Environmental Impacts Specialist

A2 Dominion Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A2 Dominion Group is seeking an Environmental Impacts Specialist to join their Assets team. The role focuses on developing sustainability strategies to mitigate climate impacts, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, and promoting best practices across the organization. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in a relevant field and have experience in managing sustainability projects. Join a leading housing association committed to creating sustainable communities.

Benefits

25 days' holiday (Plus Bank Holidays)

Up to 8% contributory pension

Flexible working

Investment in learning and development

Annual allowance for health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field, such as sustainability or environmental science.
• Experience managing sustainability projects and environmental systems.
• Expert knowledge of sustainability and environmental best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver sustainability strategies and projects.
• Conduct site audits to uphold environmental standards.
• Monitor and report on sustainability performance metrics.

Skills

Communication

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Sustainability best practices

Project management

Education

Degree in sustainability or environmental science

Tools

ISO14001

BREEAM

LEED

SKA

WELL

Job description

Job Title: Environmental Impacts Specialist
Salary: £45,859 to £55,153

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Ealing/Hybrid

DBS: Basic

About Us

At A2Dominion, we believe in providing homes that people love to live in. With social housing roots stretching back eight decades and over 38,000 properties under our management across London and Southern England, we're proud to offer a variety of housing options and commutes to creating vibrant, sustainable communities that enhance the lives of our residents.

As a proud member of the G15, a coalition of leading housing associations, we play an active role in tackling the housing crisis. Now, we're looking for a passionate and driven individual to join our team and help us make an even bigger impact.

Role Overview

We are seeking a passionate and forward-thinking Environmental Impacts Specialist to join our Assets team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in taking positive action to reduce the impact of the climate emergency on our people, homes, and environment through retrofit and other initiatives.

The role involves developing and delivering sustainability strategies and projects to ensure our homes are warm, dry, and affordable, while ensuring the organisation acts sustainably in response to the climate emergency and meets all regulatory and legal obligations.

You will be responsible for implementing and managing ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems, conducting site audits to uphold environmental standards, supporting procurement processes through technical copywriting and tender participation, and assisting with environmental assessments such as BREEAM, SKA, LEED, and WELL. The role also includes delivering training and promoting good practice across internal teams and subcontractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver sustainability strategies, including energy efficiency and waste reduction programmes, to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations
• Provide technical advice on carbon reduction and environmental best practices, and keep the organisation informed of legislative and policy changes
• Implement and manage ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems, and review audit options to ensure relevance and value
• Monitor, analyse and report on sustainability performance, including energy use, waste diversion and carbon emissions, ensuring data is accurate and accessible
• Conduct site audits to uphold environmental standards, promote good practice, and deliver on-site training to staff and subcontractors
• Support procurement by contributing technical content for tenders and attending interviews as required
• Assist with pre-construction and on-site sustainability certifications (e.g. BREEAM, SKA, LEED, WELL)
• Identify and develop third-party funding opportunities to support sustainability objectives
• Develop and deliver internal training, workshops and communications to promote sustainability policies and staff engagement
• Engage with residents and external stakeholders to promote sustainable living behaviours
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of external stakeholders, including residents, contractors, regulatory bodies, and specialist advisers
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to support delivery of the corporate plan and One Company approach
• Champion continuous improvement, take ownership of performance targets, and contribute to a positive customer experience
• Represent the organisation positively at all times, maintain excellent customer service, and ensure compliance with equality, diversity, and health and safety policies

More About You

• Degree (Bachelors or Masters) in a relevant field, such as sustainability or environmental science
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with experience in engaging a variety of stakeholders from residents, contractors and regulatory bodies
• Experience building relationships to achieve shared objectives, including managing or motivating people or teams
• Expert knowledge of sustainability and environmental best practice in the housing sector
• Broad understanding of the funding landscape, key funding bodies and government departments in sustainability and environment
• Experience managing sustainability projects, risk assessments and management
• Experience of managing budgets, ensuring proper allocation of resource for initiatives, projects and ongoing monitoring
• Experience of implementing and managing an environmental system such as ISO14001
• Skilled in providing technical and operational advice on carbon reduction and energy efficiency to all stakeholders and monitor energy and water consumption in the portfolio of buildings
• Organised, methodical, and able to work independently and collaboratively to meet performance targets
• Demonstrable knowledge of the requirements and obligations of PAS 2035
• Experience and knowledge of working within social housing or similar sectors
• Knowledge of financial management, forecasting and modelling training or experience
• Familiarity with transformation projects or technology driven business improvements is a plus
• Qualifications or experience related to MCIOB, RICS or equivalent are desirable
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car would be desirable

Choosing Us is Easy

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of benefits. For this role, these include:

• 25 days' holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
• Up to 8% contributory pension
• Flexible working
• Investment in your learning and development

In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request: [e-mail]

A2Dominion is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:

• Actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
• Provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
• Offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
• Make reasonable adjustments as required

At A2Dominion, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds - men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.

Meeting the Role Requirements

We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we'd still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at [e-mail]

A2Dominion are proud to be a Family Friendly employer

Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.

Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.

This role closes on 5th June 2025, we reserve the right to close this upon appointment of the right candidate.