Sustainability Consultant

Join us in leading the shift.

This is an exciting role in a fast-growing sustainability advisory working to enable businesses to prosper by being a force for good. We are driven by our passion to help to fix our planet and inspire society to change for the better.

What we are looking for

A Sustainability Consultant to help us drive forward the next phase of impact and business growth, with expertise in B Corp and/or Sustainability Strategy.

About us

At Seismic we have 2 key goals: to be the best place you have ever worked, and to help 10 million people join the shift by 2030.

Along with creating impact through everything we do, connecting and building relationships is a core priority for us. That goes for our relationships with our amazing clients and with our fantastic team of changemakers, made up of a strong mix of B Corp, Net Zero, Reporting and Sustainability Comms experts, throughout the UK and Europe.

We love working with our clients. From SMEs to multinational corporations, we are committed to enabling them to prosper by helping them become ever more impactful forces for good.

All that’s missing is you!

The role and its responsibilities

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. 

• 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 within the ESG and the wider teams, 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.

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, 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 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 iterate products and services. You are a team player - you like a laugh, but are not afraid to graft. You are a student of sustainability, have plenty to offer, and know you have even more to learn.

You are action oriented, 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 with a diverse group of people.

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

Location

Commuting distance to our London office. At Seismic we have a hybrid setup to allow for flexibility and for the team to get the best out of themselves and the work that they do. We encourage employees to join us in our office space at least twice a 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. 

Salary and benefits

• 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

• £200 per year wellbeing budget

• £200 home office setup budget

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Wellbeing and benefits platform

• Bupa health insurance

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Regular Team Socials

• Annual two day Seismic retreat

• …and a roadmap for future benefits as we grow

Seismic is an equal opportunities employer

Seismic recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, national origin, civil status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.

We are committed to leading by example in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This means providing a workplace that is inclusive and equitable in all areas. At Seismic, we strive to have an inclusive representation within our organisation and understand greatness and talent originate from a diverse mix of individuals.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that minorities and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Seismic we are dedicated to building a diverse and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.