Consulting Director - Social Impact and Human Rights (Director Level)

ERM is seeking an experienced Social Performance and Human Rights Consulting Director to help lead and expand our Social Impact practice in North America and globally. We are seeking for a strategic thinker and agile doer with prior experience in energy, renewables or mining that can work with corporate and project-level clients on social impact design, social performance, stakeholder engagement, communications, DEI, human rights due diligence, political risk and just transition.

ERM provides advisory and technical services to industries that are key to the low carbon transition, such as finance (sustainable financing), mining (critical minerals) and energy (renewables, low carbon energies, oil & gas, utilities, transmission, batteries) as well as other companies that are also changing and adapting to climate, social and digital drivers, including technology, chemicals, pharma, food & agriculture, manufacturing and transportation. Social impact practitioners help companies across the full life cycle of their investments and operations: we help companies prepare to comply with new human rights and environmental regulation and conduct bench markings, human rights due diligence and social impact assessments for permitting and financing; we formulate social impact and community investment strategies; we support engagement with stakeholders and non-governmental organizations; we help companies assess and address remedy in cases of adverse impact; and we support companies reports on social and human rights performance to regulators, investors and stakeholders.

As a senior leader you will be fully accountable for successfully selling, consulting and supporting our technical excellence communities. The ideal candidate will have established relationships with US companies that operate domestically and globally and will help us expand, in particular, our social impact advisory services, human rights and responsible supply-chain offerings.

ERM is structured to encourage collaboration and networking among disciplines, service lines, industry groups and regional offices, providing opportunities to collaborate with ERM’s global sustainability experts.

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As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.

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ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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