Consultant - Sustainable Real Estate & Finance

Our Climate, Your Future

Affine is a non-profit climate consultancy that bridges the gap between climate-aligned building transformation and sustainable real estate finance. We reshape how buildings and infrastructure are designed, improved, and financed. Our solutions prove that profitability and climate responsibility are mutually reinforcing. Our clientele and partners are broad, ranging from affordable housing providers to financial institutions — from development corporations and SMEs to First Nations communities.

The Opportunity

Our Board and Executive Director are scaling our team to support building owners and financial institutions with decarbonization, climate risk management, and sustainable finance. We're hiring a Consultant at the intersection of management consulting, energy transition, and finance—someone who takes ownership and has an entrepreneurial mindset. Managing priorities, staying on time and budget, and keeping everything on track are a given. The real value lies in being an independent and analytical thinker who can structure research, proactively execute work with an eye to the implications for our clients; run meetings with confidence and present with poise, and contribute to business development.

Join a passionate, mission-driven, fast-paced team making a real difference in decarbonization and sustainable finance innovation across BC and Canada.

Responsibilities

Client Engagement & Advisory

• Serve as a trusted advisor to our partners, collaborators, and allies in the financial sector, housing, and real estate.
• Understand and succinctly communicate how Affine is helping integrate climate and sustainability considerations into investment, lending, and development decisions.
• Communicate Affine’s annual priorities and upcoming projects in an engaging way.
• Apprentice and then lead client discovery sessions to understand client objectives and show how Affine can support client needs.

Technical & Financial Analysis

• Collaborate with Affine Real Estate Finance Specialist so financial modelling tools are relevant, practical, and will be useful for client projects and internal use.
• Quantify GHG emissions, energy-use intensity, and resilience metrics across building portfolios.
• Assess financing options such as green bonds, blended-finance structures, CMHC MLI Select, and capital-relief mechanisms which can be useful for a project, a client or a program.

Research & Policy Insight

• Guide the research of emerging sustainable-finance frameworks (e.g., OSFI B-15, ISSB, EU Taxonomy) and housing-sector policies relevant to climate risk and capital access.
• Synthesize findings into actionable insights for client reports, proposals, or policy submissions.

Program Design & Implementation

• Support design and launch of green-loan programs, retrofit financing pilots, or portfolio decarbonization roadmaps.
• Develop customized decarbonization, adaptation, or impact-investment strategies that align with financial and policy goals.
• Collaborate with utilities, municipalities, and lenders to identify and leverage grants, incentives, or innovative financing mechanisms.
• Help clients establish KPIs, reporting systems, and governance processes to embed sustainability into operations.

Communication & Capacity Building

• Translate technical and financial findings into clear narratives and visuals for executives, boards, and non-technical audiences.
• Develop training materials or workshops to strengthen client literacy on climate risk, green finance, and real-estate performance metrics.

Team & Business Development

• Contribute to proposals, thought-leadership pieces, and partnership development with financial, real estate, and housing networks.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues on cross-sector projects (energy, housing, capital markets).
• Be adaptable, resourceful, and comfortable taking on cross-functional tasks.

Experience

• A minimum of 5 years professional experience in climate and energy consulting, commercial real estate, or sustainable real estate finance.
• Post-secondary education in engineering, finance, or real estate development (or other relevant field).
• Leadership and organizational skills with the ability to effectively influence others and successfully resolve a variety of client, project, and technical issues.
• Highly effective project management skills and experience, including the ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple projects at once.
• Strong knowledge of building decarbonization, sustainable finance, real estate asset management, business case development, and financial analysis.
• Excellent quantitative, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience and interest in business development, including identifying opportunities and writing proposals.
• Personal attributes: Listen and seek first to understand, life-long learner, self-starter.

Value-added qualifications

• Consulting experience or skills, i.e. the ability to grasp client needs, ask the right questions, synthesize complex information, and develop practical recommendations.
• Energy efficiency / GHG management; including a technical understanding of decarbonization mechanisms and technologies and renewable energy.
• Experience with real estate standards and GHG quantification frameworks such as GRESB, PCAF, GHG Protocol, TCFD, CRREM.
• Project Manager Professional designation with the Project Management Institute.

What’s in it for you

• Meaningful Impact: Join a mission-driven organization that delivers real world decarbonization projects and sustainable finance innovation. Contribute to innovative projects that empower businesses to manage climate risk and enhance building resilience.
• Supportive Work Culture: We place a great deal of importance on offering our team the chance to grow and lead fulfilling lives both at work, and at home. We believe that how we work together is as important as the work we do.
• Competitive Compensation: Annual salary range of $90,000 - $110,000 commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a generous health and RRSP benefits package and flexible work options.
• Contract Details: This is a temporary, full-time position through March 2027, with the possibility of extension based on organizational needs and funding.
• Location: Being based in Vancouver is an advantage, as it allows working from our office at least 2 days per week.

We’re growing our team with individuals from diverse backgrounds because we believe in the benefits of diversity of thought, creativity, innovation, new perspectives and ideas – and we want to offer the same to our clients.

We are committed to building teams based on qualifications, merit, and organizational needs. If we can make things easier through accommodation in the recruitment process, please let us know.

How to apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter in one PDF to hello@affineclimate.ca with the job title in the subject line. In your cover letter, please provide us with an overview of your experience in the sustainable real estate finance sector and how your vision will help further Affine’s operations and mission. Applications will be considered until the position has been filled.

While we appreciate all applications, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Please note that only those already entitled to work in Canada legally need apply.

Affine Climate Solutions is grateful to work on the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəjˀəm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil Waututh), Coast Salish, Á,LEṈENEȻ ȽTE (W̱SÁNEĆ) and Lekwungen/Songhees Nations.