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Job Details
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Flexible working with up to 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: 12 Months FTC/Secondment
Closing Date: Sunday, 16th March 2025
In a nutshell
Virgin Atlantic is a purpose led long haul airline. Committed to protecting the planet, whilst bringing the social and economic benefits of connectivity and trade to the destinations and communities we serve. We're on a mission to net zero by 2050, but no airline can tackle the decarbonisation challenge alone. At Virgin Atlantic, we're committed to innovation, pioneering change through partnership, and being transparent in our progress.
This role is a fixed term contract for one year, reporting into the Head of Sustainability & Community, within the Corporate Development function.
The Sustainability & Community Specialist will be at the heart of delivering Virgin Atlantic's Sustainability & Community strategy. Imagine yourself as one of the go-to experts, providing invaluable subject matter expertise, data insights, and analytics across our exciting Sustainability & Community programme, the inspiring Passport to Change (STEM outreach programme), and our impactful disaster relief work through Save the Children.
In this role, you'll be the linchpin, providing essential administration and project support across a variety of departmental and cross-functional initiatives. You'll collaborate with all business areas to drive better sustainability insights, enhance data collection analytics, and publish those all-important departmental KPIs. Your efforts will ensure we stay on track and meet our shared goals.
This isn't just a job-it's a fantastic opportunity to help deliver Virgin Atlantic's Business as a Force for Good vision. You'll play a pivotal role in our sustainability journey and make a real difference in the communities we serve and operate in. If you're passionate about making a positive impact and love the idea of working in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment, this role is perfect for you!
Day to day
* Provide Sustainability & Community performance insights and data reporting, regular monthly KPI reporting to the wider business, including but not limited to fuel efficiency initiative performance, carbon intensity performance metrics, waste performance, climate related risk disruptions and business travel emissions performance.
* Input into the delivery and communication of Virgin Atlantic's mid/long-term sustainability & community targets.
* Support with collection and analysis of sustainability and community data and related planning activity.
* Maintain VAA's sustainability data management systems, including footprint models, and data management software.
* Support with the delivery and administration of our Community programme, including Passport to Change.
* Assist with the data collection, upload and analysis of VAA's energy/waste and water consumption and activity data.
* Support annual reporting process and delivery including compliance with mandatory reporting requirements.
* Supporting responses/analysis for policy consultations.
* Review and maintain up-to-date internal view on latest reporting requirements and policies.
* Work on and own assigned projects on commercial related initiatives including planning, research and implementation to deliver to successful conclusion.
About you
Are you an analytical, results-driven individual who wants to showcase their passion and knowledge for using business as a force for good in a results-driven environment? Are you a Bachelor's or Master's graduate in sustainability, maths or environmental science related disciplines, with a passion for sustainability and analytics, or have proven analytical experience? Then this could be a role for you!
You'll have a demonstrable track record of performing well and a passion for sustainability and community, alongside an ability to easily grasp project planning and delivery. You'll be an individual with a keen sense of attention to detail & excellent communication skills.
In addition to the above, we're looking for someone who can demonstrate:
* Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously, ensuring all deliverables are achieved.
* Strong attention to detail and an ability to process and present complex data, ideas and information.
* Experience with Excel and/or other software data analysis.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively liaise with a range of stakeholders.
* Ability to balance a strong commitment to sustainability & social impact with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach.
Does this sound like you? If you're energized by the prospect of being part of our 'Most Loved' sustainability and community team, delivering our award-winning programmes, then we'd love to hear from you!
Company
Richard Branson founded Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with the intention of shaking up the aviation industry. Since then, we’ve grown from a small team, one 747 plane and a single route, to a global network that employs thousands of wonderful people worldwide.
We’re not just your average airline. We’re a family-centric one who recognises togetherness as a hugely important aspect of life. We support and care about our employees and their families, which makes Virgin Atlantic a special place to work and the long-haul airline our customers fall in love with.
When it comes to our people, they’re a passionate lot, united in creating something different. It’s always been like this. It’s in our DNA, and it was ignited within us from the moment we started flying. So, step on board, get ready to find your purpose, embrace your human spirit and let it fly.
Our ways of working
We’re on a mission to become the most loved travel company, but with this comes great responsibility. We must support all of our people to embrace a growth mindset. To think like a start-up and act like an owner of Virgin Atlantic and to live our values every day. Our ways of working are designed to reflect the balance of happiness, productivity, collaboration, and team spirit that make us uniquely Virgin. We have built our approach on six core principles, recognising work as an activity, not a place. The focus is less on when and where people work, collaborate, or learn, but on their performance and outcomes. This is built on a foundation of trust and celebrates the diversity of our people, embracing that we all have different work-life considerations and varying times when our energy is highest.
Our people & networks
At Virgin Atlantic, we want to inspire everyone to take on the world, championing inclusivity, activism, and challenger spirit. It guides us in everything we do as we strive to make progress on the issues that matter most. We know difference is a strength, enabling us to be a force for good for our employees, customers, and communities. We aim to be an employer of choice, and our purpose, the belief that drives us, is that everyone can take on the world. We’re committed to bringing together a workforce that reflects the society we live in, creating an environment that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and allowing all our people to bring their whole selves to work.
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