Sustainability Specialist - Strategic Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

at  Quantis

This role supports the development and delivery of:

• ESG / sustainability strategies for our B2B and B2C clients including peer benchmarking and regulatory reviews and trends;
• compelling sustainability narratives and environmental claims based on transparent and science-based facts;
• online trainings of regulatory landscape and anti-greenwashing principles for credible communications;
• stakeholder engagement programs to educate and empower internal and external audiences around various sustainability topics and decisions;
• sustainability reporting such as CSRD, GRI, CDP etc.

As a Sustainability Specialist at Quantis you will support sustainability communication projects by:

• evaluating strategic insights by benchmarking peers and customers and evaluating sustainability trends in the respective sector(s),
• supporting the client’s ESG materials review, conducting data collection & reporting,
• crafting communication and engagement solutions for client teams and their customers,
• developing credible, trusted relationships with our client project teams,
• guiding them to a better understanding and articulation of their sustainability strategy, targets and actions while
• working collaboratively with Quantis project team.

You will be successful in your role if you:

• Possess creative communication skills both verbally and visually (for presentations, deliverables and online trainings)
• Reliably deliver comprehensive and strategic analyses in an efficient manner
• Bring a general understanding of business and/or sustainability challenges in one or more core sector(s)
• Take ownership of self-development, including knowledge and skill improvement

DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU AND YOUR NEXT ROLE?

• You’re motivated to put your strategic communications expertise to work towards our mission of aligning businesses with Planetary Boundaries.
• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a sustainable business and marketing communications.
• You have 2+ years relevant experience, ideally in a brand strategy agency or management consultancy, working on ESG strategy, strategic marketing communications, stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting and/or change management projects.
• You have a passion for sustainability topics such as climate, water, biodiversity, plastic, circularity, etc…
• You have a first professional experience performing, managing, interpreting and communicating on results and sustainability topics, in consulting, industry and/or academic context.
• A plus is if you have some knowledge about CSRD, CDP reporting, ESG regulatory landscape and strategy design
• You can collect, process, manage and interpret data in a form that is understandable to audiences with varying levels of knowledge on sustainability.
• You’re able to generate valuable insights from analysis, and the preparation of clear and compelling reports and presentations of results.
• You have some knowledge of Footprinting / Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and interest in developing deeper understanding of how corporate or product footprinting is conducted.
• You have an excellent knowledge of PowerPoint and online training tools (i.e. Mural/Muro).
• You have strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills and basic design abilities.
• You’re motivated for teamwork and supporting a team.
• Excellent communication skills in English; proficiency in German is an advantage.

This role supports the development and delivery of:

• ESG / sustainability strategies for our B2B and B2C clients including peer benchmarking and regulatory reviews and trends;
• compelling sustainability narratives and environmental claims based on transparent and science-based facts;
• online trainings of regulatory landscape and anti-greenwashing principles for credible communications;
• stakeholder engagement programs to educate and empower internal and external audiences around various sustainability topics and decisions;
• sustainability reporting such as CSRD, GRI, CDP etc

You will be successful in your role if you:

• Possess creative communication skills both verbally and visually (for presentations, deliverables and online trainings)
• Reliably deliver comprehensive and strategic analyses in an efficient manner
• Bring a general understanding of business and/or sustainability challenges in one or more core sector(s)
• Take ownership of self-development, including knowledge and skill improvemen