Associate Director - Sustainability

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Sustainability Consultant

We are looking for Sustainability Strategy Consultant for our Sustainability Services team.

JLL is investing in engaged and purpose driven people who believe that they want to make a difference by creating sustainable cities and built environment. With or without experience we are keen to meet with you to share our passion and ambitions .

About JLL

We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. W e have operations in over 80 countries and a work force of over 92,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company , we also have an inherent responsibility to d rive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why w e’re committed to o ur purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world . We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence a re also fundamental to everything we do and we’r e honoured to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally .

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, value d and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements below. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table !

Context

Becoming more sustainable is one of the biggest challenges facing corporates today – and the built environment accounts for approximately 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Everyone’s now asking how can we decarbonise our real estate, preferably in the most efficient and effective way. It’s where JLL’s sustainability experts can make a tangible difference, advising companies on how to invest in and implement measures that deliver a potent combination of financial, environmental, and social returns. Join JLL to drive the change that’s needed and shape the future of real estate for a better world — a net zero world.

The built environment is generating nearly 40% of the total global carbon footprint. With global warming and urbanization this trend can only increase unless we decide to combat it. Many corporations have made pledges to reduce to NZC but the road to deliver on these promises still needs to be defined and implemented. JLL manages more than 500 million square meters of real estate on behalf of its clients so we believe that we have role to play to drive the sustainability agenda to shape a better world.

Our Sustainability Ambition

At JLL, sustainability is more than a saying. As a business we’ve made our own commitment to reduce scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions down to zero by 2040 (see our Global Sustainability report ). To achieve this ambitious goal, we will need to engage with our clients - almost 97% of our emissions are generated by the buildings we manage in their portfolios. With this commitment we must deploy best in class sustainability practices with all of our clients across the 500 million billion square meters that we manage globally, whether investors or occupiers, from strategy to transforming assets, project management down to managing assets.

We recognize the importance of sustainability because it enables us to contribute to a better world and shape the future of real estate. We want to make JLL a world-leading, sustainable professional services firm by creating spaces, buildings and cities where people can thrive. To do so, we aim to drive disruptive and impactful change by embedding sustainability into everything we do.

Learn more about Sustainability at JLL

About the Job

At JLL, we are driving sustainability through everything that we do. We are building up our Sustainability practice, to drive our end-to-end sustainability solutions in real estate, including: Client Solutions, Strategy Consulting, Performance & Design, and Operations.

This role is embedded in the S trategy Consulting team, where you will work with our clients to help them think through their sustainability strategies, including what reporting they require and what certification they need. You will deliver consulting services , provide advice and will be accountable for delivering income for our business. Work in this career pathway typically does not require an engineering degree as you will be involved in providing non-engineering related sustainability consulting. The role requires a passion for sustainability and gives professional the opportunity to develop their careers as engineering & energy consultants.

What this job involves

Build strong working relationships with client teams through the provision of accurate and timely advice and deliverables.

Participate in business development activities to grow client consulting services, support cross-sell of JLL services and contribute to achieving challenging but realistic business growth targets.

Support the development of client strategy implementation journeys and bring the strategy to life through engagement.

Provid e recommendations and action plans to bring sustainability management plan s to life through engagement with the client’s internal teams, their property managers and contractors.

Manage the delivery of a range of client tasks , ensure a professional relationship and the effective delivery of sustainability reporting services.

Carry out research and analysis and create briefing notes on a range of non-technical subjects , sustainability topics, for example , environmental legislation and sustainability supply chain impacts.

Provide support to clients in developing processes, targets, guidelines and progress actions through scheduling and leading regular progress meetings to track and promote project progress and liaison .

Participate in process and service line enhancement and development activities to embrace best practice, client demand and support upskilling of internal and external teams.

Provide support to colleagues in the development, shaping and enhancement of service offering for clients

Sound like you? Here are the skills we are looking for:

Technical Skills:

The job requires a basic level of understanding of some but not all of the following areas ,

Climate Risk strategy

Develops climate risk strategies suitable for application to varied client situations and circumstances.

Climate science

Understands climate science, and the impact of personal, commercial and property on global warming and sustainability.

GHG Emissions

Familiar with Greenhouse gas emissions baselining.

Sustainability Regulations / Frameworks

Understands local, regional and global regulations (environmental or social) that affect the built environment

External Reporting

Understands external reporting structures covering sustainability. U nderstanding of the protocols governing external reporting, reporting frameworks and knows how to collect and organize the data for external reporting.

Sustainability KPI's

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