Carbon Consultant

About FuturePlus FuturePlus helps businesses understand, measure and improve their sustainability. We combine our FutureImpact assessment and certification platform with practical consultancy and PlusCarbon carbon accounting tool to turn ambition into measurable progress. We believe sustainability should be accessible, manageable and useful to the people running a business. Our clients need to know where they stand, what to prioritise and how to demonstrate progress. We give them the tools, evidence and support to do that. Carbon is an important part of this work. We’re looking for someone to manage our carbon accounting services, build trusted client relationships, and drive the expansion of our carbon practice. The Role You’ll take ownership of the technical delivery of FuturePlus’ carbon services, and you'll be responsible for the quality of our outputs and the advice we give clients. Reporting to the Head of Consultancy, you’ll combine hands-on delivery with responsibility for developing our methodology, supporting business growth and informing improvements to PlusCarbon. You’ll manage carbon projects independently, from initial scoping and data collection through to reporting and reduction planning. Our clients range from SMEs taking their first steps to more complex businesses with multiple sites and international operations. You’ll need to be confident resolving methodological questions, translating complex findings into practical recommendations and helping clients make informed decisions about reducing emissions. You’ll also play an active role in growing our carbon offering, leading product demos, developing proposals, shaping solutions around client needs and converting opportunities into sales. You’ll be comfortable explaining the commercial value of PlusCarbon and our consultancy services, building relationships and winning new business. We’re a small, growing team, so this role suits someone who enjoys taking ownership, sharing ideas and getting involved across the business, including supporting colleagues on wider consultancy projects when needed. Key responsibilities Carbon measurement and reporting Own, maintain, and enhance the FuturePlus carbon accounting methodology, ensuring alignment with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, Scope 2 Guidance, Scope 3 Value Chain Standard, and incorporating the newly operational Land Sector and Removals Standard. Guide clients through data collection and management using our platform, PlusCarbon. Work alongside client teams to support the development of solutions to complex data management challenges and gather consistent operational and financial data. Calculate organisational Scope 1, 2, and 3 footprints using activity-based, spend-based, and hybrid methods, including dual location- and market-based accounting for electricity, ensuring strict adherence to contractual instrument criteria. Evaluate data quality, select appropriate emission factors, and clearly document assumptions, exclusions, and data gaps. Prepare clear, executive-ready reports and support clients with regulatory, voluntary, and procurement disclosures, including SECR, public sector carbon reduction plans, and supply chain questionnaires. Prepare client inventories, calculation workbooks, and data management plans to withstand independent third-party audit. Develop repeatable methods, calculation templates, and workflows, testing responsible uses of AI to improve efficiency while maintaining strict traceability and accuracy. Reduction and transition planning Turn carbon footprints into practical, costed reduction plans that reflect each client’s operations, resources and priorities. Forecast emissions against business growth, helping clients identify and prioritise reduction projects based on upfront investment, ROI, and carbon impact. Support target setting and transition planning, drawing on relevant frameworks such as SBTi and the Transition Plan Taskforce. Establish responsibilities, milestones and review processes so clients can track delivery and adjust their plans. Evaluate the evidence behind client emissions-reduction claims to safeguard clients and ensure alignment with emerging green claims guidance. Business development and product improvement Join sales calls as the carbon specialist, deliver platform demos and help scope and price new projects. Identify opportunities to support existing clients further, from ongoing carbon management to wider FuturePlus services. Represent FuturePlus at relevant events and build relationships with prospective clients and partners. Deliver workshops, webinars and carbon training, including within cohort programmes. Use client feedback and delivery experience to improve our PlusCarbon workflows, templates and guidance, and work with our technology partner to inform platform improvements. Bring a carbon and climate perspective to multi-topic client engagements, helping connect emissions work with clients’ wider sustainability goals. About you Essential Strong understanding of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, Scope 2 Guidance, Scope 3 Value Chain Standard, and calculation methodologies across fuel, energy, industrial processes, and supply chains. Proven experience leading the delivery of corporate greenhouse gas inventories, managing methodological decisions, quality assurance processes and communicating results to clients. Hands-on experience identifying, selecting, and navigating domestic and international emission factor databases. Proven track record in structuring, managing, and delivering complex, multi-facility, and multinational carbon inventories across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, with proficiency in establishing consistent organisational and operational consolidation boundaries. Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manage complex datasets, extract key insights, and work with or audit carbon models in spreadsheets. Experience developing practical, costed carbon reduction plans. Confidence working with incomplete data, making sensible assumptions and explaining their implications. The ability to explain technical concepts clearly to business owners, finance leads and operational teams. Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple client projects and deadlines on time and on budget. Ability to contribute commercially through demos, proposals, networking and follow-up. A collaborative approach and readiness to help wherever a growing business needs you. Desirable Familiarity with Carbon+Alt+Delete carbon accounting software. Experience delivering training or workshops. Experience using AI to support data processing and reporting, with a clear understanding of where human judgement is needed. Engagement with industry bodies focused on developing and professionalising the Carbon Accounting industry. High-level understanding of product carbon footprints or LCAs, with the ability to facilitate work between clients and our specialist LCA partners. If you meet most of this but not all, we’d still like to hear from you. What we offer Our promise to you: An exciting, varied, and impactful role in an ambitious, growing company. The autonomy to shape how this role evolves, and the space for your ideas to genuinely influence our direction - this is a great opportunity for the right person to own and grow a proposition as well as evolving your own role. Great company culture and teammates who live their values. The opportunity to work with exciting and innovative brands. Hybrid and flexible working - both in central London and remotely. The opportunity for professional growth and development. 25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays and Christmas. Inclusion in our Employee Equitable Commission Scheme. Monthly wellness allowance. How to apply Send your CV and a short note explaining why you’re interested in joining FuturePlus to info@future-plus.co.uk Role: Carbon Consultant Reporting to: Head of Consultancy Location: Hybrid (London office and Home) Contract: Initial 1-year contract Salary: £45k per annum