Experienced Associate - ESG & Social Impact

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

General Tax Consulting

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in Environmental, Social and Governance will provide you with the opportunity to generate distinctive advantage for our clients by addressing their non-financial performance and ensuring it is a source of viable, societally beneficial outcome to all.

Our team provides support across our clients' Environmental, Social and Governance journeys by identifying specific areas of potential strategic advantage, how to achieve change compatible with evolving Environmental, Social and Governance targets and what transparency is required to earn stakeholder trust.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a term that covers a range of issues facing the world today. At PwC, it’s an opportunity to have a purposeful career and to positively contribute to one of the most pressing problems of our time by helping to reshape the whole economy and the society in which we live.
 

Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we’re helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by building credibility of non-financial and climate reporting, helping clients to transform sustainably, ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair, and ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge and sharing this story with our clients.

We’re working to combine our world-leading Sustainability & Climate Change practice with our market-leading consulting services, bringing the best of our firm together to help our clients. Together, we can build more sustainable businesses for a stronger world. Join us on this journey as we create real, transformative impact.
 

We are seeking for highly experienced ESG & social impact specialists for our amazing team to provide solution-focused approaches to a wide range of Environmental, Social, Governance challenges.
 

As Social Performance Professional, you will:

• Establish relationships with clients and be seen as a trusted advisor on ESG, Just Transition & Sustainability matters in the market

• Work closely with clients and engagement teams to assist in adapting to a wide range of ESG Frameworks

• Assist to develop and implement corporate approaches, social performance management frameworks, strategies and stakeholder/rightsholder engagement

• Have the ability and expertise to be involved with the provision of expert technical support for the development of ESG and social related projects, including but not limited to workforce, supply chain engagement, community engagement and stakeholder/rightsholder engagement

• Assist in delivering training to build capability and capacity

• Managing or coordinating small or medium size projects or whole elements of larger multidisciplinary or global projects

• Assisting in business development and pitching assignments to engage potential clients

Job Requirements: 

• Minimum of 3 years of working experience in social and environmental role

• A graduate degree in social sciences, environmental science, sociology, anthropology, natural-resource management and/or equivalent

• A strong passion for sustainability and ESG issues

• Highly evolved analytical skills and good research skills

• Project management, data management and visualization skills

• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, particularly when communicating on an engagement to a wide range of stakeholders from senior management to project managers

• Exposure to preparing and delivering proposals and client management

• Added advantage of possessing knowledge of and experience with international sustainability and assurance guidelines and standards (IFC, ADB etc. and specific national legislation of the country of work (within APAC countries mainly)

• Progressive history of building successful relationships and working collaboratively 

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to work on multiple complex projects in diverse areas

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Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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