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Verco is an award-winning employee-owned, energy consultancy business; a B Corp with a unique set of values which you will help bring to life. We look for high achievers who have the confidence, skill and outlook to enable them to perform well and play an active part in the collaborative culture of the company.
We are proud to work with some of the biggest names in the business, across a wide range of sectors; from governments designing energy efficiency policy, to work with industry leaders on their pressing energy and resource management challenges. We provide a wide range of reporting, compliance and energy management services using our proprietary software Carbon DesktopTM, in conjunction with an experienced consultancy team and latest analytics.
About the role
As Junior Consultant you will provide excellent technical resource to projects and business development activities, supporting the delivery of complex projects for different teams across the business and working with some of the UK’s leading corporate sustainability teams, as well as large manufacturing and energy intensive clients.
We are looking for dynamic, committed candidates who are passionate about sustainability to help Verco in our mission to provide the solutions for a zero carbon world; helping our clients reduce their environmental impact and save money through data drive analysis, grounded advice and real-world solutions.
Primary Responsibilties
- Project Management: To deliver required project inputs according to time, quality and budget requirements. In time, you will take responsibility for project work streams and small-scale consulting projects.
- Technical input: Provide technical input and high-quality insightful data analysis to projects to support the ongoing sustainability/energy management challenges faced by our clients.
- Business development and proposal writing: Assist proposal creation through the collation of required information and to provide support to managers and directors to achieve individual and sales targets.
- Client management: Maintain strong relationships with existing clients through professional interactions.
- Operational: Provide timely responses to operational needs including time-sheeting, invoicing, reviews, project management information, health & safety, etc.
- Performance targets: To take shared responsibility for meeting or exceeding targeted levels of personal performance and productivity and for advertising capacity levels and availability
- Environmental: Contribute to Verco's sustainability plans and outcomes as required.
Requirements
Essential:
- A passion for sustainability & a desire to support others in reducing their environmental impact.
- Masters or other relevant post-graduate qualification in engineering, mathematics, geography, environmental science, energy/sustainability or economics with a minimum 2:1
- An understanding of sustainability issues and energy management including emissions sources across the economy & energy use in buildings and industry.
- Understanding of net zero & awareness of key UK, EU & international policies
- A sophisticated analytical approach with highly competent IT skills, particularly in the use of Excel, Word & Powerpoint
- Confident working with large data sets.
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
Desirable:
- Previous experience of supporting/advising clients on technical issues associated with energy efficiency
- Familiarity with technology, financial, legislative and market instruments to achieve environmental objectives & targets
- Technical knowledge of energy use in building/s, industrial processes and/or sustainable energy generation technologies
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Power BI MS Project, GIS
- Any macro-economic or modelling tool
Verco is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and demonstrating that we value the diversity of our workforce. Applicants must, however, be eligible to work in the UK.
