Global Head of CSR

Kinly’s Global Services; Sunbury-on-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global service provider seeks a Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to drive sustainable practices across the organization. This role involves developing and implementing CSR strategies, ensuring compliance with ESG regulations, and engaging with stakeholders globally. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in corporate responsibility with proven communication and influencing skills, and will play a pivotal role in promoting sustainable initiatives in the AV industry.

Benefits

Negotiable salary based on experience

Company benefits

Qualifications

• Proven commercial experience in a similar position, with a global remit.
• Excellent communication skills for diverse stakeholder interaction.
• Strong ability to influence and implement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop CSR strategies across Yorktel-Kinly’s operations.
• Implement new sustainability initiatives to meet strategic goals.
• Advise on changing ESG regulations to ensure compliance.
• Create GRI-aligned annual CSR report.
• Engage with global leadership to drive CSR initiatives.

Skills

Commercial experience in CSR

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Influencing skills

Experience in emissions calculations

Policy and process deployment

Knowledge of ESG regulations

Job description

Role: Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Sunbury-upon-Thames ideally or London, (hybrid working but on-site in Sunbury or London 3 times per week)

Salary: Excellent salary (negotiable dependent on experience), plus company benefits

Please note - we will not be accepting any CVs from recruitment agencies

Advert Closing Date: 5pm on Sunday 25 January

Yorktel-Kinly is a unified global leader in collaboration, systems integration, and managed services. We focus on transforming workspaces, simplifying complexity, and empowering people. Our in-house expertise includes AI-powered room monitoring, 24/7 support, and a unique enterprise service layer, enabling us to operate with even greater agility, efficiency, and precision.

With 27 offices in 11 countries, 1,600 colleagues, 900 specialist accreditations, 40-years' professional experience and 2,500 customers, we are delivering scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions around the world.

Working as Global Head of CSR, you will work cross functionally with stakeholders and entities ensuring we are driving the next steps in our CSR journey.

Over the last two years, Kinly went on a significant journey to embed sustainability and corporate responsibility across the business. From the launch of our first CSR strategy in 2024 and first public CSR report in 2025, Kinly has been at the forefront of driving sustainable change in the AV industry.

Our work to date has been widely recognised, receiving 3 EcoVadis gold medals for each of our European operations and winning the AV Awards “Sustainability Initiative of the Year” at the end of 2025.

The Global Head of CSR will continue to drive this impact forward, embedding sustainable thinking into the newly merged operations of Yorktel-Kinly. We are looking for someone who is keen to get involved in all areas of CSR and sustainability, comfortable developing strategy with global leadership teams, delivering projects and initiatives with regional delivery functions, and coordinating with stakeholders to create engaging ESG reporting.

This role is fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to play a key role at both Yorktel-Kinly and in supporting the wider AV industry to move toward a more sustainable way of doing business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Yorktel-Kinly’s existing CSR strategies and approaches, aligning across the recently consolidated companies and ensuring relevance to a larger global footprint
• Implement new initiatives and programmes to meet strategy goals, including carbon emissions reduction, zero waste to landfill, increased workforce diversity, and greater social value through charitable partnerships and career support activity
• Advise the business on changing ESG regulation and legislation across Yorktel-Kinly’s operational regions to ensure compliance
• Work with regional teams across the US, Europe and APAC to collect ESG data for regulatory and voluntary reporting
• Create and publish a GRI-aligned annual CSR report showcasing activity and performance across Yorktel-Kinly’s operations
• Maintain annual global scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory and ensure compliance with validated SBTi targets
• Undertake annual benchmarks and submissions including EcoVadis, CDP and SECR
• Work with global procurement and vendor management teams to embed sustainability practices into the supply chain and monitor supplier risk and performance
• Support regional bid functions and sales teams to meet customer requests and requirements for sustainability credentials and social value creation within project delivery
• Regularly engage with global senior leadership teams to drive change within regions, using regular reporting to track and highlight risks and opportunities specific to their locations
• Work closely with global marketing to ensure that there is a CSR communication plan for internal and external stakeholders
• Create partnerships with clients, employees, suppliers, charities and any other relevant internal/external groups

Key skills and experience:

• Proven commercial experience in a similar position, with a global remit
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well with multiple stakeholders
• Strong ability to influence
• Experience of scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions calculations
• Experience of creating and deploying policies and processes
• Knowledge of global ESG regulation and legislation

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

If you do require details of the vacancy or the application process in an alternative format, please email [e-mail] outlining your requirements.

Equal Opportunities:

Yorktel-Kinly is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, gender identity, pregnancy, colour, race, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other ‘protected characteristics. We welcome your application.