JLL—Associate Director - Sustainability

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Description: JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. Sustainability Consultant We are looking for Sustainability Strategy Consultant for our Sustainability Services team. JLL is investing in engaged and purpose driven people who believe that they want to make a difference by creating sustainable cities and built environment. With or without experience we are keen to meet with you to share our passion and ambitions. About JLL We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 92,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honoured to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally. Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together. If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements below. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table! Context   Becoming more sustainable is one of the biggest challenges facing corporates today – and the built environment accounts for approximately 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Everyone’s now asking how can we decarbonise our real estate, preferably in the most efficient and effective way. It’s where JLL’s sustainability experts can make a tangible difference, advising companies on how to invest in and implement measures that deliver a potent combination of financial, environmental, and social returns. Join JLL to drive the change that’s needed and shape the future of real estate for a better world — a net zero world.  The built environment is generating nearly 40% of the total global carbon footprint. With global warming and urbanization this trend can only increase unless we decide to combat it. Many corporations have made pledges to reduce to NZC but the road to deliver on these promises still needs to be defined and implemented. JLL manages more than 500 million square meters of real estate on behalf of its clients so we believe that we have role to play to drive the sustainability agenda to shape a better world.   Our Sustainability Ambition    At JLL, sustainability is more than a saying. As a business we’ve made our own commitment to reduce scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions down to zero by 2040 (see our Global Sustainability report). To achieve this ambitious goal, we will need to engage with our clients - almost 97% of our emissions are generated by the buildings we manage in their portfolios. With this commitment we must deploy best in class sustainability practices with all of our clients across the 500 million billion square meters that we manage globally, whether investors or occupiers, from strategy to transforming assets, project management down to managing assets.    We recognize the importance of sustainability because it enables us to contribute to a better world and shape the future of real estate. We want to make JLL a world-leading, sustainable professional services firm by creating spaces, buildings and cities where people can thrive. To do so, we aim to drive disruptive and impactful change by embedding sustainability into everything we do.    Learn more about Sustainability at JLL  About the Job At JLL, we are driving sustainability through everything that we do. We are building up our Sustainability practice, to drive our end-to-end sustainability solutions in real estate, including: Client Solutions, Strategy Consulting, Performance & Design, and Operations. This role is embedded in the Strategy Consulting team, where you will work with our clients to help them think through their sustainability strategies, including what reporting they require and what certification they need. You will deliver consulting services, provide advice and will be accountable for delivering income for our business. Work in this career pathway typically does not require an engineering degree as you will be involved in providing non-engineering related sustainability consulting. The role requires a passion for sustainability and gives professional the opportunity to develop their careers as engineering & energy consultants. What this job involves - Build strong working relationships with client teams through the provision of accurate and timely advice and deliverables. - Participate in business development activities to grow client consulting services, support cross-sell of JLL services and contribute to achieving challenging but realistic business growth targets. - Support the development of client strategy implementation journeys and bring the strategy to life through engagement. - Provide recommendations and action plans to bring sustainability management plans to life through engagement with the client’s internal teams, their property managers and contractors. - Manage the delivery of a range of client tasks, ensure a professional relationship and the effective delivery of sustainability reporting services. - Carry out research and analysis and create briefing notes on a range of non-technical subjects, sustainability topics, for example, environmental legislation and sustainability supply chain impacts. - Provide support to clients in developing processes, targets, guidelines and progress actions through scheduling and leading regular progress meetings to track and promote project progress and liaison. - Participate in process and service line enhancement and development activities to embrace best practice, client demand and support upskilling of internal and external teams. - Provide support to colleagues in the development, shaping and enhancement of service offering for clients Sound like you? Here are the skills we are looking for: Technical Skills: The job requires a basic level of understanding of some but not all of the following areas, Climate Risk strategy - Develops climate risk strategies suitable for application to varied client situations and circumstances. Climate science - Understands climate science, and the impact of personal, commercial and property on global warming and sustainability. GHG Emissions - Familiar with Greenhouse gas emissions baselining. Sustainability Regulations / Frameworks - Understands local, regional and global regulations (environmental or social) that affect the built environment External Reporting - Understands external reporting structures covering sustainability. Understanding of the protocols governing external reporting, reporting frameworks and knows how to collect and organize the data for external reporting. Sustainability KPI's - Identifies, benchmarks and sets kpi's suitable for application to different sustainability activities Commercial & Business Driven Sustainability - Understands commercial and business drivers resulting in organisations wanting to and needing to monitor their impact on society, climate net zero carbon and the drive to demonstrate improvement. Sustainable Finance - Understands sustainability financials including IRR, NOI, payback, asset value Sustainability by Asset Class - Understands sustainability impact by asset class - Retail, Residential, Industrial, Office, Hotel Benchmarking Applications - Aware of available benchmarking application tools that are readily available inside and outside of JLL. Technology Solutions Basics - Requires a general level of understanding, knowledge and skills relating to issues and priorities for Technology Solutions in sustainability. Building Systems Knowledge - Understanding the physical behaviour of a building as a system and how this impacts energy efficiency, durability, comfort and indoor air quality and how this impacts innovating high-performance buildings. Business Development / Sales - Emanates and/or facilitates revenue on behalf of the business through market, product or client development. Employee maintains accurate sales pipeline Performance Management - Manages the performance and/or development of others. JLL Services & Service Lines - Understands and can explain JLL's services and how they can interact with each other, understands the primary roles and responsibilities of the individuals who deliver the work of each service line. Client Management - Clarifies client expectations, aligns priorities, and delivers results that earn repeat business and meet/exceed clients objectives. Strategy - Crafts and documents a strategy to align to client goals, contract requirements, and covers required facets of a successful program or project. Presentation - Builds clear and persuasive slide decks, presents them effectively and drives the audience to the desired outcome. Communication - Expresses thoughts, messages and ideas, both written and verbal, so that others comprehend and receive positively. Reporting - Collects & collates information and produces reports that are clear and accurate. Personal Skills: The job requires a basic level of understanding of, Active Listening - Makes the effort to hear the words another person is saying and interpret & understand the complete message that is being communicated Building Trust - Interacts with people in ways that build confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organisation as a whole Client Orientation - Helps or serves the client or customer, builds rapport, builds partnerships and maintains constructive & respectful relationships in order to anticipate, understand, meet & exceed their needs and maximise value creation. Commercial Awareness - Focuses on the bottom line and identifies opportunities that hold the most promise for additional sources of income or cost reduction. Creativity & Innovation - Uses imagination to create innovative & engaging products & solutions that challenge the status quo Prioritisation - Arranges activities in order of their importance, designates somethings more important than other things to meet delivery commitments Relationships & Networks - Builds rapport and maintains friendly, respectful relationships across the business & externally with stakeholders, customers & stakeholders Solution Development - Determines the best way of satisfying project or change goals, objectives & requirements Teamwork & Collaboration - Believes that by working together you can do better work than by working separately or competitively Technology Adoption - Understands how analytics & technology can be used to explain success, measure the effectiveness of activities and support decision making What we can do for you: At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package. Apply today! Location: On-site –Bengaluru, KA Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table! At JLL, we harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities. Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you're pursuing. JLL Privacy Notice Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. 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