CONSULTANT
About the role:
With climate action high on the political and business agenda, it is an exciting time to be joining the Carbon Trust in Singapore. This role will be responsible for day-to-day project delivery management and managing sales relationships with both existing and new clients, in line with the Carbon Trust’s business plan. The role calls for a highly motivated, committed, and talented individual who can work well with people at various levels within client organisations, as well as with colleagues, to identify and capture revenue-growth opportunities, manage day-to-day project delivery and client relationships, and adapt services where appropriate to meet client needs.
In this role, the successful candidate will operate within an international matrix structure, providing deep technical knowledge of carbon and environmental topics to corporate prospects and clients.
You should also be interested in developing a career in both business development and technical project delivery within the sustainability consulting sector. Specific experience in delivering and selling advisory and assurance services will be advantageous, as will industry experience in key target sectors such as agriculture, ICT, construction and real estate, manufacturing, and energy.
About us:
The Carbon Trust is a global climate consultancy driven by the mission to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future. We offer our clients and partners leading edge practical solutions to turn climate ambition into impact. We have been climate pioneers for more than 20 years, working with leading businesses, governments, philanthropies and financial institutions to reduce carbon emissions and accelerate their route to Net Zero.
We have a global network of over 400 experts, who enable our clients and partners to take ambitious climate action.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Business Development and Sales (~50%)
Managing Project Delivery (~40%)
Knowledge Management etc. (~10%)
· Contributing to the Carbon Trust’s ambitious commercial growth targets and owning an individual sales target.
- Managing projects and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
- Developing a sales strategy and leading proactive business development activities.
- Identifying, developing, pitching, and closing opportunities with new and existing clients.
- Managing relationships with client counterparts, ensuring expectations are appropriately set and met, and addressing any issues as they arise.
- Leading various types of analyses and verification projects, including (but not limited to) footprint-based impact analysis, climate risk financial analysis, decarbonisation roadmap development & scenario analysis and verification projects.
- Driving the analytical process and developing deliverables that address client requirements and achieve engagement objectives. This involves framing the problem, defining hypotheses and data requirements, and developing an analytical approach to derive decarbonisation insights and recommendations.
- Overseeing and quality-assuring the work and outputs of Analysts and Associates, which may include extensive data modelling in Excel (e.g., developing carbon footprinting and decarbonisation models based on forecasts).
- Taking responsibility for business development, sales, and sell-ons, working both collaboratively and independently across the Carbon Trust.
- Coaching and mentoring Analysts and Associates, transferring knowledge and skills, and contributing to their professional development.
- Contributing to practice development and institution-building efforts, such as knowledge development and proposition development.
Key skills we are looking for:
- Demonstrable commercial skills including specific experience in selling and delivering advisory services to corporates including C-suite contacts and selling technical consulting services to global corporates
- Excellent quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills (in particular where applied within a business or financial context)
- Ability to think creatively and lead the thought process
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships and influence decision-making
- Commercial skills including specific experience in supporting or leading follow on business development activity with existing customers
- A collaborative and personable team player who is also capable and comfortable as a self-starter, physically working away from the office when required.
- Ability to think and work independently, taking the initiative and ‘ownership’ of assignments, and having excellent organisational and time management skills
- Resilient, tenacious, and keen to grasp a new opportunity.
- Strong proficiency in MS Office suite of tools, in particular
- Proven ability to use MS Excel for complex problem solving and analysis
- Experience in using MS PowerPoint and Word for communication and report writing
Qualifications and experience:
- Degree in Economics, Finance, Science, Engineering, Business, Sustainability, Environment, Energy or Climate related subject, or equivalent experience.
- Additional relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. MBA or professional qualification) preferred but not essential.
- Significant experience in leading and managing projects with professional track record of achievement in areas relevant to the role’s scope of responsibilities
- Direct experience of working with corporate clients in a professional services setting is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of carbon management, lifecycle analysis, climate change, and environmental sustainability.
- Experience of supporting selling at key global and national account level or experience of a customer facing, customer service role.
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Experienced in approaching and meeting customers, engaging both face-to-face, on the phone or through email, social media and partner channels.
