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Associate Consultant, LCA

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around 1000 Spherions around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

If you’re passionate about sustainability and want to make a difference, then we need to talk. Working with some of the biggest companies in the world to not only set them up for success but, in the process, to help create a safer, more sustainable and productive world for everyone is a responsibility that we do not take lightly. Spherions come to work every day knowing that they are making a difference, and we need more likeminded people to get us to where we need to be. Sphera is seeking a Sustainability Consultant with 3-5 years of Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) experience to join our North American Sustainability Consulting team.

In this role, you’ll help shape the future of how we support companies around the world in reducing the impact of their products and operations, and in the development of their sustainability strategy with a key focus on decarbonization. Our Sustainability experts help organizations develop, design and execute integrated sustainability strategies with full transparency to help companies make smarter, more sustainable business decisions. Through Sphera’s combination of software, data and expertise, we are in the unique position to support companies in their sustainability journey as they set sustainable targets and map out their path to net zero emissions.

If you’re ready to work with world-renowned sustainability experts who work together to help solve some of the toughest challenges facing the planet—yes, we mean climate change as well as other key environmental impacts—then this is the place for you.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Leading or collaborating on multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing LCA, Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), or corporate sustainability strategy.
Using powerful tools like our industry-leading LCA For Experts software, and its vast warehouse of data, to create best-in-class life cycle models and inventories of products and services, and the Sphera Cloud Corporate Sustainability platform to help shape client strategy and goals.
Interfacing with industry-leading, Fortune 500 clients, Sharing the results of your work by leading meetings, delivering presentations, etc.
Writing ISO 14040/44 compliant reports documenting your project work
Developing and delivering consultative sustainability services, advising clients to help them operate more sustainably and reduce their greater environmental impact, including strategy development focused on net zero, climate, carbon, and ESG,
Conducting in-depth analysis of our client’s energy, water, waste, and emissions,
Collaborating with Sphera team members across different specialties and regions to innovate, develop best practices, and deliver world-class results,
Travel will be required as necessary on a project-by-project basis (up to 20% of time, primarily US, Canada, and Europe)

Key skills and experience

1-3 years of experience in dedicated sustainability, ESG, or LCA role
Experience in interacting directly with a broad group of external stakeholders
Demonstrated passion for sustainability and innovation
Aptitude for learning new software, previous experience with GaBi a plus.
Good oral and written communication skills; ability to articulate issues, give presentations, and prepare formal written reports.
Self-motivated and organized; able to simultaneously work on multiple assignments and to work both independently as well as on teams.
Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

We offer

Being part of a dedicated team working towards a more sustainable world
The exciting ability to work at the intersection of technology, business and sustainability through our combination of data, software and service solutions.
A client base that spans all major industries
An interesting and diverse role in an international (global) context
Employment in a dynamic and rapidly growing market-leading company
An opportunity to help businesses grow while enhancing environmental sustainability

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

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