Demonstrating how we are a responsible business, including from both an environmental and social perspective, is becoming increasingly important to our members, colleagues, investors, and regulators. Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society, guides our approach, and our environmental, social and governance (ESG) ambitions are embedded within the four strategic drivers of our purpose-led strategy. Having strong ESG ambitions and credentials that have a positive and meaningful impact on customers, communities and society as a whole, is crucial for supporting Nationwide’s reputation and ESG ratings. As a Senior Strategy Consultant, you’ll be responsible for communicating externally on our progress and achievements against our four strategic drivers, through publications such as our Annual Report and Accounts. You’ll also be responsible for communicating on our progress against our ESG ambitions, through our externally facing ESG Disclosures, Principles for Responsible Banking Report and Modern Slavery Statement, as well as supporting with ESG rating agency questionnaires as required, and other internal reporting. You’ll be working with key internal stakeholders to help collate the information required to gain a representative view of achievements from across the business.
This role sits within the Strategy, Performance and Sustainability team within the Finance Function. At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at our Swindon office. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.
We will need you to maintain an awareness of external developments relating to ESG matters, including current and future regulatory and reporting activity, and understand what our competitors are doing and how this compares to Nationwide.
able to use your outstanding writing skills to produce high-quality narrative. comfortable in dealing with ambiguity and a self-starter, with the ability to tackle complex issues and undertake analysis on a broad range of topics relating to environmental and social themes
proficient in the use of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and able to create high-quality materials to communicate, sometimes complex, ideas in a clear and engaging manner
Experience in writing reports, papers, or disclosures will be essential for this role. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
~ Life assurance worth 8x your salary
~ A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
~ Access to an annual performance related bonus
~ Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
~25 days holiday, pro rata
Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank.
As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank - they can choose a modern mutual instead.