Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.
We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.
We are seeking a talented, motivated and passionate sustainability individual to join the Strategic Advisory Services Team. The primary function of this role is to support the team in a variety of sustainability consulting related tasks.
You will be able to contribute to helping our clients on their way to improved ESG performance and operate more sustainably.
Responsibilities
- Assist in delivering consulting projects, in particular in the areas of carbon accounting, decarbonization and related field;
- Analyse corporate ESG data;
- Assist in the development of supporting material such as project and proposal standardization and presentations
- Desktop research on several topics related to corporate sustainability
- Working with Excel (or other data formats) to manage comprehensive data and data structures
- Co-operating with various members of the Strategic Advisory Services Team.
Requirements
- Tertiary degree in environmental engineering, science, energy, sustainability or related field.
- A positive “can-do” attitude
- Knowledge of and passion for sustainability, environmental systems, life cycle thinking, climate change
- Excellent aptitude for analytical thinking. Natural curiosity to investigate issues, conduct research, design solutions and translate results into business practices.
- Good oral and written communication skills, native speaker or at least full proficiency in English and German;
- Initiative-taking and organized; able to simultaneously work on multiple assignments and to work both independently as well as on teams.
- Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
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Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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