Associate Director

**Location**
- UK**Salary**
- 70,000 / Year**Published**
- 14th November**Sector**
- Sustainability & ESG**Job Type**
- Permanent**Consultant**
- Tom Allport**ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR POSITION JOINING A LEADING GLOBAL REAL ESTATE BUSINESSES IN THEIR ESG & SUSTAINABILITY TEAM.**

**About Our Client**

Our client is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers, and investors on a local, national, and international basis. With over 17,000 professionals in 62 countries, they are driven to accelerate success for their people, their clients, and their communities.

Their ESG strategy was derived from a comprehensive stakeholder engagement initiative and assessment to understand the issues considered most important to the business. This strategy, along with measurable targets developed, ensure that ESG remains at the forefront of the business.

**About the Role**

As an Associate Director, you will be responsible for providing actionable advice and implementation projects for property clients across all sectors.

This person must possess an ability to assess risks, realise opportunities and identify the best pathway to enable them to achieve these goals. It will require someone who can prioritise topics of real value to clients and deliver solutions that supports their business.

The role will report directly to the Head of ESG and work closely with divisional heads and various stakeholders throughout the business.

**Responsibilities**
- Developing decarbonisation (NZC) strategies and pathways for real estate assets and portfolios.
- Analysing energy profiles, assessing performance, generating insights and reporting.
- Undertaking surveys and delivering sustainability services of a technical nature; BMS optimisation, Fault Detection Diagnostics, Energy Audits, Net Zero Carbon Audits, and such.
- Maintain advanced knowledge associated with carbon legislation, certifications and the wider sustainability agenda and regulations.
- Ensure divisional heads and their teams are aware of the latest developments and opportunities for their clients.
- Engage with clients as a trusted advisor and Subject Matter Expert (SME).
- Build relationships with existing and new clients, identify opportunities, and assist in securing future business for the company.

**About you**
- Solid understanding of building services and experience conducting technical audits.
- Ability to determine the value proposition of projects through relevant assessment of benefits e.g. financial, resilience, obsolescence.
- Ability to translate complex concepts into clear and concise language, articulate the value proposition, and gain buy-in from clients and colleagues.
- Strong interest in innovation and technology (knowledge of cloud based BMS analytics platforms would be an advantage).
- Knowledge of legislative/regulatory drivers such as MEES and ESOS.
- Knowledge of NZC standards and frameworks e.g., CCREM, UKGBC, LETI, NABERS etc.
- Commercial awareness to identify value-add advice for clients.
- Entrepreneurial self-starter who can help drive this growing business area.
- Willingness to help develop junior members of the team.

**Qualifications**

You want to work in a friendly and collaborative environment and have:

- Relevant technical qualifications and/or appropriate experience.
- Member or seeking membership of a professional body - CIBSE, IMECHE, Energy Institute etc.
- EPC and/or ESOS Lead Assessor status would be an advantage, but not essential.
- Experience with or willingness to learn complex energy modelling techniques (IES VE)