Sustainability Data Analyst

almost 2 years ago
Full time role
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Job Description

We’re looking for a sustainability analyst who has a background in sustainability data management with emphasis on emissions data. The analyst will support the sustainability team’s technical work with research, project management, and project work in the areas of emissions accounting, target-setting, reporting, and more. This role will report to our Associate Director of Sustainability and work closely with our sustainability team. 

The ideal candidate will be well-versed in international emission factor sets and methodologies, data compilation, and data quality management. 

In this role, your core responsibilities will include:  

  • Support the sustainability team with projects that help build and maintain our feature set, understanding that priorities can shift frequently in a start-up environment
  • Diligently manage data sets that are the backbone of our emissions calculations, including periodic updates, data quality checks, documenting sources, etc. 
  • Perform research to help us improve our assumptions, factors, calculations, methodologies, and benchmarks
  • Participate in brainstorming sessions and test new tools
  • Maintain file structures and keep information organized 
  • Helps us stay on top of best practices in the emissions accounting, decarbonization and target-setting space 

 Who you are: 

  • You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field, e.g., environmental analytics, environmental informatics, data science, statistics 
  • You have advanced Excel skills 
  • You have basic data management skills; code-based experience is a plus 
  • You’ve worked for a minimum of two years in a sustainability data management role, preferably in a corporate environment
  • You understand emission factors, sources, and methodologies in international markets
  • You’re at least somewhat familiar with emissions accounting and reporting standards 
  • You have excellent research skills, including the ability to quickly distill relevant information, interpret sustainability information (e.g., standards, regulations) and properly document sources
  • Your attention to detail is outstanding
  • You’re a highly organized individual
  • You’re able to communicate effectively and have excellent writing skills
  • Flexibility and multitasking skills are a plus! 

Bonus - experience we'd love to see 

  • Startup experience. You’ve helped build new businesses from the ground up
  • A passion for sustainability - you care about climate change and want to be part of the solution

Interested? 

Great - we'd love to talk to you! Please apply directly to the role on our website https://boards.greenhouse.io/sustainlife

If you don’t check every box, don’t let that stop you. We prioritize talent, passion, and drive over what looks good on paper. If you’re on the fence, we encourage you to hit the apply button and highlight what draws you to Sustain.Life. 

Sustain.Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Women/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation/Age 

Who we are:

Sustain.Life is an early-stage Climate Tech start-up that focuses on providing ESG solutions to our customers to support their ambitions to address the most challenging questions of our time. Our sustainability platform offers innovative technology solutions and industry experience to support business targets, personal goals and a vision of a sustainable future for everybody on the planet.

Join us in our mission! We are a fully remote workforce collaborating across US, UK and Ireland. We have an incredible team of world-class experts, designers and technologists developing our sustainability platform, and we were finalists in the 2022 SXSW. We believe in our mission, and we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us and help us grow.

At Sustain.Life, we take our mission seriously. In 2021, our entire carbon footprint was only 120 Metric Tons of carbon, which we offset on behalf of our employees. Our platform helps us understand our impact on the environment and to take the necessary steps to reduce that impact.

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