Consultant - Sustainability Advisory

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description

We are looking to add a Consultant, Sustainability Advisory, to join our Global Excellence Center (GEC) team supporting the North America teams focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, sustainability reporting, and engagement.

As Consultant, Sustainability Advisory, you will be a key contributor to our Sustainability Advisory team in the U.S., serving on project delivery for one (or several) of Arcadis’ sustainability capabilities (Sustainability Strategy and Program Design, Sustainability Measurement, Sustainability Goal Setting and Achievement Plans, Sustainability Reporting, Net Zero Strategy, Circularity, Nature and Biodiversity etc.) across a range of industries. This role can be in any Arcadis office in India with a preference for Mumbai or Bangalore

One of our key global priorities is focused on solving our clients' most complex sustainability challenges. As such, you will be a key member of a variety of climate and sustainability projects and contribute to the development of innovative approaches to solve client challenges, reporting to our GEC Associate Director, Sustainability Advisory, or another member of our Sustainability Advisory team in India. This role will work horizontally across our three Global Business Areas, Mobility, Places and Resilience, drawing upon their capabilities as needed to support the advisory team and drive demand for the “pull-through” of Arcadis’ other technical services. The ideal candidate for this role will build competence & skills within the company, aligned with future solutions and client needs.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

As Consultant, Sustainability Advisory, you will be supporting the delivery of sustainability related projects ensuring. The ideal candidate needs to demonstrate consulting, technical task and communication skills around sustainability projects.

The role requires experience delivering corporate sustainability consulting projects with measurable results. The candidate should demonstrate experience delivering analysis and client communications and the contribution to high-quality deliverables and best practices. The candidate should demonstrate experience supporting clients in at least one of these areas of: decarbonization strategy and implementation plans; energy and GHG emission calculations; sustainability reporting and stakeholder engagement, ESG data management and reporting in line with frameworks such as GHG protocol, Science Based Targets Initiative, CDP, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, ISSB, GRI.

Day to day responsibilities include

•  Act as a resource on projects to support the successful delivery of specific outputs individually or as part of a team
• Carry out research within client organizations and externally to identify and collect relevant data and information
• Analyse data to uncover insights that will inform the development of the design of consulting solutions and sales proposals
• Prepare reports and presentations that can be incorporated into sales proposals and client presentations
• Present the outcomes of analyses at team meetings to ensure the insights gained are clearly communicated and propose ways in which these may be leveraged to add value
• Further develop understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis and of client businesses to enable personal performance improvement and career development
• Collaborates with Sustainability Advisory US team members and peers across geographies

Required Quality and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study such as environmental science, sustainability, engineering or business with sustainability background or related field
• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in sustainability or management consulting or working as a sustainability manager in industry
• Advanced research, data gathering and analysis skills, and advanced proficiency with desktop applications (e.g. MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Ability to produce quality work with some level of autonomy, articulate challenges when help is required
• Excellent communication and time management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional training and or certifications in sustainability
• Preferred experience in Tableau, Power BI, Python, R or other digital solutions

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.