Location: London, Speechmark
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working Hours: Full time hours per week – Mon to Fri
At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. We don't require you to be in on specific days; instead, we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, on average 8 days a month. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.
Who We Are
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.
Join us at the heart of Vodafone UK in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth.
What you'll do
The Sustainable Business Specialist will deliver our social value and environmental commitments and strategy for our large Public Sector customers and support the development of our wider sustainability strategy for Vodafone Business. You will be responsible for engaging key stakeholders in Vodafone Business and our business customers on sustainability reporting and programme delivery. You will report into the Sustainable Business team with matrix management from a Vodafone Business.
1. Work across Sustainable Business and Service Management teams to deliver customers’ social value plans and strategy with accountability for initiatives, monitoring and communications.
2. Management of external partnerships and programme delivery supporting those with barriers to employment.
3. Management of customer specific environment strategy and reporting including carbon emissions, energy, water and waste data.
Key accountabilities:
4. Work with partners to develop contract-specific carbon baseline assessment and implement measures to reduce emissions.
5. Directly engage with our customers on strategy and delivery of shared objectives via workshops, presentations, face to face meetings.
6. Support product and propositions teams to integrate sustainability into the commercial portfolio.
7. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather and analyse environmental and social data aligned to relevant social value frameworks, through comprehensive understanding of customers' businesses.
Who you are
8. Demonstrate experience within a Sustainability/Social Value/CSR role or relevant experience in Vodafone Business.
9. Good understanding of Vodafone’s Purpose agenda, our social and environmental issues and opportunities and social value frameworks including TOMs (Themes, Outcomes and Measures) and UK Government’s Social Value Model.
10. Strong experience of project delivery and ensuring on time and in line with agreed deliverables.
11. Strong experience of managing external partners (charity/non charity) and ensuring positive outcomes for all parties.
12. Strong data collection, management and analysis skills, including environmental data