Head Of Brunswick Climate Academy, London

Head of Climate Academy  

Climate Operations Team, Brunswick Group - London 

The Opportunity 

As Head of Brunswick’s Climate Academy, you will lead the firm’s work in equipping colleagues across the world with the necessary fluency in climate-related issues that is relevant for their own advice to our clients.  

Alongside the Managing Partner of the Climate Hub, Wolfgang Blau, you will oversee the development and day-to-day management of an internal, global ‘climate fluency’ programme that aims to provide our client-facing teams on all continents with relevant knowledge about climate science, types and sources of greenhouse gas emissions, corporate disclosure and reporting frameworks, corporate net-zero alliances, international and national regulatory trends, climate communications, as well as socio-political trends that are relevant to our client’s climate strategies and commitments.  Your primary focus will be on the development and management of the Climate Academy, as well as on producing related content for internal and external publication. In addition, you will occasionally contribute to specific client mandates. 

Our work in Brunswick’s Climate Operations team 

The Climate Operations team is the dedicated team within Brunswick’s global Climate Hub to support all our client-facing teams on climate-specific issues. It is part of Brunswick’s ESG & Sustainable Business Practice. 

We dedicate our full-time to climate issues and play a key role in shaping Brunswick’s global climate offering.  

Our team delivers cutting-edge work that requires deep climate expertise, networks and credentials, supporting all business activity around climate matters, from identifying and pitching for new business opportunities, to helping existing clients navigate the complex climate landscape. We also play a key internal role, coordinating Brunswick’s global climate activity and producing intelligence for our colleagues to share with our clients, helping them to inform their business strategies.  

As Brunswick is expanding its range of climate-related services, we are seeking three new senior additions to our climate operations team: this role, a Head of Policy & Regulation, and a Head of Carbon Intelligence. Together, these three roles – which sit in the Climate Operations team in London – will help to expand and deepen Brunswick’s climate-related offer to our clients, as well as to all Brunswick teams globally.  

Key Responsibilities 

Climate Academy: 

• Lead the drafting of materials for, and day-to-day implementation of, our global climate fluency programme.  
• Collaborate with our country heads, people team, IT team, and other functions across the Brunswick Group to ensure the successful delivery and operation of the academy. Use existing network to bring in external speakers to help contribute to training sessions. 
• Help devise, plan and run internal workshops, and help to produce climate-related content for the firm’s internal and external channels.  
• Monitor ways to engage colleagues with Climate Academy content, and develop ways to promote the content, whilst tracking engagement, participation and other results. 

• Drive quality control creatively, technically, and professionally. 
• Regularly review all pertinent materials and undertake supplementary research for other educational material, if required. 
• Be solution-orientated to resolve project issues and know when to seek advice. 
• Use your past experience, and knowledge of the ‘climate world’ to stay up to date with best practice, legislation, standards, and trends in priority markets.  
• Use your knowledge to share intelligence internally and constantly develop and calibrate Brunswick’s Climate Academy in line with the needs of our colleagues and the clients they serve. 
• Closely collaborate with the other members of the Climate Operations Team, as well as the wider Climate Hub members globally. 

Client handling: 

• Understand client interactions and be able to navigate a client’s internal political and organisational structure. 
• Confidently apply critical and strategic thinking to provide insight and lead the client in understanding why climate action is critical for their business. 
• Be highly attentive, proactive, and adaptive to Brunswick’s, and our clients’, evolving needs, challenges, and business objectives. Able to advise and offer the most appropriate solutions across multiple climate issues. 
• Demonstrate independent decision making with strong commercial awareness. 
• Confidently provide climate-fluency trainings to our clients’ senior and C-suite management. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies 

• Deep content expertise on a broad range of climate-related issues and sectors, including general climate science, net zero transition plans, climate related policies, such as the US Inflation Reduction Act and the EU Green Deal, climate mitigation and adaptation, climate finance, and climate resilience 
• Experience and a natural joy in teaching and sharing knowledge in ways that are engaging, motivating and non-intimidating 
• Solid knowledge of established climate disclosure frameworks and standards, such ISSB/TCFD, CDP, SBTi and general ESG reporting 
• Solid knowledge of leading corporate climate-commitment alliances, such as Race-to-Zero / GFANZ 
• Strong Experience: Has a minimum of 4 years of sustainability and climate experience, including exposure to complex client challenges; and ideally a sustainability qualification 

• Excellent communication skills: Presents effectively and confidently, reads room dynamics and responds appropriately, actively listens, questions, delivers clear and concise instructions/advice, both written and verbal 
• Impact: Drives the highest standard of work at all times and develops important relationships across the firm where needed. Be the first touch point for any matters relating to the Climate Academy 
• Strategic thinker: Offers sound strategic advice based on an understanding of our clients, business and industry; and knowledge of current and emerging sustainability and climate trends 
• Efficient administration: Meticulous with strong organisation skills, including the ability to prioritise, juggle multiple projects and delegate 
• Collaboration & leadership: Leads by example, is seen to be delivering, works collaboratively with others and actively promotes shared learning 
• Ideas generation: Strives to problem-solve creatively and encourages and supports others to do so, delivers ideas and solutions (large and small) that make a difference. 
• Networking: Has a developed and active network of sustainability professionals and experts 
• Collaborates with other teams, especially our People Team, and shares knowledge and lessons-learned from designing and delivering the Climate Academy 
• Ideally, the candidate will have international work experience and a keen interest in intercultural communication. 

Our Benefits 

In addition to life assurance, group income protection, and employer pension contribution, we offer: 

• Annual discretionary bonus 
• 25 days’ annual leave, excluding bank holidays (plus your Birthday off) 
• Private medical cover and employee assistance programme 

• Family-friendly policies 
• Complimentary artisan coffee, tea and snacks, served by our own barista 
• Daily breakfast in the café 
• Lunch & Learn training sessions 
• Cycle 2 work scheme and season ticket loans 

• Flexible working, including support with your home working environment 
• Eye care, including annual eye tests 
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities 
• A comprehensive training and development curriculum 
• Give as you Earn 
• Menopause Policy 

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 

Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick’s culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients. 

Brunswick is an equal opportunities employer and our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request. 

About Brunswick Group 

Brunswick is a critical issues firm. We advise the world’s leading companies on how to navigate the critical issues they face and engage with their critical stakeholders. 

Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world more successfully. We help the leaders of the world’s great value-creating organizations operate successfully across the increasingly complex and fast-changing arenas of finance, politics and society at large. 

Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit centre. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients’ needs wherever they are in the world. 

Background 

Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick’s global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as a M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis, and; creative services. 

Our CEO is Neal Wolin, based in Washington, D.C. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.