ERM’s climate risk & opportunity function within the S&CS team in the UK is the company’s global centre of excellence for climate advisory. We offer an exceptional technical and commercial team within which to be based. We focus on supporting our diverse client base to understand the climate risks they may face, and help them to capitalise on the opportunities relating to a low-energy transition.
We are experts in undertaking scenario-based exercises to determine how climate change might impact our clients’ businesses, and we help them understand how to respond. We also have extensive capability in undertaking ‘deeper dive’ climate-related assessments, including site-based assessments and quantifying financial risk. Our work extends right through climate governance, climate risk and opportunity assessments, climate risk management, climate strategies, as well as corporate climate disclosure.
Our team of physical technical consultants leads work specifically related to changing climate patterns and trends, and how these impact our clients’ businesses. Across the team, there is extensive expertise linked to the assessment of climate-related data (acute and chronic event types), assessments of risk and opportunity including the use of advanced risk assessment techniques, financial modelling, climate change adaptation, and reporting.
Role description & key responsibilities
An opportunity has emerged for a candidate to join this part of the team as a Consulting Associate. Whilst the role is focused on physical climate risk and adaptation, it will require the successful candidate to support our clients across climate risk and opportunity, as well as across other service lines relating to climate, nature, sustainability reporting, amongst a range of other sustainability topics. Additionally, the role is likely to include significant elements of innovation and development, and to emerge into other areas (including project management, client leadership) in the future as well as possible people leadership.
More details of the role, as well as the skills required to fulfil it, are detailed below.
As a member of the S&CS team, you will
- Support the delivery of client deliverables by working with team members across the business – including contributing to client reports, presentations and workshops. A key aspect of this will be to communicate the findings of our work to clients in a digestible, compelling way;
- Work within project teams to analyse physical climate data from multiple sources (including the IPCC), as well as assess and quantify risk and impact across geographies;
- Help identify appropriate responses to some of the main risks and opportunities identified, across climate change adaptation and in some instances mitigation;
- Support our clients with understanding the financial issues related to climate change, specifically those relating to climate reporting and disclosure initiatives such as the TCFD, IFRS, CSRD and EU Taxonomy;
- Support business development and sales-related activities, including helping senior colleagues to draft client proposals and develop new offers relating to climate change;
- Contribute to ERM’s innovation and knowledge-sharing through ad-hoc involvement in thought leadership, internal newsletters, learning sessions, amongst other initiatives; and
- Contribute to ERM’s research and development of digital solutions as they relate to supporting our clients to respond to climate change.
Person specification
Well-placed candidates will match some or a significant part of the specification below, and are warmly invited to send applications if so.
Required:
- A qualification in sustainability, climate change, physical geography, or other relevant field;
- Knowledge of climate variables (CMIP5 and CMIP6 in particular) such as key trends in precipitation and temperatures, among other IPCC and other variables, as well as an understanding of the functions and outputs of climate models;
- Capability with or interest in assessing risk and vulnerability, preferably within the context of climate-related impacts to companies, and identifying appropriate responses;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, such as the ability to manage and diverse stakeholders and work collaboratively in a team or with other business functions; and
- Excellent communication skills, particularly relating to packaging complex outputs into a digestible format and communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience through workshops and presentations.
Desired:
- Professional experience, preferably working on climate- and sustainability-related issues;
- Experience with or interest in modelling the financial impacts of climate-related issues, specifically physical climate risks; and
- Appreciation for energy and/or other commodity markets, as well as knowledge of energy transition scenarios (e.g. IEA WEO).
ERM's commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion
At ERM, we put our people first. We ensure that we create and maintain a supportive and positive workplace culture. We also offer our employees a diverse and inclusive culture in which differences are embraced and celebrated – through, for example dedicated Employee Resource Groups. Please feel free to contact us if you wish to find out more about our diversity and inclusion culture, or if you would need special arrangements for your interview should your application progress to that stage. We’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch!