Principal Consultant, Sustainability

Incendium Consulting Ltd is hiring a Principal Consultant for its Sustainability Consulting team. The role involves developing and delivering advisory programs for global clients, building strong relationships, and shaping sustainability strategies for major corporations. The position allows for remote work alongside client engagements and is part of a dynamic team focused on innovative solutions in corporate real estate. The company values agility and performance in its consulting approach.
The Instant Group is hiring!

We are The Instant Group, where work gets smarter for all: employees, businesses, and the planet.

As the world’s largest flexible workspace market, we take pride in...
• Providing over 250,000 organisations around the world with office space, coworking memberships, virtual offices, or meeting rooms
• Delivering the latest flex market data and insights
• Offering expert consulting services on Workplace Experience & Portfolio Strategy, Procurement, Operating Model and Sustainability
• Empowering 20,000+ landlord, operator and investor partners to capture flex workspace demand, boosting revenue (up to 30%) and asset efficiency

By seamlessly connecting supply and demand with data-driven solutions, we redefine work, helping businesses thrive worldwide. We shape the next generation of work so that you can achieve your best work life, every day.

Incendium Consulting

In 2019, Incendium Consulting Ltd joined forces with The Instant Group which enabled access to valuable resources and an expanded reach. Incendium specialises in supporting corporate clients across a variety of industries and firmly believes that corporate real estate (CRE) has the power to revolutionise the way people work.

With our extensive industry experience, our team of experts is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that help our clients achieve their business objectives. We empower CRE leaders to reimagine real estate as a catalyst for agility, performance, and value.

Join our dynamic organisation, awarded one of the ‘Best Places to Work in Property’ and continuously featured in the ‘Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200’. Build your career where innovation and connectivity meet, where we solve challenges and grasp opportunities together.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Principal Consultant to join our Sustainability Consulting team. You will be responsible for developing and delivering advisory programs for our global client base, and will operate as a subject matter expert in delivery and innovation. The person in this role will have the opportunity to build strong client relationships and shape sustainability strategies for numerous Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, while helping to grow the Incendium team. We are an agile consulting business, with our core team based out of our London office, complemented by other global office locations, including New York and Chicago, alongside a combination of remote work and at client locations.

What will you be doing?
• Establish strong, trust-based relationships with clients, acting as a strategic partner and trusted advisor.
• Leadership of key client instructions, supporting development and implementation of client sustainability strategies across varied organisations and sectors, ensuring deliverables are met within scope, budget, and timelines.
• Collaborate with clients to develop ambitions, targets and strategic roadmaps that align with their business objectives.
• Design and support implementation of strategic organisational changes, addressing business processes, stakeholder engagement, and governance to support evolving ambitions
• Oversight of strategic data insights and reporting outputs, aligning with frameworks such as SBTi, CDP & TCFD.
• Support the growth of the Incendium business through building client relationships, building our team and championing the Incendium culture and ways of working.

Who are we looking for?
• Alignment with our company behaviours: Play To Win, Own Your Outcome, Solve It Together, Help Each Other Grow
• Experience thriving in a strategic sustainability team environment either as a consultant or client side, with experience of designing & operationalising sustainability in business strategies
• Experience working within a real estate consulting business is beneficial so you can quickly link up our wider organization across Incendium and The Instant Group.
• Solid project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring high-quality deliverables, team cohesiveness and client satisfaction.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, adapting strategies as needed to meet client needs and industry trends.
• Experience using communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to engage with clients, build rapport, and foster teamwork.
• Experience interpreting complex data to deliver actionable insights.
• Bachelor's degree in a sustainability-related subject is of interest but not a necessity. A Master's degree is a plus.
• At Incendium we do not define experience and skills in years, so purely as a guide as we often get asked, our Principal Consultants typically have at least 5 years of experience in a similar environment.

What's in it for you?
• Competitive pay scales reviewed annually
• Discretionary annual company bonus
• Private healthcare and life cover
• Unlimited Holidays
• Hybrid working with a focus on connectivity, flexibility and bigger relationships as part of our workplace experience strategy
• Bespoke training programmes and our bespoke ‘Instant Learning’ portal
• Reward Gateway (discounts!)
• Wellbeing Centre
• Global Employee Assistance Programme
• Brilliant colleague recognition scheme, with quarterly and annual ‘Let’s Celebrate’ awards (with great prizes!)
• Generous referral scheme
• Laptop / tech provided
• Early finish on a Friday!

At Incendium / The Instant Group, we prioritise our people and our clients. We are committed to fostering diversity, equality and inclusion, providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment. Our goal is a workforce that truly reflects society and our customers, creating an environment where every employee feels respected and empowered. When hiring or promoting from within, we see diverse experiences from a variety of backgrounds and welcome all applications regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disability status or any other dimensions of diversity. Should you need any reasonable adjustments made to this application process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We use AI to help us assess applications fairly and objectively.