We are seeking a Senior Consultant for our ESG and Reporting team in Manila focused on guiding clients on their voluntary and mandatory sustainability journeys. The scope here is diverse, ranging from ESG double materiality assessments, to human rights due diligence, to sustainability strategies, to helping entities comply with different global standards e.g., GRI, SASB, TCFD, IR, IFRS, ASRS, CSRD, ESRS. Preferred skills sought are consulting fundamentals and the ability to conduct gap assessments against these global standards, familiarity with double materiality assessments and stakeholder engagements.
This role is based in the Philippines and can be partially hybrid (working from home a few days / week).
Anthesis is a global advisory, and our skilled people have opportunities to be deployed dynamically beyond their home countries, and our clients often span the globe.
Key Responsibilities
Client s Project Delivery
- Project Delivery - supporting the delivery of agreed consulting engagements / projects on time, on budget, and to high standards of quality.
- Technical Analysis - supporting project work and providing expert viewpoint and quality assurance on deliverables as needed.
- Client Relationship Building - supporting the team with building the confidence and trust of client teams and representing our direct clients interests effectively inside their organisations.
- Deliverable Drafting C Presentation - preparing and delivering high quality reports, presentations, and sometimes workshops in line with project scope. This includes report writing (e.g., SR, IR, CR) for clients.
Business Development
- Supporting the development of proposals on assessing ESG and Reporting opportunities, and contributing to the presentation and conversion of these opportunities, in collaboration with the guidance and support of colleagues.
- Service development - develop new service offerings and/or streamlining and improving existing service offerings including creating delivery and proposal templates, providing training and acting as internal expert on a specific service.
- Contributing to the development of Anthesis thought leadership and marketing materials in relation to ESG and Reporting.
Organisational s Personal Development
- Training & Personal Development periodically learning new sustainability related skills and services, using the ACE (Anthesis Centre of Excellence) learning and development platform and guided by your line manager.
- Strategic Organisational Initiatives contributing to important internal initiatives, proposition development, and innovation of our services and capabilities to make Anthesis a more impactful driver of change.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
We believe that great contributors can come from various backgrounds, and we welcome those shifting into the sustainability space from adjacent fields. At this level and for this role, we have some skills we consider as required, and others we list as relevant or useful to have. However, you may have other skills you consider relevant, we are open to ideas:
Required Skills s Experience
- A degree/relevant qualification in a related field (sustainability/climate change, environmental science, business, engineering, finance, governance/policy, etc.)
- At least 5 years of experience in various sustainability advisory fundamentals, such as double materiality assessments, ESG strategy setting, ESG reporting, human rights, climate risk, or others.
- A passion for sustainability and an interest in being at the forefront of guiding corporate transition to a more sustainable economy.
- Curious, open minded and enthusiastic with clear ability to collaborate and work well with a wide range of people on a global basis.
- Good communication skills to work in with the team, ask for help when required and to work independently.
- Specialization in one of and familiarity with other various mandatory and voluntary reporting frameworks such as GRI, SASB, IR, TCFD, UNGPs, ASRS AASB S1 C S2, IFRS S1 C S2 or other related ESG standards. At least 3 years outlining/building content and writing sustainability reports following at least 3 of these reporting frameworks.
- Drafting reports and presentations that convey key messages, inform strategic decision-making and deliver impact-led conclusions.
- Ability to analyse, write about, and advise upon economic, regulatory, and sustainability-related subjects.
- Ability to respond positively to pressure and take a flexible approach to the dynamic, fast moving sustainability reporting sector.
- Strong communication and writing skills and working familiarity with MS Office Suite is required, with high levels of numeracy and good
- Excel programming and workbook skills preferred.
