ESG Associate

Job Overview

ROLE: ESG ASSOCIATE (FULL-TIME)

LOCATION: HUBBELL INDIA – COCHIN (KOCHI)

SCHEDULE: HYBRID – (IN-PERSON WEEKLY ON TUES, WED, THUR; WORK FROM HOME OPTION FOR MON, FRI)

SHIFT: AFTERNOON – 12-9PM IST

As described in Hubbell Incorporated’s (Hubbell) Sustainability Report, Hubbell’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities reflect our commitment to electrifying economies and energizing communities.

Join us as we pursue creating a more sustainable company and future for our customers and value chain. We are looking for an ESG Associate to support us with coordinating the data collection, quality, and reporting systems and processes for Hubbell’s sustainability program. A great role for a professional with a background in data analysis, accounting, audit and/or quality assurance, environmental science, and/or business analytics. This full-time position will be based in Hubbell’s Kochi, India office.

A Day In The Life

You will be supporting Hubbell with collecting, aggregating, uploading, and analysing sustainability data that will be managed through an ESG-focused Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. You will need both the technical skills to manage, manipulate, and load large volumes of data from spread sheets into our platform, as well as the interpersonal skills to be liaising directly with Hubbell’s compliance and sustainability teams. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate data collection, analysis, and synthesis of social, environmental, greenhouse gas and energy data that are incorporated into public disclosures, board, and executive-level briefing documents, and customer and investor presentations and talking points.
• Build and maintain Envizi, Hubbell’s ESG data collection SaaS platform, working with Hubbell’s sustainability/ESG team and other internal stakeholders to gather and manage ESG and sustainability-related data within the Envizi platform.
• Support with the ongoing collection and automated processing of ESG data.
• Leverage technical tools to load and validate various data formats into the software platform.
• Manage the collection and processing of data files to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Participate in regular data verification to ensure quality assurance and conduct maintenance of platform methodologies and procedures.
• Periodically support internal audit with data assurance procedures.
• Identify and communicate system enhancements and/or bugs to the sustainability/ESG team. Identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Conduct sustainability research/support ad hoc sustainability strategy projects and help develop and maintain procedural manuals.

What will help you thrive in this role?

The successful candidate will have the following experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, data science, business, accounting, finance, or related field.
• Proficient spreadsheet, data visualization, and dashboard skills. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel preferred.
• Experience working with end-user, non-technical clients.
• Working as part of a team to solve problems and deliver results.
• Time management, having worked on multiple projects at one time.
• Collaborating with other team members to achieve deliverables, e.g. working with Data Analysts to complete work in a timely manner and to high standards.

In addition to the above experience, the ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

• Self-starting, detail oriented, and quality obsessed.
• Strong balance of quantitative and communication skills.
• Analytic thinking; good at breaking down complex problems to find timely and workable solutions.
• Comfortable balancing multiple workstreams, ensuring timely communication of progress and results using collaborative workflow and planning tools.
• Demonstrated ability to meet the position requirements.