Senior Esg Leader-latam

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior ESG LEADER (seller/doer) to be located in any of our offices in LATAM REGION (Colombia, Mexico, or Panama).
The Senior ESG Leader will primarily focus on supporting clients with assessing, improving and disclosing their ESG strategy and performance. The role will also involve interfacing with AECOM’s Climate Change Strategy & Disclosure advisors, in the delivery of client work where ESG and climate change intersect.
The Senior ESG leader will work under the direction of the Environment Business Line manager in client project delivery, writing proposals, securing work and marketing AECOM’s services through webinars and promotional material.
Primary function will include, but not be limited to the following:
advising on adoption of the SASB and GRI standards

managing projects and client management
delegating tasks and managing a small team
creating high performance teams
conducting and/or overseeing analysis
writing proposals and securing work

professional consulting background in ESG/sustainability advisory.
Significant experience with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards is required.
Experience with environmental compliance and regulation, GHG management, circular economy, nature-based solutions, water management, air quality, health & safety, stakeholder engagement, corporate governance and ethics, sustainable finance, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), decarbonization and Net Zero, or any related topics are useful.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Requirements**:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (i.e., Environmental Sciences, Engineering)
8+ years of experience consulting externally (i.e. client-facing) or internally (i.e., in-house at an organization) on ESG/sustainability strategy, governance, risk management and metrics & targets

**Demonstrated experience in**:
Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Powerpoint, Word, and Excel

**Preferred Qualifications**:
10+ years of experience at a sustainability consulting firm, or equivalent

**Demonstrated knowledge in some of the following areas**:
Environmental compliance and regulation
GHG management
circular economy
nature-based solution
water management
air quality
health & safety
stakeholder engagement
corporate governance and ethics
sustainable finance

Additional Information

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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