Group Sustainable Homes Senior Lead

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave + banks

Employer pension contribution

Mortgage products at discounted rates

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Health & wellbeing app

Volunteering opportunities

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounted gym memberships

Job summary

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Group Sustainable Homes Senior Lead to shape and drive the climate and energy efficiency agenda for its housing portfolio. You will coordinate with Homes, Risk, Finance, Data, Marketing and Corporate Affairs to translate ambitions into practical, scalable actions that benefit members across the UK.

The role demands seniority, strategic influence and the ability to turn data and policy into concrete plans, partnerships and improvements aligned with the

Qualifications

• Strong ability to connect climate, housing, affordability, customer needs and risk to practical actions.
• Proven ability to influence cross‑functional teams without direct authority.
• Experience shaping sustainability or housing strategy across multiple teams.
• Ability to turn complex evidence into clear decisions for senior leaders.
• Stakeholder engagement with government, industry bodies or policymakers would be useful.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead the sustainable homes approach with Homes, turning climate ambitions into practical actions.
• Lead sustainability response to climate risks affecting homes and members.
• Use data to identify opportunities across the mortgage portfolio and shape initiatives.
• Develop home improvement support, customer journeys and partnerships with Homes, Money and Marketing.
• Build links with government and industry partners to remove barriers and improve outcomes.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Influencing

Commercial judgement

Stakeholder management

Climate risk awareness

Job description

Hours: This role is for a permanent positon working full time 35 hours per week/ This role offers hybrid working with three days a week in our Skitpon office. Closing Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2026

Help shape how Skipton supports members to make their homes more energy efficient, affordable to run and resilient to a changing climate. Sitting within our Group Sustainability team and working in close partnership with our mortgage business, Homes, as Group Sustainable Homes Senior Lead, you’ll set the direction for sustainable and climate-resilient homes, turning our climate ambitions into practical action. This is a senior specialist role with real reach. You’ll bring together Homes, Risk, Finance, Data, Marketing and Corporate Affairs. You’ll have the trust and space to form clear plans, influence key decisions and build partnerships that can improve homes across the UK. You may already be shaping strategy, policy or propositions and be ready to take greater ownership for turning ideas into coordinated action at scale. Here, your work will have a clear purpose for members, while giving you wider exposure and the chance to grow your influence across the Group. At Skipton, we’re founded on fairness. We exist to do right by our members and we believe that starts with doing right by our people. So, whoever you are and whatever you bring, there's a place for you here and a genuine plan for where you go next.

What You’ll Do

• Shape and lead our sustainable and climate-resilient homes approach with Homes, turning our climate ambitions into practical action to support energy efficiency improvements, affordability and climate resilience for members.
• Lead the sustainability response to climate risks affecting homes and members, including flooding, overheating, subsidence, energy costs and access to insurance, working with Homes, Risk and other teams to identify practical ways to improve resilience.
• Use financed emissions data and wider insight to understand opportunities across the residential mortgage portfolio and help shape sustainable homes initiatives.
• Develop useful home improvement support, propositions, customer journeys, partnerships and trials with Homes, Money and Marketing teams, using insight to focus support where it can have the greatest impact.
• Build strong links with government, industry bodies and other partners to help remove barriers and improve outcomes for homeowners.
• Work with Homes, Money and Marketing teams to identify and develop opportunities, bringing together customer, commercial, sustainability, policy and regulatory considerations to help decide what should be explored, tested or scaled.
• Bring teams together around a coordinated approach, tracking progress, dependencies, risks and outcomes, and giving senior leaders clear advice and constructive challenge where needed.

What You’ll Need

• Strong strategic thinking, able to connect climate, housing, affordability, customer needs, risk and commercial priorities and turn them into practical action.
• Strong influencing, communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to make progress without direct control of each team.
• Sound commercial judgement and a practical, member-focused approach, balancing sustainability ambitions with affordability, risk, cost and what the Society can realistically influence and deliver.
• Strong knowledge of the UK housing and mortgage market, including the challenges people face in improving the energy efficiency and resilience of their homes.
• Good understanding of climate change, including climate risks, financed emissions and relevant regulatory requirements, and how these could affect homes, lending, affordability and member outcomes.
• Experience shaping and delivering a sustainability, housing, climate or related strategy across several teams.
• A record of turning complex evidence into clear choices, plans and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Experience working with external partners, industry bodies or policymakers to develop solutions and influence wider change would be useful.

What’s In It For You

We’re here to make life better for our members.

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates
• Flexible working to help balance your commitments
• Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted gym memberships

About Skipton

Our story began in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Today, you’ll find us across England and Scotland, from Aberdeen to Plymouth. We help over a million members put down roots, save for what matters, and feel good about their money. As a mutual, they own us, so everything we do is for them. You'll feel that same fairness and purpose in how all 2,500 of our colleagues work together, too It all means that life at Skipton is more exciting than you imagine.

What it's like to work here

Life at Skipton We talk and we listen to each other. And we make decisions as a team. That way, you get all the support you need to do work that works for everyone. For most of our roles there's the option of blended working, which means we mix working from home and meeting in person. The right balance depends on your role, and what works best for you, your manager, and your team. We also value what everyone brings to Skipton. And we create a fair place where you can be yourself. Our colleague networks play a big role in this. They connect people with similar life experiences and make our workplace warm, friendly, inclusive and welcoming. It’s not just our members who are important to us. You are, too. Lots of organisations talk about wellbeing, but they don’t always back it up. As a mutual, we put people first. And that includes the people who work here. So, when we say we care about your wellbeing, we mean it. Wellbeing isn't just one thing. It’s about feeling good, having energy, and being able to be yourself and perform at your best. What’s more, it’s help that you can actually use too - not just read about.

Not just another building society

Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we’ll help you take the next step towards a better future. Why? It’s just the way we are. We care about sustainability and look to the long-term for both colleagues and customers. And we know that when we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.