Junior Climate Analyst

Company overview

Green Element is a fast-growing certified B Corp Environmental Management Consultancy based in
London and Edinburgh. Along with our sister company Compare Your Footprint, our work takes us
into the heart of companies across the world where we help them become more sustainable. In
addition to our growing and comprehensive sustainability consultancy service, we also support
businesses in their goal to become more sustainable via training and coaching services within
our ‘Green Element Academy’. We inspire and promote sustainability via our ‘Green Element
Sustainable Business Podcast’ as well as our ‘Sustainability Solved’ community which offers
carbon foot printing (via our Compare Your Footprint web app), environmental guidance via the
provision of handbooks, blogs, webinars, on-hand experts in addition to peer-to-peer
engagement.

Scope of the role

The Junior Climate Analyst role forms part of the carbon analysis and reporting team. Its
primary responsibility is to support carbon foot-printing and life cycle analysis projects and
form recommendations to clients regarding their carbon emissions reductions. The Junior Climate
Analyst has an active role in data gathering, sorting and inputting in addition to conducting
industry research and writing reports for client projects with guidance from Analysts and
Senior Analysts. This role has direct contact with clients with regards to data gathering, ad
hoc requests and presenting results to the client.

Key relationships

• Clients
• Senior Climate Analyst
• Analysis Team
• Strategy Lead

Key responsibilities

Collecting, inputting and analysing data:

• Work closely with clients during the data gathering process, providing data templates,
  surveys and guidance on how to collect the data. If applicable, liaise with a client’s
  suppliers.
• Sort data into appropriate formats (word docs, excel spreadsheets, surveys etc.) and
  efficiently collate into a format that can be converted to demonstrate carbon emissions.
• Conduct detailed analysis into carbon emissions results, providing different data views for
  the client. Troubleshoot unusual or unexpected data and year on year comparisons for example,
  so as to highlight interesting or impactful results in reports.

Putting together reports and communicating results to clients:

• Present results in a logical and client-specific way, providing the most useful view to
  clients.
• Write relevant, impactful commentary on results that can be easily understood and that feed
  into the client’s strategy.
• Calculate and communicate science-based targets, ensuring to use relevant sector specific
  guidance.
• Confidently explain and discuss results with clients, answering questions and conducting
  deep dives into key points raised by the client.

Researching new industries for client projects and feeding this into strategy:

• Investigate innovative carbon conversion factors from Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) studies for
  example and apply to client projects.
• Research industry specific carbon emissions reduction
  opportunities/schemes/projects/opportunities to potentially feed into client strategy.
• Research industry specific benchmarking data to help clients to compare their results with
  similar companies within their industry sector.

Inputting data into Compare Your Footprint and assisting with other related research
projects:

• Understand how to use CYF for client projects including creating new organisations and
  facilities and inputting usage data.
• Conduct independent ad-hoc research projects to help build the Green Element carbon
  conversion factor database.
• Support benchmarking, carbon capture and storage projects likewise documentation relating
  to new legislation, Green House Gas (GHG) protocols and Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi)
  guidance for example.

Key competencies

• Approachability
• Learning on the fly
• Presentation skills
• Problem solving
• Time management
• Written communications
• Team/unit contribution
• Ethics and values
• Integrity and trust
• Self-knowledge

Skills, experience & qualifications

Skills:

• MS Excel for data analysis and carbon reporting, including the ability to make pivot tables
  and useful graphs and charts.
• MS PowerPoint for creating client reports and displaying data.
• An understanding and ability to work on projects covering emissions calculations,
  reporting, target setting and Science Based Targets (SBT).
• Data gathering (including formulation of client-specific templates) and data
  parsing/analysis.
• Ability to troubleshoot unusual or unexpected data, perform year on year comparisons and to
  highlight interesting or impactful results.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting data issues and managing client queries.
• Conducting research in primary and secondary literature to help with analysis and
  client/company strategy.
• Ability to present results, communicate with clients and write relevant and impactful
  commentary in reports.
• Time management and organisational skills to keep track of the actions supporting client
  projects.

Experience:

• Effective team work to work collaboratively on large/complex projects effectively.
• Understanding of carbon foot-printing, including Green House Gas Protocol methodology and
  carbon factors, Life Cycle Analysis, SBT’s and Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting
  (SECR).
• Understanding of climate strategy and the ability to advise clients with basic
  recommendations.
• Ability to research sector-specific carbon factors and information for projects.
• Demonstrable experience of improving existing processes and the development of new tools
  and methodology.
• Experience of supporting client projects and liaising with external clients and internal
  customers.
• Effective communications with clients and colleagues on calls, in meetings and in giving
  presentations.

Qualifications:

Essential

• Undergraduate degree (or equivalent Level 6 qualification) in a relevant subject, for
  example environmental sciences, climate change, biodiversity, biology, ecology, geography.

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent Level 7 qualification) in a relevant subject, for
  example environmental sciences, climate change, sustainability, policy, biodiversity, and
  conservation.

 Company benefits 

• Hybrid working from home, Company office and Client sites
• One Friday and one Monday (paid) off per month for every employee
• Day off on your birthday
• 8 hours per month of paid leave to volunteer for a charity
• Inclusion in a profit share bonus scheme
• Permitted carry over of 5 days of annual leave per year
• Enhanced Company Sick pay scheme
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Carers leave and pay
• Fertility Treatment leave and pay
• Enhanced parental bereavement leave
• Sabbatical
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Ethical pension
• Easy access to vouchers relating to eye tests and glasses for employees classified as
  Display Screen Equipment users
• Access to an employee assistance programme that is available to all employees and their
  families 24/7, 365 days of the year
• Choice of when to take the bank holiday to follow either Scotland or England’s bank
  holidays
• Reimbursement of your professional membership fees