifying and winning new opportunities and prospects
• Develop key client relationships as well as have overall responsibility for client projects you are managing
• Understanding and interpreting client needs, clearly communicating client goals to internal and external stakeholders and growing client relationships
• Contributing to thought leadership through research, drafting articles and blogs

5. Strategic direction:

• Shape and guide the strategic direction of our climate services
• Focus on expanding our service offering and client base
• Play a key role in evolving our tools, methodologies, and market positioning
• Keeping abreast of the climate strategy landscape, regulatory requirements and best practices

About us

SLR are global leaders in Sustainability Solutions, helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with 4000+ employees across 6 regions in over 125 countries. Our ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.

Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, with additional flexible bank holidays, we offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, with family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and home life.

About you

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of working with corporate sector clients on climate-related issues. We are open to in-house, consulting or NGO experience.

• Specific expertise in Climate Risk (including climate-related disclosures, climate scenario analysis and financial impact analysis)
• Experience managing teams and/or delivering projects relating to climate strategy
• Strong analytical capability with experience working and manipulating environmental and / or financial impact data
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with clients
• A strong entrepreneurial drive to identify and develop growth opportunities for SLR in a context of some well-established operational support
• A strong track record of winning new business, or relevant transferable skills e.g. prospecting, pitching, scoping, negotiating, contracting
• Excellent team management skills, nurturing and developing people in a project-based, hybrid organisation

Culture and inclusion at SLR

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive. For more information on our commitment to DE&I, and the great work we are doing, please watch the video here: https://www.slrconsulting.com/about/making-sustainability-happen

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as people identifying as LGBTQI+, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent.

Should you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process with us, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.

SLR Commitment – All applicants with a disability who meet the essential requirements for the job will be guaranteed an interview in line with our Disability Confident Committed status.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Country

United Kingdom

Office

London