Head of Sustainability and Social Value

Migrant Help; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity based in the UK is seeking a Head of Sustainability and Social Value to drive their sustainability initiatives. The role involves leadership in developing and implementing sustainability strategies, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with environmental legislation. This position also focuses on achieving measurable outcomes in social value and managing governance across the organization. A competitive salary and benefits package are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Enhanced family friendly provisions

Employee rewards platform

Wellbeing support

Non-contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in developing sustainability strategies.
• Ability to build effective partnerships.
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant environmental legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustainability and social value governance across the organisation.
• Implement strategies and action plans for continuous improvement.
• Engage with stakeholders to build meaningful relationships.

Skills

Experience with Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

Knowledge of environmental legislation

Project management

Presentation skills

Job description

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Head of Sustainability and Social Value to join our team!

Location: Homebased
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £49,000 - £52,000

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

The Project Manager role:

Part of the Finance, Infrastructure and Quality directorate, the Head of Sustainability and Social Value is a new and exciting role at Migrant Help. You will define, influence champion and drive forward Migrant Help’s ambition, vision and approach to sustainability, and social value. You will lead on the design and implementation of the strategy for this area, embedding recommended ways of working and best practice so that consideration of sustainability and social value are integrated into decision‑making across the organisation. Working with the leadership and management across multiple areas of the organisation, you will be expected to steer, assess, implement, and monitor ESG strategies to achieve desired outcomes, identify issues and promote opportunities for improvement.

If you have demonstrable experience developing and implementing sustainability and social value strategies with the ability to build effective partnerships, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Head of Sustainability and Social Value:

• Establish and provide leadership and governance of sustainability and social value across the organisation
• Establish and implement strategies and action plans, to achieve continuous improvement in these areas using methodologies that incorporate risk and financial impact
• Inspire, promote and raise awareness, at all levels of the organisation, of the impact of sustainability and social value initiatives
• Report, analyse and audit performance of sustainability/social value initiatives to senior leadership team, board of trustees, external partners and interested bodies
• Engage proactively with key stakeholders, including local authorities, competent authorities, to build meaningful relationships. Maintaining compliance with legislation and keeping up to date with UK, European Union and international regulations.
• Develop and curate a narrative that positions our environmental and social value work internally and externally within the wider organisational strategy and operational context.
• Lead on achievement of ESG key milestones and objectives, be it reporting on progress towards ‘Net Zero’, energy efficiency, value creation and other needs to senior leadership team, board of trustees, external partners and interested bodies
• Develop and implement environmental management systems to continually improve the impact of the organisation on the environment
• Support and advise on waste management strategies, environmental impacts and aspects, conservation and renewable energy.
• Support the commercial team with sustainable procurement strategies, evaluating, monitoring and reporting on the supply chain, contractors and third‑party suppliers.
• Take a leading role in achieving and maintaining ISO accreditation in standards relevant to the scope of the role.
• Lead on the organisation’s social value objectives and strategies implementing best practice in areas of corporate, ethical and social responsibility, and address any issues arising
• Achievement of measurable outcomes in social value, including community engagement, workforce inequality, supporting economic growth locally
• Drive forward TOMs, our social value platform, to enhance how we measure, track, and demonstrate our social value
• Advance social value offers to meet evaluation criteria for bids and tenders, drafting the response narrative to showcase our credentials
• Create, monitor and evaluate social value obligations within contracts for services and coordinating with colleagues to collate information to report internally and externally

The experience and skills you need to become our Head of Sustainability and Social Value:

• Experience of having worked on relevant reporting frameworks and standards such as Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting framework (SECR), Social Value TOM System™
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and best practice in areas of sustainability and social value
• Experience of accurately and successfully advising managers on a wide range of environmental and social value related matters
• Ability to use initiative, recognise emerging problems and proactively develop solutions to resolve challenges and meet objectives.
• Ability to manage projects, as well as produce and deliver presentations.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.)
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro‑ratio).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non‑contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date:12 December 2025

If you are interested in becoming our new Head of Sustainability and Social Value, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link. We therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.