Sustainability and Net Zero Consultant - Housing

Turner Townsend; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established consultancy in housing sustainability is seeking a consultant to engage with social housing providers and public sector organisations. You will manage projects and support the delivery of net zero strategies, while mentoring junior consultants. Key qualifications include a degree in sustainability or a related field and experience in project management. Strong communication and relationship management skills are essential. This role plays a vital part in the UK's transition to sustainable housing.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent work experience in sustainability or environmental topics.
• Extensive experience managing complex multi-stakeholder projects.
• Strong expertise in net zero and ESG policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage junior consultants and support their professional development.
• Lead project management including client liaison and budget management.
• Support social landlords to deliver net-zero strategies and investment programmes.

Skills

Data interpretation for decarbonisation

Project management

Strong communication skills

Relationship management

Education

Degree in sustainability or environment

Job description

Our specialist Housing Sustainability and Net Zero team is growing in response to rising demand from social housing providers and public sector organisations. We are looking particularly for individuals with demonstrable industry experience of supporting housing sustainability programmes to support investment planning and delivery on the net zero carbon agenda. Our Consultants join us from a range of organisations including energy and sustainability consultancies, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies, local authorities and housing associations. They will have played key roles in the development and delivery of housing and/or real estate sustainability projects with demonstrable technical experience in retrofit and possibly with line management responsibilities. In this role you will be at the forefront of the net zero carbon transition in the UKs housing and public sectors. The specific role will be shaped around the individual skills and experience that you bring with a range of opportunities from developing net zero energy and ESG strategies to project delivery support on some of the UKs most innovative market shaping projects such as the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator.

• Line manage junior consultants and play a key role in their professional development and facilitating them to deliver excellent work.
• Support the development of business cases for new service areas to expand our reach to cover new client sectors and technologies.
• Take a lead role in managing projects including client liaison, team resource management and budget management.
• Support social landlords and public sector bodies through the delivery journey of their net-zero strategies and investment programmes including awareness, interest, business case decision, procurement, build phase, monitoring and completion.
• Lead on the analysis of housing asset data to benchmark energy performance and develop investment scenarios against energy performance and net zero targets.
• Support social landlords to measure their environmental performance and put in place ESG strategies and reporting frameworks (with a focus on environment but an awareness of social and governance issues for housing providers).
• Support the delivery of current industry assistance programmes including the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator working directly with housing providers to build their capacity to deliver housing retrofit.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent relevant work experience in a sustainability or environment related topic with a focus on housing and/or the wider built environment.
• Systematic approach to project management with extensive experience of managing complex multi-stakeholder projects often simultaneously.
• Demonstrable experience in interpreting and using data to drive decarbonisation and asset planning turning data into realisable projects and programmes.
• Strong subject matter expertise of net zero and ESG policy and strategy in the social housing sector.
• Excellent communication skills ability to develop succinct and accurate communications covering complex subject matter for delivery to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Great problem-solving skills adopting the most suitable approach for clients and your team.
• Strong relationship management skills developed through client facing roles.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.