Environmental & Sustainability Consultant (Lead level)

Location: Hybrid (3 days per week in Silverstone)
Salary: £42,000– £50,000 depending on experience
Travel: International travel required

About Enovation Consulting

Founded in 2018, Enovation Consulting is a purpose-driven sustainability and strategic management agency dedicated to driving meaningful change across sport.

Partnering with some of the world’s leading sports rights holders, we deliver bespoke, data-led solutions that enable organisations to embed sustainability into their strategy and achieve ambitious ESG goals.

As our client portfolio continues to grow, we are seeking an Environmental, Compliance & Sustainability Consultant to play a central role in delivering sustainable event frameworks and supporting clients through complex environmental standards and accreditations.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on client facing delivery role, offering the chance to shape sustainability practices and operational efficiencies across our clients.

Working with the wider team, you will combine technical environmental expertise with consultancy capability — guiding clients, supporting audits, developing practical tools, and driving measurable improvement, leading on management systems for our sports customers, events and venues - specifically ISO14001, ISO20121, ISO9001 and sustainable supply chain standards.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and wants to influence the future of sustainable sport, living/moving in the Northamptonshire/Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire area.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading in establishing sustainability guidelines, processes, and performance measures for our clients. This includes leading audits, preparing reports, tools and templates for the customers

• Preparing & deliver workshop on these standards for our clients

• Support the implementation of environmental standards and accreditations, including ISO 20121, ISO 14001, ISO9001 and sector-specific frameworks

• Manage accreditation research and submission processes

• Support audits, assessments, and major projects, including onsite delivery

• Identify recurring challenges and develop scalable tools, tracking mechanisms, and resources

• Lead the development of a sport-focused Sustainable Events Toolkit to:

  • Share best practice

  • Train stakeholders

  • Track and report sustainability KPIs

  • Enable benchmarking and continuous improvement

·       Support and develop a small internal team

·       Support the wider team with documentation, research and client retention

·       Support the wider Senior Team in nurturing and inclusive culture

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in sustainable event management

• 3+ years in a managerial or leadership capacity

• Strong, demonstrable knowledge and experience of achieving environmental standards such as ISO 14001 and ISO 20121 is essential

• Strong client facing experience

• Solid understanding of technical environmental concepts within the events/built environment sector

• Right to work in the UK

• Experience in one or more of the following:

  • Supply chain

  • Waste management

  • Built environment

  • Energy systems and policy

  • Climate resilience

  • Climate Risks

Desirable:

• Biodiversity knowledge

• Built environment knowledge

• Italian language skills

Personal Attributes

• Systems thinker with strong problem-solving capability

• Able to operate independently and take ownership with a proactive approach

• Excellent communicator with stakeholder confidence

• Practical, solutions-oriented, and commercially aware

• Comfortable working internationally

• Team working and mentoring positive attitude

Please apply by sending your CV, salary expectation and a cover letter to jobs@e-novationconsulting.com by the 20th of March. Please note that CV without covering letter will not be considered.