Senior Consultant / Manager - Sustainability & Climate Change

Job Requisition ID: 38667 

• Join the largest Professional Services firm in Australia, where we work with multidisciplinary teams to solve cutting edge complex problems for our clients.
• You will learn all facets of business and professional career development, including access to world class training and funding towards industry and other professional certifications, as well as learning from leaders in their discipline / their fields of specialisation.
• Supported, networked career progression - your hard work won't go unnoticed at Deloitte. 

Deloitte’s national climate and sustainability advisory team is growing and requires a number of outstanding, innovative and engaging professionals to join the team – that’s where you come in. Through our services, we help our clients understand, engage with and act on their climate, nature, and sustainability-related risks and opportunities. 

We are looking for candidates spanning consultant, senior consultant, and/or manager level, to join our team.

About our team 

Our highly diverse and multi-disciplinary team combines deep subject matter expertise, strategic thinking, and data and technology to meet the equally diverse and fast-evolving needs of our clients.  

These roles are Canberra based. The Canberra sustainability and climate team are focussed on working with government and public sector to help support, design, implement, and enhance climate and sustainability related policy and programs. Candidates will hold, or be eligible to obtain, a national security clearance.

The broader practice’s experience and expertise spans sustainability/ESG strategy (including nature advisory), climate risk analytics, disaster resilience, work health and safety, energy and climate advisory, technology, crisis management and resilience, and broader government policy and program advisory services for the Australian Government. Our business is aligned to our Strategy, Risks and Transactions offering.

What will your typical day look like? 

In your role you will be part of a team delivering innovative services to clients with the opportunity to work closely with our local, regional and global teams.  

You will have a minimum baseline security clearance (or the ability to obtain), management consulting experience, including in working with governments. Technical specialists are required to demonstrate sufficient project management skills, including demonstrated experience contributing to, or managing, diverse teams. Federal government experience will be highly regarded, particularly relating to project management, stakeholder engagement, technology and digitisation skills – especially as demonstrated in the climate risk and resilience context. 

You will be part of a leading practice working with the best clients with the guarantee of no day being the same. Your role will include: 

• Leading the design and delivery of projects for a range of government clients, predominately focussed on the Australian Government.  
• Developing and applying your skills relating to some or all the following skill sets: climate risk in all its facets; climate data analytics; risk, governance and integrity of programs and/or strategies; climate risk advisory services, government program planning and implementation services; emergency management and disaster resilience; environmental policy, programs, and nature-related advisory and services.
• The opportunity to take charge of your career and make an impact that matters.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you. 

You will bring a strong passion to make a difference for our clients and in both supporting and enhancing governments with their mandate, with demonstrated understanding of the relevant issues and how to solve for these, relevant to this position. You will have experience in management consulting or equivalent (dependent on level you are applying for). You will be a self-starter and a team player who thrives on meaningful and challenging opportunities – we want you to build a great career with us. You will be cognisant and respectful of Australia’s First Nation’s values.  

Requisite skills and experience: 

• Requisite of several years’ experience (relative to which role you are applying for) relating to working with government, industry, non-profit or private sector clients on topics relating to risk, governance, government policy and/or programs, and/or climate and sustainability.
• Proven management consulting experience or demonstrated equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and engage with the public policy landscape, including regulatory frameworks, machinations of government, and complex stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills, and demonstrated ability to effectively draw insights from research and data to support inform solutions. 

• The ability, drive and determination to methodically work through complex problems and synthesise outcomes into clear and impactful communications, without forsaking quality.  
• Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse team environment.  
• An ability to build long-lasting and meaningful relationships with diverse stakeholders, both internal and external to Deloitte.
• A degree or equivalent in law, public policy, environmental science, engineering, business, international development, sustainability, politics, the arts, finance or business - with a passion to apply your expertise to real world client problems. 
• Currently held, or ability to obtain, a baseline security clearance or above.
• Desired: climate risk and resilience data analytics skills, or willingness to learn.

Please indicate which level you are interested in, in your application.

These roles are Canberra based.

Why Deloitte? 

 
At Deloitte, we create positively differentiated work experiences that enable our people to feel valued and achieve their full potential. We value difference and embrace people with diverse backgrounds and thinking styles. 

 
Next Steps 

 
Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now. We’d love to hear from you! 

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.