Sustainability Consultant

Seismic; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Bank holiday swap options

Professional development budget

Development time for learning

Wellbeing budget

Home office setup budget

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Financial coaching

Job summary

Seismic is seeking a Sustainability Consultant to partner with clients on turning sustainability ambition into action, guiding B Corp certifications and sustainability strategies. The role sits within a fast-growing, purpose-driven team in the UK, with London-based office work and flexible hours.

You will manage a portfolio of ESG projects, lead workshops, translate complex concepts for clients, and help grow Seismic’s impact offering while representing the firm at industry events.

Qualifications

• Experience in client-facing sustainability projects across ESG topics.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for clients and stakeholders.
• Strong communication, project management and report-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of clients on sustainability and ESG journeys.
• Identify prospective client leads and design/sell projects.
• Deliver high-quality services within budget to enable long-term impact.
• Facilitate workshops, present findings and reports to senior stakeholders.
• Build relationships with clients, colleagues and the wider community.

Skills

Sustainability consulting

ESG strategy

B Corp knowledge

KPI setting

Materiality assessments

Reporting

Workshop facilitation

Job description

A Sustainability Consultant to act as a strategic partner to our clients, you will be guiding B Corp certifications and sustainability strategies while helping drive the continued growth of our impact offering.

About us

Here at Seismic we have a two-part vision: to help 10 million people join the shift by 2030 and to be the best place we have ever worked.

We know that’s an ambitious vision. That means challenging ourselves and our clients every day, striving for growth, and delivering real impact. You can see more about our mission in our CEO’s TEDx talk, “The purpose of profit: the business of securing a sustainable future”.

We foster a culture of continuous learning and mutual support, ensuring every changemaker feels empowered to grow and contribute their best.

We are not just talking about change; we are actively driving it. We ourselves are a B Corp and our team of B Corp, Net Zero, Reporting and Sustainability Comms experts collaborate to deliver measurable impact for clients ranging from innovative SMEs to global corporations. You can read some of their stories here.

We’re a close-knit team, working together towards a shared vision. All that’s missing is you!

The role and its responsibilities

We’re looking for a Sustainability Consultant who is passionate about helping organisations turn sustainability ambition into meaningful action, combining strategic thinking with practical delivery to create lasting impact for our clients.

The exact role definition will be dependent on the desire, capability and experiences of the right person. Key responsibilities are likely to include:

• Member and leader of our core Impact Team, focused on helping our clients use our expertise in the most valuable and impactful ways for them.
• Leading a portfolio of clients on their sustainability and ESG journey.
• Proactively identifying prospective client leads, then designing and selling projects to help our clients utilise our expertise to achieve their sustainability goals.
• Delivering a high quality service, within budget, that enables long term impact.
• Translating and unpacking technical concepts to our clients and community through presenting, hosting workshops and delivering final reports to key stakeholders including senior or board level client team.
• Identifying needs that the clients may not recognise and ensuring approaches and solutions are linked to objectives and future needs.
• Contributing to process improvement and optimisation in how and what we deliver, considering processes and tools, identifying and enabling how we can be better.
• Building strong and lasting relationships with colleagues, clients and our wider community.
• Representing Seismic at industry events, conferences and round tables.

About you

You believe that humanity and businesses need to make a seismic shift in the right direction and want to apply your consulting and analytical capabilities to help make that happen. At the same time you want to work in a friendly, collaborative and empathetic team who are delivering impactful projects for high-profile clients. You will especially enjoy working at Seismic if you have a growth mindset and are comfortable with uncertainty, as we are a fast-growing, agile and evolving business.

To be successful in this role you would need the following attributes:

• You are passionate about sustainability having worked in a client facing consulting environment helping organisations set strategies across the range of ESG topics.
• Technical expertise across sustainability which could include, B Corp, ESG Strategies, KPI and target setting, materiality assessments, reporting, ambitions workshops etc.
• You have had some exposure to a professional services working environment.
• Confident and competent consulting skills, including building client relationships, project management, report writing, presenting, and ultimately enabling impact and client success.
• Your written and in-person communication style is clear and concise.
• You act with empathy in a ‘human first’ way.
• You are excited about the opportunity to be part of a high performing team, learning and growing with Seismic as we deliver our vision.
• You have strong self-awareness and can easily adapt to different clients, from energetic SMEs to complex large corporates.
• You are happy thinking on your feet and can adapt existing plans to changing circumstances.
• You enjoy building relationships across the company and with clients.

Importantly, you love client work and also working with teammates to build something great. You like a laugh but are not afraid to graft. You have plenty to offer, and know you have even more to learn.

You are proactive, have a keen eye for detail and enjoy juggling multiple projects and priorities and enjoy just the right amount of time pressure to help keep productive and focused. You are a ‘people person’ with a knack for building relationships.

You are more excited by the opportunities of working for a young, fast growing, ever evolving, purpose-driven business than for a large corporate.

You are excited by the opportunity of joining a high-performance team within a fast-growing, ever-evolving, purpose-driven business. Find out more about the team here: https://www.seismic-change.com/team/.

In your first 100 days you will:

• Be paired with a dedicated manager and buddy to accelerate your integration and professional development.
• Go through our onboarding programme with training across all our sustainability services
• Join our fortnightly Personal Growth sessions and Friday checkout

Location

Ideally you will be within commuting distance of our London office, attending the office (Waterloo) at least twice per week.

Working hours

We believe in flexible working hours to better suit our personal lives while being considerate of each other and our clients. We generally work office hours but trust each other to make fair decisions. We are also open to discussing part-time work arrangements.

Salary and benefits

We invest in our changemakers’ growth and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support your professional development, personal life, and overall health. In addition to a competitive salary (commensurate with experience), benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave per year pro-rata
• An extra day of annual leave for your birthday
• The option to swap up to two Bank Holidays per year to suit your religious/cultural/family/personal needs
• £500 per year professional development budget
• Plus two days per year professional development time to support your continuous learning and career advancement
• £200 per year wellbeing budget
• £200 home office setup budget
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing and benefits platform
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Financial coaching (Bippit)
• …and a roadmap for future benefits as we grow

Want to learn more about the impact we're making? Check out our latest Impact Report.

Seismic is an equal opportunities employer

Seismic recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. We are building a world class team and we know we need a diverse mix of talented people doing their best work.