Assistant Consultant - Climate Change/ Air Quality

WSP Africa; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consulting firm as an Assistant Consultant in Climate Change and Air Quality. This role offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects that address climate change and promote sustainability. You will be involved in conducting greenhouse gas assessments, analyzing climate data, and compiling comprehensive reports. With a commitment to work-life balance, the company offers flexible working arrangements, competitive pay, and a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about making a difference in the climate space, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

First Class Medical Cover

Generous Annual Leave

Paid Professional Subscriptions

Flexible Working Hours

Work-Life Balance

Qualifications

• An Honours degree or higher in a relevant discipline is required.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in climate change consulting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct greenhouse gas assessments for various sectors.
• Compile climate change impact reports and disclosures.
• Provide assistance within the broader Air Quality team.

Skills

Climate Change Consulting

Technical Report Writing

Data Analysis

Knowledge of Environmental Legislation

Education

Honours Degree in Engineering or Environmental Science

Master’s Level Qualification

Job description

Company Description

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!

Think bigger scale. Think higher profile. Think ground-breaking. Join WSP, and you’ll be at the heart of a team of international experts all dedicated to growing and sharing their expertise, and working on projects that transform society for all of us.

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa, and the largest environmental consulting firm globally. To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders who share our guiding principles – we value our people and our reputation; we are locally dedicated with international scale; we are future-focused and challenge the status quo; we foster collaboration; we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

Job Description

The role will be as an Assistant Consultant within the Climate Change and Air Quality team based in Johannesburg, although working on projects internationally, with a focus on greenhouse gas reporting and climate change risk assessments.

WSP Africa also runs projects outside of South Africa, presenting travelling opportunities and access to a diverse range of decarbonisation and climate resilience projects. From a global perspective, WSP Africa provides support to our Australian and Canadian Businesses, and collaborates closely with our UK Business, presenting unique opportunities to our local Climate Change team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducting greenhouse gas assessments in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, IPCC and ISO 14064 for a variety of sectors including mining and industrial clients.
• Assessing climate change risks and opportunities for large-scale projects and private sector clients.
• Compiling climate change impact reports and disclosures.
• Analysing climate projection data for future scenarios.
• Processing, formatting, and presenting climatological data.
• Conduct project admin, including financial, health & safety, and project team co-ordination.
• Provide assistance within the broader Air Quality team, and the WSP Earth & Environment business.

Health and Safety:

• Act as a SHEQ role model, behaving consistently within the company’s health, safety, environmental and quality vision and policies.
• Contribute to the identification of SHEQ risks and drive processes to achieve Zero Harm.
• Embrace, display and promote company values, ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.

Qualifications

• An Honours degree or higher in a relevant engineering or environmental science discipline. Master’s level qualification by dissertation preferable.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in climate change consulting.
• Some exposure to proposal writing will be advantageous.
• Experience with technical report writing.

Key Competencies and Generic Skills:

• Knowledge of the South African environmental legislation, particularly energy and climate change legislation.
• Technical report writing skills to produce professional reports in fluent English.
• Technical skills and attention to detail to be able to calculate and analyse technical information and environmental data.
• Willingness to travel in Sub Sahara Africa (outside of South Africa) if required.

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognize the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.