Associate Director Advisory (Sustainability)

Associate Director Advisory (Sustainability)

• Full-time
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide. Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world. Turner & Townsend Advisory teamishighly experienced in providing authoritative advice and professional expertise in the fields of Intelligent Procurement, Project Advisory, Dispute Resolution and Digital Enablement to a market leading client base. We are dedicated to making the difference to all our clients engaged in the delivery of major capital projects and programmes in Ireland and globally. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Sustainability professional to fulfil the role of Associate Director – Sustainability as a member of our Intelligent Procurement and Advisoryteam in Ireland. The candidate:
• Significant experience of delivering Sustainability consultancy support for clients is essential
• Comprehensive knowledge of sustainability legislation and related issues
• Ability to provide clients with long term perspectives combined with practical actions and pragmatic solutions
• Able to build strong, professional client relationships and proactively identify and resolves client challenges
• Attention to detail in service delivery, communications, and ways of working with others
• Excellent communication including writing and presentation skills
• Confident leading and working alone or as part of a team, with ability to adapt as required
• Confident in mentoring and inspiringteam members who love a challenge, guiding in their development and success
• An innate passion to be part of something big is really important to us
Responsibilities:
• Providing specialistsustainabilityadvice to public and private sector clients
• Developing sustainability strategies and policies for construction projects and programmes
• Providing expertise to embed sustainability within procurement competitions of construction projects and programmes
• Translating sustainability strategies into business-as-usual procurement
• Setting our governance and control arrangements for construction projects and programmes including operational processes and procedures
• Engaging with the market and supply chain on a national and international level to understand their capability and capacity to achieve our clients’ sustainability goals and targets
• Supporting our clients to build sustainability capability in their supply chains
• Establishing sustainability baselines including GHG emissions
• Supporting the development of programme processes and systems that enable efficient data collection, management, and benchmarking
• Supporting the ongoing development of our services, toolkits and capability build;
• Supporting business development activities with new and existing clients, including bid writing
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Professional qualified member of a recognised professional body
• Minimum 10 years’ experience
What we offer:
• Full time, permanent
• Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
• Pension
• 27 days Annual leave
• Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
• Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
• Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. #LI-SM7 Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review. #J-18808-Ljbffr