Climate Services Analyst

at  CarbonBetter

We believe what’s good for the planet is good for business. We’re CarbonBetter, a certified minority-owned energy logistics and sustainability company that’s tackling climate change from the inside. We’re proud to be the largest minority-owned business in Austin and the 4th largest privately owned business headquartered in Austin.
We’re a creative and diverse team tackling the complex climate challenges that are changing our world by helping organizations transition to a net-zero future—accelerating the societal shifts that will save our planet.
Learn more at www.carbonbetter.com/about/
This role sits within the CarbonBetter Climate team, and English fluency is required.

POSITION OVERVIEW

CarbonBetter is seeking a Climate Analyst who is passionate about sustainability and client service. We are looking for a gifted researcher, thinker, problem solver, and writer to support our Sustainability & Decarbonization services. The Climate Analyst will support clients at all stages of their sustainability journey - from assessing their carbon footprint, quantifying their environmental impacts, and generating annual sustainability reports to developing decarbonization strategies and carbon offsetting plans.
CarbonBetter believes sustainability stories are meant to be shared—and storytelling is a key part of our service offerings. The Climate Analyst will help clients share their environmental impacts and highlight their successes through storytelling. Our goal is to help make clients’ environmental impacts go beyond the numbers and enable businesses to be leaders in the decarbonization of their industry.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in sustainability and GHG accounting: Interest and ideally a 1+ year experience in GHG accounting (scope 1 and 2 at a minimum with Scope 3 being a plus), development of decarbonization strategies and creation of sustainability reports. Consulting experience will be considered a plus.

• Research: Ability to perform methodical research and synthesis of climate science studies, existing public and private sector policies, carbon accounting methodologies, standards and protocols for environmental and climate disclosures, carbon credit standards and protocols, and other relevant data and information sources.

• Client service: Passion to serve clients and support them in their sustainability journey.
• Thought Leadership Development: Ability to create public-facing white papers and internal thought leadership pieces to explain company viewpoints on a variety of sustainability related topics to be shared to our Stories page on our website.
• Business Collaboration: Willingness to support related business processes such as client proposals, partnership formation, sustainability reporting, case study development, marketing copy, and public relations.
• Monitoring changes in world of Sustainability: Interest in continuously keeping upto speed with external research, and emerging viewpoints to improve effectiveness of CarbonBetter’s sustainability efforts.
• [Not required but a plus] Carbon Offset Protocol Application: Knowledge of navigating the application process for developing carbon offset credits by applying appropriate standards and protocols and working with registration and verification bodies.

Please refer the Job description for details