Senior Sustainability & Decarbonisation Lead

Gleeds; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Gleeds in Greater London is seeking a Senior consultant to join our UK Sustainability team, leading defined commissions or workstreams, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs, and ensuring quality and value for clients.

You will define the technical approach, manage client communications and budgets, coach junior staff and help develop bids, with flexible working arrangements and a focus on decarbonisation and lifecycle assessment.

Qualifications

• Significant relevant consulting or sector experience.
• Ability to lead defined workstreams or commissions and coordinate multidisciplinary inputs.
• Strong specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline; examples include certification, carbon assessment, decarbonisation or EDD services.
• Ability to review and assure the quality of technical outputs and recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to coach and support junior team members.
• Commercial awareness, including budgeting, fee management and change control.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day accountability for commissions or workstreams, including scope, programme, resources, risk, quality and budget.
• Define and lead the technical approach within delegated authority, producing and reviewing outputs and recommendations.
• Manage client communications, workshops, expectations, actions and interfaces with other disciplines.
• Coordinate small teams, delegate work, review outputs and provide constructive feedback and coaching.
• Manage fees, budgets, and invoicing intervals, identify change and raise opportunities for additional services.
• Draft technical sections of bids and fee proposals and where applicable to specialism support client interviews or presentations.
• Improve and develop methods and tools, share knowledge, contribute to training, and consistent adoption.
• Support line management and elevate contractual, technical or strategic risks promptly.

Skills

Senior consulting experience

Lead workstreams

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Budgeting

Education

Degree or equivalent

Professional accreditation

Job description

Gleeds in Greater London is seeking a Senior consultant to join our UK Sustainability team, leading defined commissions or workstreams, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs, and ensuring quality and value for clients.

You will define the technical approach, manage client communications and budgets, coach junior staff and help develop bids, with flexible working arrangements and a focus on decarbonisation and lifecycle assessment.