A market leading Facilities Management (FM) provider is looking to further develop their central Sustainability team which empowers public and private sectors around best Sustainability practice across their UK&I buildings.
This role is key, as it ensures the business is empowering/training staff and ensuring technical compliance across the complete Sustainability service offering. This will be applied within their complete UK&I organisation, therefore this is a senior level role working at a strategic level.
In brief, you will ensure the organisation complies with all relevant environmental and social sustainability laws, regulations, and standards for UK & Ireland (including EU). Monitor changes in legislation, communicate impact and requirements to key business stakeholders e.g., Legal Council, CFO etc., and update company policies accordingly.
This is a truly exciting position where you will have a unique opportunity to bring Sustainability to the forefront of a world-class employer, working with passionate and talented people from all backgrounds.
Actions will include:
1. Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on sustainability practices and compliance requirements. Accountable for the delivery of all Sustainability training programmes (in-house, via IMEA training centre and third parties) to ensure the right level of Sustainability knowledge and skills are deployed across the business.
2. Conduct audits and assessments to ensure adherence to sustainability standards, monitor compliance to standards and ensure corrective/remedial action is in place and delivered to address non-conformance.
3. Collaborate with internal teams and external partners (suppliers, customers, and regulatory bodies) to promote sustainability initiatives and alignment of sustainability goals through upskilling, training, and knowledge transfer.
4. Collaborate with commercial teams on solutioning for enterprise sustainability requirements, costings, and delivery methodology at renew, bid, and keep opportunities.
5. Act as the UK&I Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Sustainability Compliance & Technical Standards across projects, product development, and enterprise activity to improve the products we offer, our business capability, and the perception of company sustainability in the industry.
6. Identify and leverage opportunities for improvement and best practices across company UK&I regarding Sustainability, sharing knowledge and innovation where relevant; scale and leverage across accounts.
We need from you:
1. An academic background and interest in Sustainability e.g., BSc/MSc in sustainability, environmental science, Environmental Law, etc., member of relevant professional organisation.
2. Strong evidencable knowledge of social and environmental sustainability regulations, standards, and future trends/changes that can be expected.
3. Effective communication, training, and engagement skills able to transfer via the right delivery methodology at the right level of knowledge to stakeholders ranging from cleaning/M&E supervisors to C-suite.
4. Passionate about environmental and social sustainability, translating technical subject matter to support, empower, and enable others to champion the change required to meet our goals/targets.
5. Experience of working in a complex global matrix environment with clients, suppliers, and internal stakeholders with multiple often conflicting priorities. Understanding of facilities management is an advantage.
6. Demonstrated evidence to track and report on sustainability metrics and performance indicators to Leadership populations and how remedials are being progressed.
Additional Information:
* Strong industry salary and benefits
* Mon to Fri
* Hybrid role - home based with national travel
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