Assistant SHE Environment Manager

Transport for London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final salary pension

Free TfL travel

Rail 75% ticket reimbursement

30 days annual leave

Hybrid working

Private healthcare discount

Cycle-to-work

Discounted Eurostar travel

Job summary

Transport for London is seeking an Assistant SHE Environment Manager to lead climate risk and adaptation initiatives within the Climate Adaptation team. The role focuses on tracking actions, analysing data, and ensuring alignment with TfL’s strategy on climate resilience.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to embed best practices, manage data quality, and support reporting requirements. Hybrid working arrangements apply, with offices and home-based work balanced to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Related degree or equivalent qualification (Essential).
• Strong knowledge of designing and evaluating initiatives to improve corporate environmental performance.
• Understanding of climate risk assessments and related data.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills for strategic reporting.
• Experience identifying environmental issues in projects and advising SHE Managers.

Responsibilities

• Track and monitor progress of TfL’s Climate Adaptation Plan actions and targets.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and upskill the business on climate risk.
• Support data analysis, GIS mapping and data-driven decision-making for adaptation.
• Assist with TfL climate risk assessments and external reporting such as ARP/ISSB-aligned disclosures.

Skills

Climate risk data

GIS mapping

Stakeholder engagement

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Environmental management

Education

Related degree

Job description

Job title: Assistant SHE Environment Manager – Climate Risk & Adaptation

Salary: Up to £45,400

Grade: Pay Band 2

Contract type: TfL

Reference: 4079

Team: Corporate Environment Directorate: SHE

Contract details: Permanent

Location: Palestra / Hybrid

Application closing date: Sunday 27th September 2026

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Climate Adaptation team, as part of TfL’s wider SHE Environment & Sustainability team. Our team shapes and sets TfL’s strategic direction regarding climate risk management and adapting the business to climate (change) impacts. It acts as a source of advice and guidance for the organisation - playing a pivotal role in adapting TfL and wider London to climate change. We work with teams across TfL and the wider London transport sector to develop, implement and embed strategy and best practice on climate risk management and adaptation. We are recognised as proactive leaders in climate change adaptation across both the transport and wider infrastructure sectors and focus heavily on internal and external collaboration and stakeholder engagement to achieve organisational objectives.

The role will include work to track and monitor progress of TfL’s Climate Adaptation Plan actions and organisational targets, provide subject matter expertise, help to upskill the business, and hold the business to account in delivering our objectives. The successful applicant will further assist with projects such as conducting TfL’s physical climate risk assessment, external reporting such as ARP and ISSB-aligned Sustainability Reporting, work on climate interdependencies and cascading impacts analysis, assessing TfL’s tidal flood defence assets and supporting the implementation of climate adaptation measures across TfL. The role further includes data analysis and data improvement activities for TfL’s evidence base and data-driven decision-making around climate risk and adaptation (e.g., climate risk assessments, incident reporting, using GIS for mapping and spatial analysis), and ensuring alignment with latest climate research. This role is also a contributor for promoting diversity and inclusion across the function.

Knowledge

• Related degree or equivalent qualification (Essential)
• Strong knowledge of designing and evaluating initiatives to improve corporate environmental performance (Essential)
• Good knowledge of environmental management regulations and challenges relevant to TfL (Desirable)
• Good understanding of the political framework in which TfL operates (Desirable)
• Strong knowledge of TfL’s / other SHE Management systems (Desirable)
• Good knowledge of UN Sustainable Development Goals (Desirable)
• Understanding the London transport sector’s key climate risks, and how these will impact TfL (Desirable)
• Understanding the principles of climate risk assessments and related data (Desirable)

Skills

• Ability to work at pace, prioritise workload, manage competing demands and deliver key outcomes (Essential)
• Ability to communicate environmental concepts and solutions clearly to influence your key stakeholders (Essential)
• Strong communication, influencing, collaboration, and diplomacy skills to ensure the correct action is taken by those supported (Essential)
• Good systems and strategic thinking and ability to develop holistic technical understanding of multiple topic/disciplines (Essential)
• Ability to analyse and interpret environmental data and help others understand and use the insights (Essential)
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to produce information and recommendations relating to climate change risk and adaptation, including use of GIS for mapping and spatial analysis (Essential)
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to write strategic and analytical reports (Desirable)
• Support identification and delivery of environmental improvements, through systems, competence, advice and assurance (Desirable)

Experience

• Identifying environmental issues in projects, contracts and operations and to assist with advising SHE Managers and the business on their local responsibilities and on specialist environmental issues (Essential)
• Assisting with environmental improvement programmes, contract design, managing external consultants for specialist and technical environmental services (Essential)
• Supporting assurance on environmental legal compliance and environmental best practice across relevant activities and ensure that management systems are current and consistently applied (Desirable)
• Conducting physical climate risk assessments (Desirable)
• Data analysis and application to scheme or policy development and decision making (Desirable)

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

Vetting Process

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.