Application Guide

How to Apply for Platform and Sustainability Expert

at Sweep

🏢 About Sweep

Sweep is a specialized carbon management software company that helps businesses streamline their sustainability efforts through comprehensive digital solutions. Unlike generic consulting firms, Sweep combines deep sustainability expertise with a technology platform, making it uniquely positioned at the intersection of environmental impact and scalable software solutions. Working here offers the chance to directly influence corporate climate action through innovative technology.

About This Role

As a Platform & Sustainability Expert at Sweep, you'll serve as the technical bridge between customers' sustainability goals and the Sweep platform implementation. This role combines hands-on technical delivery with sustainability advisory, requiring you to lead implementation projects, design data integration architectures, and train customers while leveraging your carbon accounting knowledge to ensure measurable impact. You'll directly drive customers' carbon reduction journeys while shaping product development through real-world feedback.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve leading a virtual workshop with a European client to map their carbon data sources, configuring their Sweep platform instance based on their reporting needs, then troubleshooting a data integration issue with their historical emissions. Later, you might develop training materials for an upcoming customer onboarding session while coordinating with Sweep's product team to share feedback about platform improvements needed for new regulatory requirements.

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🎯 Who Sweep Is Looking For

  • Has 2-4 years in customer-facing roles with experience designing and delivering training sessions, specifically for digital platforms or sustainability tools
  • Possesses solid knowledge of carbon accounting methodologies (like GHG Protocol), sustainability reporting frameworks, and current regulations (such as CSRD or SEC climate rules)
  • Demonstrates technical comfort with data integration, digital platforms, and AI tools, able to advise on architecture for historical data integration
  • Combines sustainability expertise with project coordination skills, able to independently lead implementation projects while managing multiple stakeholders

📝 Tips for Applying to Sweep

1

Highlight specific experience with carbon accounting software or sustainability platforms (like Sweep competitors such as Persefoni, Watershed, or Normative) in your resume

2

Quantify your impact in previous customer-facing roles - e.g., 'reduced implementation time by X%' or 'increased customer platform adoption by Y%'

3

Demonstrate your understanding of both technical implementation AND sustainability regulations by mentioning specific frameworks you've worked with

4

Showcase experience with data integration projects, particularly historical data migration for sustainability reporting

5

Tailor your application to show how you've used AI or digital tools in previous roles to solve sustainability or implementation challenges

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your hands-on experience with carbon accounting and sustainability reporting frameworks, with specific examples', 'Demonstrated ability to translate customer sustainability needs into technical platform configurations', 'Experience leading end-to-end implementation projects in customer-facing roles, including risk management and stakeholder coordination', "How you've previously gathered and communicated product feedback from customers to technical teams"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Sweep's specific platform features and how they compare to competitors like Persefoni or Watershed
  • → Recent sustainability regulations affecting UK/EU companies (CSRD, SEC climate rules) that Sweep's platform addresses
  • → Sweep's case studies or customer testimonials to understand their implementation approach
  • → The company's blog or resources section to understand their thought leadership on carbon management

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through how you would approach a customer's historical carbon data integration project
2 Describe a time you had to explain complex sustainability concepts or platform features to non-technical stakeholders
3 How do you stay current with evolving sustainability regulations and translate them into platform configurations?
4 Tell us about a challenging customer implementation you managed and how you overcame obstacles
5 How would you design a training session for customers new to carbon management software?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with only theoretical sustainability knowledge but no practical implementation or customer-facing experience
  • Failing to demonstrate technical comfort with data integration or digital platforms in your application
  • Using generic sustainability language without specific examples of carbon accounting or platform implementation work

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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