MEDIOR SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT

Ecomatters is looking for a new colleague to work in the field of fact-based sustainability as a medior sustainability consultant! The role will focus on performing and management projects around reporting and carbon footprint calculations. Working at Ecomatters will allow you to apply your relevant experience within the field of corporate reporting and CSRD and provide you with opportunities to utilise your knowledge and skills by working for a wide range of exciting multinational corporate clients and cutting-edge start-ups.

Do you fit this profile?

You are:

• An experienced team member with a strong working knowledge of reporting within the sustainability domain, the application of legal frameworks, or accountancy rules
• Ambitious with a commercial and business development mindset, growth oriented, passionate about sustainability
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment within a growing team
• Self-sufficient, proactive, and able to engage external clients and manage projects
• Fluent in the Dutch language (mother tongue) and English in writing and speaking

You have:

• Either > 5 years of provable work experience with GRI, SBTi, or similar reporting frameworks and/or Greenhouse Gas Protocol carbon footprint calculations, or > 5 years of work experience in a client facing role in the legal or accountancy sector
• Strong knowledge of MS office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

The following items are considered an advantage:

• Understanding and experience in conducting complex calculations
• Having a well-developed network of contacts
• Experience in managing colleagues or direct reports

There are several activities you will work on, for example:

• CSRD reporting and implementation projects, including conducting double materiality assessments, gap-analysis, carbon footprint calculations, etc.
• Key-account management for reporting projects
• Develop new services and value propositions around reporting
• Ensure the quality of the projects we deliver
• Manage projects and support your colleagues in their development
• Being responsible for business development and meetings with potential clients
• Representing the organisation at conferences and sustainability events

Working for Ecomatters will deepen and broaden your skills and expertise as a reporting specialist, whilst providing you with an exciting work environment in the beautiful canal city Utrecht. The remuneration is in line with market practice. The position is immediately available, but the exact starting date is open for discussion. Since we are a dynamic company, you will get individual career opportunities and possibilities to broaden your horizon. Additional details can be found on the following pages.

The application process

The 1st round of interviews is scheduled for October 8th and 9th, 2024. Successful candidates will be invited to the 2nd round of interviews, which will be held on October 17th and 18th. Afterwards, our preferred candidate will be sent a formal offer during the week of October 21st.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and motivation letter before the close of business on September 30th via the 'Apply now' button below.

About Ecomatters

Ecomatters is an ambitious and growing sustainability consultancy that works closely with our clients to help answer their sustainability questions. We use our passion for sustainability to help our clients make informed decisions, improve the value of their business, and enable clear and effective communication around sustainability. In addition to working with clients, we also push ourselves to have our own impact on the future by initiating our own projects on, for example, circular economy and carbon neutrality. If you want to gain a deeper understanding of what we do, please take a look at our case studies.

What to expect from working at Ecomatters

As a medior sustainability consultant, you will take the lead on a range of reporting projects across the industries we serve. Utilising your expertise, you will provide relevant insights and highlight opportunities to streamline the CSRD process. You understand reporting frameworks and use this understanding to guide your decision-making, report development, and engagement with both clients and external auditors.

You help our clients to build their knowledge and support building their capacity around CSRD and carbon calculations. In doing so you take on key account management for one or more of our clients in this space. As the account manager you will be responsible for understanding the clients’ needs and translating those needs into clear workstreams for you and your colleagues.

Additionally, you will also engage with our business development activities, offer development, and client onboarding. As part of these activities, you will also design new value propositions and explore how our CSRD offering can work in new sectors. Furthermore, if this is of interest to you, you can become a manager of a number of colleagues and help guide them to grow in their professional development at Ecomatters.

Sustainability and impact

As a quantitative sustainability consultancy, we work to create impact through:

• Working on real-life environmental challenges in a broad range of (industrial) sectors
• Offering data-driven (decision support) advice to clients across industry, government, and research institutes
• Implementation of relevant sustainability concepts that shape the future of our planet
• Taking care to reduce our own emissions when feasible

Team and services

Our team uses quantitative analysis tools and systems thinking to identify business risks and opportunities. Additionally, our team develops calculation tools and provides general sustainability consulting services. We also prepare regulatory and compliance documentation such as emissions reporting, product claims and labels, and European chemical safety regulations.

You can find more information on how we work, the industries and clients we help, and find some of the topics that keep us busy on our website: https://www.ecomatters.nl/

Ecomatters culture

Some highlights about our culture:

• Great work-life balance
• We take responsibility and deliver on our promises
• Pragmatic without compromising integrity
• Professional on delivery but informal in style
• A non-hierarchical organisation with an emphasis on shared responsibility
• An international, balanced and experience but youthful team
• Focus on everyone’s unique skills and strengths
• Streamlined processes and only essential administration

Benefits and perks

We offer the following benefits:

• Remuneration is market competitive
• 25 vacation days per year in addition to the statutory holidays
• Individual learning & development budget for achieving your personal development objectives
• A yearly flexible budget (for 5 additional vacation days, learning & development, or extra salary)
• Organised pension arrangement and excellent pension contribution
• Hybrid working and flexibility to make arrangement to accommodate family life
• Monthly team activities and a yearly retreat

Office location

We have our own floor at the top of the HNK Utrecht West building located in the centre of Utrecht which is:

• Next to public transport infrastructure
• 10 minutes walking from Utrecht central station
• Has parking and offers easy access to A2 highway
• Giving our employees access to a range of other HNK-locations across the Netherlands