Role: Senior Consultant – Water Footprint Lead
Location: Remote - USA or Canada based
Practice Area: Climate
Contract: Full-time
Remuneration Range: $80,000 - 100,000 USD / $78,000 - 100,000 CAD
Key Responsibilities:
- Project Management – As a Senior Consultant in our Water Stewardship Service Line, you will be expected to manage the delivery of client engagements targeted at improving water and nature-based performance and disclosures. You will be responsible for these projects being on time, budget, and schedule. You will be managing several projects at any one time, each with their own dedicated project teams.
- Client Management – Working with a senior client manager, you will share responsibility for managing client expectations as well helping them optimize value through projects to drive continuous, strategic improvement. You will work to develop a trusted advisor relationship with all clients and focus relentlessly on helping them be successful in defining and achieving their sustainability goals.
- Water Stewardship Expertise – You will be responsible for supporting clients in conducting water accounting/footprinting, water risk assessments, goal/target setting, and developing and implementing water stewardship strategy across diverse projects and sectors/industries.
- Creative Communication – You will need to be proficient and effective at communicating the client’s sustainability purpose, commitments, and performance, in a way that is credible and authentic, while balancing the technical requirements and the creative aspects of reporting.
- Business Development – You will be contributing to and developing proposals for potential clients and projects and represent Anthesis during interviews as the consultancy best positioned to support. You will also be expanding scopes of engagement and support with existing clients, helping them drive their sustainability agenda.
About Anthesis:
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, corporates, investors and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.
Anthesis has clients across all industry sectors and supports some of the world’s largest multinationals such as Amazon, Cisco, The North Face, and Target. The company brings together 1,100+ experts operating in 42 countries around the world and has offices in Andorra, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US.
At Anthesis Group, we are truly committed to putting people and our planet at the heart of all we do.
We encourage all employees to contribute their ideas, perspectives, and experiences to help us create an inclusive and equitable workplace. By embracing diversity and providing equal opportunities, we believe we can drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve our shared goals. So, if you’re ready to be a part of something truly extraordinary, then we want you! Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identify, national origin, age, pregnancy, martial status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Together, we can continue to build a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive.
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Summary of Role:
Anthesis Group is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our growing Water Stewardship team and act as our Water Footprint Lead, while also heavily focusing on Science Based Target Network’s Freshwater methodology. This person will be a dynamic and agile professional with experience in water accounting/footprinting, water risk assessments, previous consulting and creative communication! The daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to, managing the client engagements targeted at improving water & nature-based performance and disclosures.
Key Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience as a sustainability practitioner, with expertise in water stewardship within a company’s direct operations and value chain
- Demonstrated proficiency in Science-Based Target Network’s freshwater methodology and experience with value chain water accounting (quantity and quality) and blue/green/grey water footprinting aligned with ISO 14046, WFN’s Water Footprint Assessment Manual, and the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard
- Expertise in conducting nature-related impacts and dependencies assessments across freshwater and biodiversity
- Experience conducting basin-level and local/operational water risk assessments, including use of publicly available water risk and valuation tools such as WRI’s Aqueduct tools (Water Risk Atlas, Food, Floods), WWF’s Risk Filter Suite, Ecolab-Trucost’s Water Risk Monetizer, and Ceres’ Aqua Gauge)
- Nature-related risk assessment experience (ENCORE, EXIOBASE, Bioscope, IBAT, STAR)
- Demonstrated expertise in nature-related reporting particularly as it pertains to water, including CDP, GRI, DJSI, SASB, TNFD, etc.
- Excellent analytical skills and advanced competency in Microsoft Excel
- Volumetric water benefit accounting experience
- A personable and passionate individual that works well with teams.
- Comfortable and confident liaising with key stakeholders across all levels of a business.
- An ability to manage a variety of projects at any one time.
Your Benefits:
- Comprehensive and competitive group health, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your dependents
- FSA (Flexible Spending Account) benefit (US only)
- Anthesis provides 100% Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance benefit.
- In addition, Anthesis covers 100% of Short & Long‐Term Disability Insurance benefits.
- Anthesis provides a 3% contribution into retirement plans, and you may elect to contribute more each pay period with a pre‐tax deduction up to a certain cap.
- Anthesis provides Employee Assistance Program and Travel Insurance
- Annual allotment of PTO, in addition to 56 hours of sick leave, paid company paid holidays, and more.
- Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company.
- Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team.
- Work collaboratively on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients.
- Opportunity to work alongside of, collaborate with and learn from sustainability Subject Matter Experts (SME) who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have
