Manager Communications and Creative - Darlinghurst, Australia - South Pole

South Pole

Verified Company

Darlinghurst, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services.

With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities.

With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.

Our Consultancy & Advisory Services team provides our clients with outstanding technical expertise that enables the successful implementation of complex sustainability projects.

Our expertise spans across multiple topics including land and water management, climate strategies, renewable energies, environmental impact assessments, green products, climate policy, carbon pricing, climate finance, and sustainable finance, to name just a few.

If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic sustainability professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you

Job summary:

The goal of the Manager, Communications, Engagement and Leadership is to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality consultancy advice to international and Australian clients on communications and sustainability topics for the corporate sector.

You will be fully accountable for the development and overall management of proposals for South Pole's creative communications, engagement and leadership hub (communications strategy, sustainability strategy, client management and creative), as well as for the implementation of projects, for which you will supervise small project teams.

You will provide technical guidance to the project teams and act as the main point of contact for the client.

In addition, you will contribute to the development of new products and solutions at South Pole to address sustainability challenges.

Main tasks & responsibilities:

Manage and supervise medium

- to large-size sustainability consulting mandates throughout their entire project cycle: initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure

Plan and implement projects to ensure the most efficient and highestquality implementation
Interact and build relationships with our international and Australian clients and manage the timely delivery of mandates
Develop proposals for the corporate sector on creative communications and sustainability topics with the Key Account Management team and with senior consulting professionals to support business development activities for the company
Provide guidance on and technical leadership in developing proposals and implementing advisory projects, as well as lead their technical review
Develop and improve specialised skills and knowledge linked to the topics and services offered by South Pole
Support the practice team in further developing South Pole's thought leadership, services, products, marketing materials and offerings
Lead and directly manage small teams of consultants in a multistakeholder and multigeographies context
Topics of engagement may include: Brand impact strategies, ESG integration, engagement strategies, communications plans and strategies, innovation strategy, materiality assessments, stakeholder engagement plans and the development and implementation of comms packs and reports

Requirements:

Essential

University degree, ideally at a Master's level or higher, in a communications or sustainability related field
Relevant knowledge of communications both from a strategic and an implementation perspective, as well as an understanding of brand impact strategy, climate policy, carbon markets, corporate sustainability; environmental sustainability challenges in multinational companies; Awareness of current national and international policy developments with regard to climate change and sustainable development
Relevant work experience (the expectation is a minimum of 5 years) in corporate

communications, account management (comms & creative), sustainability consulting, or related field. Advanced project management skills, from both a technical and administrative standpoint, and proven ability to guide project teams in a multi-stakeholder and multi-geographies context

Proven expertise in autonomously creating highquality written documents (proposals and deliverables)
Industryrelevant connections, with a network of potential clients, collaborators and other relevant stakeholders
Advanced stakeholder and client management skills
Industryrelevant connections, with a substantial network of potential clients, collaborators and other relevant stakeholders
Sound understanding of environmental sustainability challenges and specific consultancy experience in the relevant areas of the practice
Demonstrable commercial skills and good business sense so as to be able to identify and seize opportunities in a challenging and competitive market environment
Excellent oral and written