Consultant, Policy & Strategy
South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.
Job summary:
South Pole is looking for a Consultant to strengthen its team in Europe. The consultant will play a key role in international consultancy assignments and proposals, and advise colleagues and teams in the Certificates business line on market developments relating to Article 6, compliance markets and carbon regulations more broadly.
As a global sustainability solutions provider, South Pole works with clients in public and private spaces to build solutions for a sustainable society and economy. The Policy & Strategy team sits in a business line responsible for sourcing carbon projects, developing them and bringing resulting carbon credits to market. In addition to supporting Business Line colleagues, the team works on public and private consultancy assignments for clients. It also provides policy and technology insights and market intelligence to various teams within the business lines.
Short-listed candidates will have an excellent understanding of global and regional climate policy and carbon policy, ideally with prior experience working in consulting.
Main tasks & responsibilities:
- Manage consulting and internal advisory assignments throughout their entire project cycle: initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure.
- Ensure highly efficient and high-quality implementation of South Pole assignments and internal initiatives.
- Contribute to business development activities for the company, including supporting the development of consultancy proposals, with a focus on CORSIA and sovereign buyers of Article 6 credits
- Provide technical leadership for the development of proposals and implementation of advisory assignments for the corporate and public sector on topics such as carbon market instruments, carbon market regulations, claims and voluntary carbon markets.
- Contribute to product development for the company’s offering in coordination with the rest of the business line, with a focus on Article 6, CORSIA and sovereign buyers
- Contribute to knowledge-sharing activities and expand skills and knowledge linked to the topics and services offered by South Pole, on topics related to Article 6, CORSIA and sovereign buyers
- Contribute to the development of South Pole’s thought leadership activities, services, products, marketing materials and offerings on topics related to Article 6, CORSIA and sovereign buyers
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of dashboards and business solutions covering CORSIA data
Requirements:
Essential -
● University degree, ideally at a Master’s level or higher, in a sustainability-related field;
● Relevant knowledge of international climate policy and carbon markets, including the voluntary carbon market and compliance markets;
● Relevant work experience working in the field of climate change or sustainability (minimum of a few years);
● Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
● Proficiency in working with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
● Excellent project management skills, from both a technical and administrative standpoint, and proven ability to guide project teams in a multi-cultural and multi-geography context.
● Excellent writing skills, with proven expertise in creating and reviewing high-quality written documents (proposals and deliverables);
● Autonomous and proactive, yet strong ability to work collaboratively;
● Excellent prioritisation and time management skills;
● Excellent working knowledge of all Google Suite applications and MS products (Word, Excel);
● Excellent oral and written skills in English.
Desirable -
● Strong experience in stakeholder and client management;
● Experience in managing complex projects and international teams of consultants;
● Industry-relevant connections, with a network of potential clients, collaborators, and other relevant stakeholders;
● Working knowledge of PowerBi
● Mastery of other language(s) than English, in particular German, French or Spanish;
● Comfortable operating in a fast-paced international environment.
What we offer:
At South Pole, we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet. South Pole is not just an employer, we are a Team. South Pole does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career. By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do. You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation.
We’re a planet of 7.5 billion unique and different people. We all have a contribution to make; South Pole is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status or disability. Our recruitment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
- Department
- Consultancy & Advisory Services
- Locations
- Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
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Work-life balance
From flexible working hours to flexible workplace (home office), with above-average vacation allowances, we strive to make the work and family life puzzle an easy one for our employees.
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Flexible Vacation Benefits
Options to buy up to 5 extra days of time off.
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Life Insurance
Available to all employees across the world.
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Care for your Wellbeing
Access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (TELUS Health).
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Parental leave
Should any of our employees need to take time off the Iceberg as a result of a new addition to their household, we are happy to be able to offer competitive Paid Parental leave to support them during this time.
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Compassionate Leave
Sometimes life is unpredictable, and when unfortunate events occur, we want to give you peace of mind so you feel fully supported during this time.
What makes us unique
At South Pole, we are first and foremost a purpose-driven Company. People join us because they believe in our mission and want to be part of a community that fights together for our shared values and beliefs. But that is not the only reason why working at South Pole is such a rewarding experience.
- We know that our vision to help create a greener world is both bold and challenging. To achieve it, we settle for nothing less than the absolute best. We form a Community that is stronger than the sum of its parts.
- Entrepreneurial at heart. It’s not just our founders who are entrepreneurs. We actively promote an innovative mindset at all levels of the organisation, where each and every employee is encouraged to challenge the status quo and empowered to make decisions.
- Growing employees in a growing company. With a team of smart, passionate and engaged colleagues, as well as increasing demand from our clients, opportunities to learn, develop our skills and grow our careers are endless.
- All for one, and one for all! Above all other things, what truly drives our dedication and commitment to our purpose is our colleagues. We learn from each other and grow together. Because that is who Penguins are.
About South Pole
Our story began in Zurich, with 5 friends* in 2002. They had a belief and a vision to shape and change the future of the world through climate empowerment, education and projects with their non-profit organisation; MyClimate. These ‘social entrepreneurs’ went on to pioneer climate change with the introduction of South Pole in 2006*. More than 20 years on, with the support of some of the most passionate and talented entrepreneurs around them, who are empowered to all play their part and with their founding belief in aligning purpose with passion, people and profit, they have created South Pole, an organisation that has gone onto positively impact the lives of over 20 million people across the world through its projects, saving over 20,000 km2 of forests from deforestation.
*Patrick Bürgi, Thomas Camerata, Renat Heuberger, Ingo Puhl, and Christoph Sutter
*2006 Joined by Marco Hirsbrunner and Christoph Grobel
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