Climate Change Consultant

Mass Staffing Projects is seeking a Climate Change Consultant in Johannesburg, South Africa. Candidates should have a postgraduate degree in Environmental Sciences or Sustainability, with 5-7 years of relevant experience in climate change advisory, carbon management, and GHG accounting. Responsibilities include developing sustainability services, conducting climate modeling, and managing climate risk strategies. Proficiency in another language like French or Spanish is a plus.
Job Description A medium sized Consulting company with international offices is looking to hire a Climate Change Consultant.

Minimum requirements:

• Post graduate degree preferably in Environmental Sciences or Sustainability.
• Project Management Certificate would be beneficial.
• 5-7 years relevant experience in Climate Change or Sustainability advisory or similar
• Carbon management and strategy experience.
• Experience undertaking GHG accounting including GHG Protocol and Carbon Reporting.
• Scope 1, 2 & 3 GHG Accounting+ Reporting.
• Experience of target setting approaches and best practice, including development and lodging of science-based targets initiatives.
• Experience delivering assurance/ verification of environmental information and reporting
• Experience supporting company responses to external frameworks such as CDP.
• Experience developing and implementing carbon/energy reduction programmes.
• Experience with concepts such as natural capital and net-biodiversity gain.
• Working knowledge of another language particularly French or Spanish would be advantageous.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Developing Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change services.
• Conduct Climate Change projection/modelling (using available climate data).
• Developing climate risk management and mitigation strategies, including Science based targets and TCFD aligned reporting and guidance.
• Carrying out GHG emissions calculations on behalf of our clients.
• Delivering multiple project tasks or components, including proposals.
• Identifying and tracking ESG and Climate Change trends, best practices, frameworks, and standards and communicating those relevant to internal and external stakeholders and using information to develop new services and client offering.
• Forming and maintaining a network of relationships to support climate change efforts.
• Networking and growing strong relationships with clients and other partners in the market.