Careers

We’re always on the lookout for talented individuals and recruit at all levels.

At Carnstone we offer a supportive, friendly and creative atmosphere where partners have the opportunity to grow and specialise as consultants while tackling big sustainability challenges:

We pride ourselves on the quality of our work, and meeting our clients’ needs are paramount;
We engage in challenging and often bespoke work across a variety of sectors and are therefore able to use our skills to their fullest extent;
Our work patterns are flexible. This enables us to adapt both to the needs of our clients and the needs of our personal lives;
Our partners enjoy a degree of independence and autonomy. They are encouraged to take responsibility for managing their own work schedules and their client accounts as soon as they join;
We encourage partners to explore their own areas of interest and to develop their own areas of expertise; and
As a small team, we are able to operate with limited bureaucracy, whilst providing the support and processes needed to run a successful consultancy business.

This vacancy was published 9 hours ago

Data Administrator

Mid-level

London

We use bespoke database web applications within Carnstone, developed in partnership with Quiet Science. This is a new role and it exists to support the users of the applications and to ensure data integrity. Previously these tasks have been carried out within our consulting team. We are now looking to recruit a data and systems administration specialist dedicated to user support and data integrity.

The vacancy

This role is supporting our web applications in two main areas:

1 - the administration of our web applications, including:

supporting users with the onboarding / registration process
maintaining user details (passwords etc)
general admin related to user access and use
answering day to day user queries about the web applications (internal and external)
using Excel to restructure and verify bulk data for import
identifying areas for application and user experience improvements

2 – maintenance of the data, including:

conducting regular cleansing of the data
addressing errors in data identified by our database developer or the Carnstone team, e.g. duplicate records or data that has been entered incorrectly
Identifying further opportunities to reduce errors in data and improve the robustness of our web applications

What are we looking for?

Technical Expertise

2-3 years’ experience of working with data applications as an administrator, ideally on a sustainability application, though not essential
Understands the importance of caution in handling data, maintaining, and protecting confidentiality of client data
Practical knowledge of GDPR and the implications for handling this client data
Understands the importance of data accuracy and consistency in large data sets
Able to carefully manipulate the structure and accuracy of large data files in Excel
Able to identify errors and duplication in data
Ideally, experience of translating user and data needs into development requirements

Intellect and Energy

Understands the important of good data quality
Excellent attention to detail and can really deliver work to a high standard;
Curious and unafraid of challenging conventional wisdom; focused on improving the way we collect and store data
Wants to learn and to be challenged;
Has a quick mind, able to assimilate and process information rapidly;
Self-motivated, organised and able to manage own workload and take initiative
Numerate and analytical

Commercial

Focused on helping us to improve the way we interact with users
Comfortable working at pace

Good with people

-Patient, a good listener, and able to put themselves into other peoples’ shoes

Able to communicate well when writing and speaking
Able to provide support to non-technical users
Resilient and persistent; able to handle knock-backs and challenge.

Please confirm in your application that you have the right to work and remain in the UK indefinitely.

The package

We offer a competitive package including:

A salary of c.£30k
Excellent additional benefits including a group personal pension scheme with 10% annual company pension contribution, private medical insurance, and life and critical illness insurance.
6 volunteering days a year to work with a charity or community organisation of your choice;
A great central London HQ, combined with an innovative flexible working package.
Maternity, paternity and adoption leave arrangements well above the statutory minimums;

How to apply

Please send your CV together with a covering letter to Jo Dodds at careers@carnstone.com. by the 29th May 2022. We’ll be interviewing the right candidates as we receive the CVs. Ideally, the successful candidate will be able to start within the next few months, but we can be patient for the right person.

Unsure? Please apply! Carnstone has a great team, and we have a great team because we’re all different. We don’t always know what we’re looking for in colleagues until we see it and it could well be you.

What we’re looking for

We employ smart people from a variety of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds. Our Partners and Senior Partners arrive with several years’ relevant experience in one or more aspects of sustainability, be it social or environmental. They come with proven experience in project or client management, and a particular area of expertise to complement the existing team. We appreciate a commercial aptitude, and previous consultancy experience is a distinct advantage.

We recruit interns and Junior Partners who are able to demonstrate exceptional levels of drive, curiosity and interest in sustainability. Most of them join us after successfully completing a relevant undergraduate degree in science, engineering, business, sustainability or a related subject.

Our benefits package

Not only is Carnstone a great place to work, we supplement this with a favourable benefits package. For all our London-based partners this includes:

A central London HQ close to major commuting routes;
For full time employees, 25 days a year paid annual leave plus paid time off on public holidays;
6 volunteering days a year to work with a charity of your choice;
Maternity, paternity and adoption leave arrangements that are above the statutory minimums;
Cycle-to-work scheme;
Paid sick leave and time off for medical appointments;
Group personal pension scheme with 10% annual company pension contribution;
Private medical insurance with AXA Health (Executive cover);
Life and critical illness insurance;
Income protection insurance; and
Business travel insurance.

We publish all our job adverts and specific vacancies in our news section and on LinkedIn. For more information, or to submit an unsolicited application, please contact Neil Everett on careers@carnstone.com – no agencies please.

Working parents and carers

We know that our partners are the most productive when they have a work-life balance that helps them to meet their responsibilities outside work.

So if you are a working parent or carer, looking to return to work after an extended career break or have taken time off for other family commitments then Carnstone is the place for you. Through our flexible working arrangements and high-spec IT facilities, we support our parents and carers in making the most of their careers with us.

For the right candidates, we are able to offer part-time contracts, flexible working / working at home days, school hours’ only arrangements and even term-only contracts.