Sustainability Writer

Alcumus; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainability is seeking a Sustainability Writer to create impactful content supporting their certification programs. The role involves collaboration with experts and ensuring high-quality, accurate content. This position offers a hybrid work environment and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced Parental Leave

Generous Annual Leave

Healthcare Plan

Annual Giving Day

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Rewards Program

LinkedIn Learning License

Qualifications

• Experience in sustainability or technical content marketing role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and format technical content for sustainability initiatives.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure content accuracy.
• Participate in content audits to maintain quality.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Sustainability Knowledge

Education

Degree Level Education

Job description

Sustainability Writer

Department: Planet Mark

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK

Reporting To: Senior Sustainability Content Manager

Description

An exciting position has been created for an ambitious person looking to work for a fast-growing brand that is having a positive impact on the world.

Planet Mark empower businesses to reduce carbon emissions and achieve their net zero targets, inspiring them to take meaningful action and generate long-term business value. Achieve tangible outcomes for your business, society and nature.

• Our unified model combines people and technology, going beyond carbon accounting, for a seamless integration of sustainability into your business strategy and operations.
• Our continuous work in sustainability and net zero policy keeps you compliant and ahead of the legislative curve.
• Our decade of experience makes us the trusted carbon reduction mark, endorsed by the organisations that matter, from the UN and ISO.

Planet Mark is owned by Alcumus and sits as a stand-alone division within the Alcumus group. Alcumus is a successful and globally expanding enterprise with a longstanding commitment to promoting safer and more sustainable workplaces.

Our Sustainability Writer will be responsible for the creation, formatting, and development of content that supports the learning, development, and certification of all Planet Mark Members, no matter what stage they are at in their net zero journey. Key responsibilities include reviewing content and producing guidance documents, toolkits, case studies, product explainers, and communications resources in collaboration with relevant subject matter experts. The Sustainability Writer also plays an essential role in the Planet Mark Net Zero Certification Programme by ensuring that relevant certification content is high-quality, on-brand, and technically accurate.

What that means day to day

• Technical Content Creation: Write, format, and update detailed technical content such as standards guidance, toolkits, explainer documents, and FAQs.
• Collaboration with Subject Matter Experts: Work closely with internal and external SMEs (e.g., Measurement, Strategy, Engagement, Design, Policy) to source, validate, and refine content.
• Content Accuracy & Governance: Ensure all content is accurate, up to date, and aligned with the latest standards, certification criteria, and technical guidelines.
• Content Review: Work closely with Sustainability Strategy Consultants to provide communications support to Strategy Certification deliverables.
• Communications support: Respond to internal and external proofreading requests to ensure technical accuracy.
• Content Governance: Participate in regular content audits to maintain the quality and relevance of technical documents.
• Support for Learning & Certification: Assist in the creation of learning-support materials, such as workbook-style guides, reference sheets, and case studies for use in Planet Mark's Academy.

What you'll need to be successful

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Strong communications skills both written and verbal.
• Experience in a sustainability or technical content marketing role.
• Excellent time and project management to keep many moving parts operational while being flexible to accommodate the demands of a fast paced business environment and industry.
• Engaged with the current trends, policies, and topical issues of the current sustainability landscape.
• Be driven by a sense of purpose, optimism and keen to use your professional skills in your communications to help us make a difference in combating the climate crisis.
• Ability to be creative, adaptable and flexible and pick up ad hoc tasks when required.

What you'll get in return

We operate a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:

Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits

> Enhanced Parental Leave

>Generous annual leave

> Healthcare Plan

> Annual Giving Day - an extra day to give back to yourself or your community

> Cycle-to-work Scheme

Future Planning

>Pension scheme with employer contributions

> Life Assurance

> Rewards Program - access to discounts and cashback

> LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don't feel you meet all the requirements?

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:
  • An initial discovery call with the recruiter
  • A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
  • Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you'll be working with closely in the role

We're keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.