About Anthesis

Anthesis is the Sustainability Activator! We believe that transformative, cross-sectoral action is required to rise to the awakening of the Decisive Decade, and we exist to make sustainability happen.

Our company brings together the largest dedicated group of sustainability experts in the world, working with more than eight hundred clients, across seventeen countries. Our team combines broad and deep sustainability expertise with the commercial and operational capabilities it takes to deliver real change. Our culture is founded on the empowerment of great people, working in agile teams, in a high-ownership, high-accountability environment. 

We are proud of what we have achieved so far with Anthesis, but we know we have a duty and an opportunity to contribute much more. Our success will depend on attracting, empowering and growing world-class professionals who can help to harness our capabilities and resources for transformational shared value creation.

At Anthesis we value both the wellbeing and the professional development of our people by doing our best to make Anthesis a great place to work. Our identity, values, and the quality of our work are vested in our people and we want you to thrive, develop and succeed here.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we value diversity in our workforce and make our decisions based on skills and experience – the only thing that differentiates you is your talent and the value you bring. We understand that diverse ideas breed extraordinary results by inspiring our thinking, challenging our solutions and enhancing our culture. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

 Summary of role

We are seeking a Senior Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Consultant. They will join our Global Centre of Excellence for Analytics and work with a team of analysts specialising in sustainable products and circularity.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing complex LCAs in the context of wide-ranging projects 

• Performing detailed calculations to find material flows, greenhouse gas emissions, ecological footprints and other environmental, economic and social metrics, as may be required 

• Delivering business value to our clients 

• Project, client and line management 

• Build expertise in the team through mentoring and training 

• Technical research and results dissemination 

• Write proposals for new business, in collaboration with the existing team

• Be independent in engaging with a wide variety of clients, often in senior roles within their business.

• You will be writing technical reports, drawing on expertise from across the wider team, and rest of the business.

• Attend client meetings, where necessary, for the development of opportunities and project delivery.

• Manage multiple projects independently with minimal supervision to meet tight deadlines.

• Learn and develop your technical expertise, supported by our technical directors across the sustainability teams as well as mentor more junior consultants including providing line management, where necessary.

• Contribute to Anthesis’s innovation and thought leadership around LCA

Skills

• Excellent project management and some team leadership

• Excellent analytical skills applying various LCA software. We would expect extensive experience in one of the main tools including GaBi, openLCA or SimaPro etc. and advanced competency in Microsoft Excel 

• Strong numeracy with comfortable use of modeling and data manipulation tools

• 3-5+ years’ experience in delivering LCA projects either in-house or in a consultancy environment

• A passion and success in delighting clients, preferably within a corporate context while challenging them to deliver maximum sustainability impact.

• Strong communication and consulting skills; particularly an understanding of the sustainability challenges that organisations face in today’s climate.

• Active and encouraging team player that celebrates and applied the diversity of skills and personalities in a team.

Personal Attributes and Qualities

• Driven to deliver a positive sustainability impact;

• Previous background or passion for additional sustainability specialism preferred;

• Curious, globally minded and enthusiastic;

• Effective time management and organisational skills. Ability to respond positively to pressure and take a flexible approach to a dynamic, fast moving and changing work environment;

• Work well with a wide range of people on a global basis.