Assistant SHE Sustainability Manager

Transport for London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final salary pension scheme

Free travel on TfL network

Rail travel reimbursement

30 days annual leave

Hybrid working

Private healthcare discounted scheme

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Transport for London (TfL) is seeking an SHE Assistant Sustainability Manager to help embed sustainability across the organisation. This role supports governance across Environment & Sustainability and reports to the Sustainability Manager, with hybrid working at Palestra, London.

Key duties include coordinating activities, engaging with TfL Board and senior stakeholders, and driving delivery across multiple workstreams while promoting diversity and safe environmental practices.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of London governance structures (essential)
• Understanding of climate change and nature loss (essential)
• Project management qualification or demonstrated experience (desirable)
• Experience influencing and negotiating (essential)
• Experience teaching, coaching or leading instruction (essential)
• Experience facilitating inclusive, collaborative discussions (essential)
• Experience pro-actively managing detailed accounts/records (essential)
• Experience delivering complex projects (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate governance across Environment & Sustainability to embed sustainability
• Support TfL Board engagements and governance actions
• Drive delivery across multiple workstreams with clear deliverables
• Identify and address capability gaps to accelerate sustainability agenda
• Share external intelligence to inform work and decisions
• Promote diversity, inclusion and safe working practices

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Systems thinking

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Project management qualification

Job description

Job Title: SHE Assistant Sustainability Manager (Band 2)

Reporting to: SHE Sustainability Manager

Salary: £42,000 – £44,000 per annum dependent on skills, knowledge, and experience

Location: Palestra,London (Hybrid)

Duration: We are hiring for two positions: one permanent and one 12-month secondment / Fixed Term Contract (Full-time; flexible working arrangements considered)

Job Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity for an action-oriented professional with a passion for sustainability to help TfL deliver on our vision to be the strong, green heartbeat for London.

We are looking for an Assistant Sustainability Manager to assist in the coordination of work to embed sustainability across the organisation, to drive clear and transparent governance through rapid change in this industry, and to help identify and address gaps in the organisation’s capabilities.

The role holder needs to have good organisational awareness, be a strategic thinker, great communicator and good at quickly building positive relationships with influencers and decision makers around the business. They need to be well organised, have excellent people skills and good project and programme management skills to maintain focus on coordination of the changing landscape of TfL governance, structure and delivery in relation to the environment and sustainability agenda.

This member of the team will support the Governance function for the Environment and Sustainability team, including supporting contributions to corporate publications, management of internal governance functions, preparations and actions related to engagement with the TfL Board, Mayor of London / Deputy Mayors of London and the Executive Committee.

This role sits within the Safety, Health and Environment team at TfL, and reports to the Sustainability Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Championing a culture change mindset with pragmatism, creativity, and positivity. Support and challenge the business to deliver activities in the TfL Corporate Environment Plan and beyond.
• Pro-actively and collaboratively working with colleagues internally and externally, to identify opportunities, build detailed plans and drive delivery.
• Identifying, monitor and report on day-to-day coordination and tracking of activities and progress to senior managers to ensure continued progress. Ensure all relevant colleagues are clear on project deliverables, deadlines, and quality criteria.
• Escalating unresolved issues, risks and dependencies at the earliest possible opportunity; offers solutions and options of how these issues can be addressed.
• Engaging in training and knowledge building activities with colleagues to enhance knowledge and culture change across the organisation.
• Pro-actively assess resource and capabilities gaps and work collaboratively to develop strategies and opportunities to build those capabilities within teams to accelerate the sustainability agenda.
• The job holder will ensure early industry and other external intelligence is shared across the business and used to inform our work.
• Be a role model for diversity and inclusion and an advocate for safety, health and environment in everything you do.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the legislative and political landscape and the governance structures in London. (essential)
• A basic understanding of climate change and nature loss and the challenges cities and the UK face as they decarbonise and seek to adapt to a changing climate, with a keen interest to continually learn as these disciplines evolve. (essential)
• Recognised project management qualification and/or evidence of strong experience in project management. (desirable)

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills with a desire to continually expand and improve in this area. (essential)
• Strong ability to deliver on multiple workstreams using systems thinking. A strong ability to deliver on tight deadlines in a complex, high-paced environment and to an outstanding standard. (essential)
• Ability to deliver complex projects in an open, transparent and collaborative way; the ability to identify solutions and opportunities and successfully achieve defined benefits. (essential)
• Excellent ability to build working relationships with people at all levels across the organisation and externally.
• Extremely comfortable presenting before large groups and ability to actively listen, field challenging questions and capture, clarify and act on feedback and suggestions. (essential)
• Proven verbal, written and presentation communication skills and strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills with an ability to manage competing interests. (essential)
• Outstanding attention to detail and pro-active in maintaining clear, current records and plans. (essential)
• Thrives when working independently and as part of a team. (essential)
• Expertise in project management including understanding of project scoping and design, project planning, risk, issue and dependency management, resource planning and forecasting, financial management and analysis and reporting. (desirable)

Experience

• Reporting against rapidly changing environmental disclosure requirements to meet evolving legal obligations, including but not limited to, the emerging International Sustainability Standards (including UK SRS1 and UKSRS2), the related Taskforce on Climate Related Disclosures and Taskforce on Nature Related Disclosures frameworks and an awareness of emerging UK Transition Planning requirements. (essential)
• Experience of influencing and negotiating with colleagues to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome. (essential)
• Experience teaching, coaching or leading instruction. (essential)
• Experience facilitating inclusive, collaborative discussions that stay focused on an agenda and delivery. (essential)
• Experience pro-actively managing detailed accounts, records and notes to a very high standard. (essential)
• Proven record of delivering complex projects. (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.

Application Process

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.

The closing date for applications is Monday 24th August 2026 @ 23:59

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.

Benefits

• 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 or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
• 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