- Experience of working in multi-country in the past will be favourable
Interested applicants, please send your resumes to
About the role:
With climate action high on the political and business agenda, it is an exciting time to be joining the Carbon Trust in Singapore. This role will be responsible for day-to-day project delivery management and managing sales relationships with both existing and new clients, in line with the Carbon Trust’s business plan. The role calls for a highly motivated, committed, and talented individual who can work well with people at various levels within client organisations, as well as with colleagues, to identify and capture revenue-growth opportunities, manage day-to-day project delivery and client relationships, and adapt services where appropriate to meet client needs.
In this role, the successful candidate will operate within an international matrix structure, providing deep technical knowledge of carbon and environmental topics to corporate prospects and clients.
You should also be interested in developing a career in both business development and technical project delivery within the sustainability consulting sector. Specific experience in delivering and selling advisory and assurance services will be advantageous, as will industry experience in key target sectors such as agriculture, ICT, construction and real estate, manufacturing, and energy.
About us:
The Carbon Trust is a global climate consultancy driven by the mission to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future. We offer our clients and partners leading edge practical solutions to turn climate ambition into impact. We have been climate pioneers for more than 20 years, working with leading businesses, governments, philanthropies and financial institutions to reduce carbon emissions and accelerate their route to Net Zero.
We have a global network of over 400 experts, who enable our clients and partners to take ambitious climate action.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Business Development and Sales (~50%)
Managing Project Delivery (~40%)
Knowledge Management etc. (~10%)
· Contributing to the Carbon Trust’s ambitious commercial growth targets and owning an individual sales target.
- Managing projects and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
- Developing a sales strategy and leading proactive business development activities.
- Identifying, developing, pitching, and closing opportunities with new and existing clients.
- Managing relationships with client counterparts, ensuring expectations are appropriately set and met, and addressing any issues as they arise.
- Leading various types of analyses and verification projects, including (but not limited to) footprint-based impact analysis, climate risk financial analysis, decarbonisation roadmap development & scenario analysis and verification projects.
- Driving the analytical process and developing deliverables that address client requirements and achieve engagement objectives. This involves framing the problem, defining hypotheses and data requirements, and developing an analytical approach to derive decarbonisation insights and recommendations.
- Overseeing and quality-assuring the work and outputs of Analysts and Associates, which may include extensive data modelling in Excel (e.g., developing carbon footprinting and decarbonisation models based on forecasts).
- Taking responsibility for business development, sales, and sell-ons, working both collaboratively and independently across the Carbon Trust.
- Coaching and mentoring Analysts and Associates, transferring knowledge and skills, and contributing to their professional development.
- Contributing to practice development and institution-building efforts, such as knowledge development and proposition development.
Key skills we are looking for:
- Demonstrable commercial skills including specific experience in selling and delivering advisory services to corporates including C-suite contacts and selling technical consulting services to global corporates
- Excellent quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills (in particular where applied within a business or financial context)
- Ability to think creatively and lead the thought process
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships and influence decision-making
- Commercial skills including specific experience in supporting or leading follow on business development activity with existing customers
- A collaborative and personable team player who is also capable and comfortable as a self-starter, physically working away from the office when required.
- Ability to think and work independently, taking the initiative and ‘ownership’ of assignments, and having excellent organisational and time management skills
- Resilient, tenacious, and keen to grasp a new opportunity.
- Strong proficiency in MS Office suite of tools, in particular
- Proven ability to use MS Excel for complex problem solving and analysis
- Experience in using MS PowerPoint and Word for communication and report writing
Qualifications and experience:
- Degree in Economics, Finance, Science, Engineering, Business, Sustainability, Environment, Energy or Climate related subject, or equivalent experience.
- Additional relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. MBA or professional qualification) preferred but not essential.
- Significant experience in leading and managing projects with professional track record of achievement in areas relevant to the role’s scope of responsibilities
- Direct experience of working with corporate clients in a professional services setting is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of carbon management, lifecycle analysis, climate change, and environmental sustainability.
- Experience of supporting selling at key global and national account level or experience of a customer facing, customer service role.
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Experienced in approaching and meeting customers, engaging both face-to-face, on the phone or through email, social media and partner channels.
- Experience of working in multi-country in the past will be favourable
Interested applicants, please send your resumes to