Sustainability and Net Zero Consultant – Housing

Turner & Townsend

The Role

Overview

Drive net zero housing projects, advise social landlords and manage sustainability programmes

Key Responsibilities

  • esg reporting
  • retrofit delivery
  • project management
  • net‑zero strategy
  • business case
  • data analysis

Tasks

-To support social landlords to measure their environmental performance and put in place ESG strategies and reporting frameworks (with a focus on environment but an awareness of social and governance issues for housing providers) -To support the delivery of current industry assistance programmes including the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator, working directly with housing providers to build their capacity to deliver housing retrofit -To take a lead role in managing projects, including client liaison, team resource management and budget management -To support social landlords and public sector bodies through the delivery journey of their net-zero strategies and investment programmes, including: awareness, interest, business case, decision, procurement, build phase, monitoring, and completion -To support the development of business cases for new service areas to expand our reach to cover new clients, sectors, and technologies -To line manage junior consultants and play a key role in their professional development and facilitating them to deliver excellent work -To lead on the analysis of housing asset data to benchmark energy performance and develop investment scenarios against energy performance and net zero targets

Requirements

  • communication
  • problem solving
  • data analysis
  • degree
  • net zero
  • project management

What You Bring

-Excellent communication skills, ability to develop succinct and accurate communications covering complex subject matter for delivery to both technical and non-technical audiences -Great problem-solving skills, adopting the most suitable approach for clients and your team -Strong relationship management skills developed through client facing roles -Demonstrable experience in interpreting and using data to drive decarbonisation and asset planning, turning data into realisable projects and programmes -Degree qualified or equivalent relevant work experience in a sustainability or environment related topic, with a focus on housing and/or the wider built environment -Strong subject matter expertise of net zero and ESG policy and strategy in the social housing sector -Systematic approach to project management, with extensive experience of managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects, often simultaneously

The Company

About Turner & Townsend

-Operates across various sectors, including real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources, providing comprehensive services such as construction consultancy, asset and facilities management, and environmental consultancy. -Expertise spans advisory, cost and commercial management, digital solutions, and program management, enabling them to handle complex capital projects and drive transformative change for their clients. -With over 10,000 employees in 48 countries, the company leverages local knowledge and global expertise to deliver tailored solutions for each project.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Buildings

Infrastructure