Salary: Competitive per annum
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: 16th March 2025
Virgin Atlantic is a ground-breaking 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. 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!
Be yourself:
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.
To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitment@fly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.
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