Sustainability Coordinator

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Alma Environmental Partners

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Remote

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Company Description Alma Environmental Partners is a WBE-certified sustainability consulting firm that supports organizations in aligning sustainability with business performance. The team works across the A/E/C, real estate, and corporate sectors to integrate sustainability into every stage of the built environment and organizational strategy. With a focus on sustainability-impact consulting, Alma combines technical rigor with strategic insight to deliver data-driven, actionable results. The firm helps clients design new programs or strengthen existing initiatives to reduce environmental impact, meet regulatory requirements, and create more resilient, healthy buildings and organizations. Guided by a mission to accelerate a low-carbon, equitable, and resilient built environment, Alma provides services such as green building certifications, ESG strategy, sustainable design/construction/operations, and climate resilience and risk management.


Role Description

The Sustainability Coordinator is a full-time, remote role responsible for supporting the planning, implementation, and monitoring of sustainability projects. The Coordinator is an organized, and detail-oriented to support project teams with documentation, data tracking, certification requirements, reporting, and coordination. Working alongside project team, this early-career professional will help deliver accurate, timely work while building expertise in sustainable design and construction. 


Project Coordination 

  • Organize sustainability scorecards, action and decision logs, schedules, and project records. 
  • Track deliverables, deadlines, responsible parties, and outstanding information; proactively flag gaps. 
  • Prepare meeting agendas, capture actions, and coordinate follow-up with project teams. 


Green Building Certifications 

  • Support LEED, WELL, Fitwel, Green Globes, and other applicable frameworks. 
  • Collect and organize credit documentation, narratives, calculations, and certification submissions. 
  • Assist with reviewing drawings, specifications, and submittals against project sustainability requirements under senior staff guidance. 


Embodied Carbon & Materials 

  • Organize EPDs, material quantities, and product documentation. 
  • Support embodied carbon tracking, and lower-carbon material research. 
  • Coordinate requests for missing documentation with contractors, suppliers, and design teams. 


Construction Sustainability & Reporting 

  • Track construction waste diversion, fuel use, equipment, and related sustainability metrics. 
  • Check submitted data for completeness and consistency and support recurring client reports. 
  • Maintain reporting spreadsheets, dashboards, and organized source records. 


Research & Team Support 

  • Research standards, materials, technologies, and practical sustainability approaches. 
  • Support client presentations, summaries, internal templates, and continuous process improvement. 
  • Participate in technical training and cross-project knowledge sharing. 


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, engineering, architecture, construction management, related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 
  • 1–3 years of relevant sustainability: work, internship, or project experience. 
  • Strong organizational, analytical, written and verbal communication, and follow-through skills. 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and AI-based tools. 
  • Ability to work independently in a remote setting, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines in a consulting environment.
  • Strong Analytical Skills to collect, interpret, and present sustainability and ESG data in a clear and accurate manner.
  • Effective Communication skills, including the ability to write concise reports, prepare presentations, and engage with diverse stakeholders.


What Success Looks Like 

Project documentation is current and reliable; action items and deadlines are visible; reporting is accurate; gaps are surfaced early.  


Compensation & Benefits 

Base salary: $60,000–$70,000 annually, depending on qualifications and experience. Alma offers a remote-first work environment, flexible work arrangements, unlimited paid time off (with an expectation of at least three weeks annually), nine company holidays, health benefits in accordance with company policy, and professional development opportunities. 


Work Authorization 

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Alma Environmental Partners does not provide employment-based visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future. Candidates must be able to maintain valid U.S. work authorization without employer sponsorship. 


Equal Opportunity 

Alma Environmental Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives and consider qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.