Head of Sustainability & Social Value

Assured Safety Recruitment Ltd; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK charity is seeking a Head of Sustainability & Social Value to shape its environmental and social value agenda. The role involves defining and promoting sustainability practices across all functions and leading strategies to achieve key ESG milestones. Ideal candidates will have experience with sustainability frameworks and environmental legislation, alongside strong communication skills to inspire and engage stakeholders. Competitive salary with a home-based work model, offering flexibility and pension benefits.

Benefits

Pension

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience with recognised sustainability frameworks like SASB or SECR.
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and best practices.
• Experience advising on sustainability and social value.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern sustainability and social value activities.
• Develop strategies for continuous improvement in sustainability.
• Engage and inspire colleagues on sustainability initiatives.

Skills

Sustainability/ESG frameworks knowledge

Environmental legislation expertise

Advising managers on sustainability

Problem-solving capabilities

Strong communication skills

Job description

Head of Sustainability & Social Value

Location: Home–based (UK)
Salary: GBP49,000 GBP52,000 + pension + flexible working

About the Role

Assured Safety Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a leading UK charity in the recruitment of a visionary Head of Sustainability & Social Value. This is a newly created and influential position, offering the opportunity to shape and drive the charity’s environmental and social value agenda at a strategic level.

You will define, influence and champion the organisation’s overall sustainability and social value vision, embedding best practice across all functions and ensuring these priorities play a central role in decision–making. Working closely with leaders across the charity, you’ll guide the development, implementation and monitoring of key ESG strategies to drive measurable impact.

If you are an experienced sustainability professional who can lead, inspire and deliver positive change, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and governance across sustainability and social value activity.
• Develop and deliver strategies and action plans to drive continuous improvement.
• Inspire and engage colleagues at all levels, promoting awareness and ownership of sustainability initiatives.
• Analyze, audit and report performance to senior leaders and external partners.
• Build strong working relationships with key external stakeholders and ensure compliance with UK, EU and international regulations.
• Lead progress towards key ESG milestones, including Net Zero targets, energy efficiency and value creation.
• Implement environmental management systems and support initiatives such as waste reduction, conservation and renewable energy.
• Support sustainable procurement, supply chain evaluation and contractor monitoring.
• Lead on securing and maintaining ISO accreditations relevant to sustainability and social value.
• Advance social value objectives, including community engagement, workforce equality and supporting local economic growth.
• Manage and enhance the social value measurement platform (TOMs) and related reporting.
• Produce compelling social value content for tenders, bids and organisational reporting.

Skills & Experience

• Experience with recognised sustainability/ESG frameworks such as SASB, SECR or the Social Value TOM System.
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and best practices.
• Experience advising managers on sustainability and social value matters.
• Excellent problem–solving capabilities with a proactive, solutions–focused approach.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to deliver presentations and lead projects effectively.