Marine Sustainability Manager (Social)

The Crown Estate; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Sustainability Manager to drive sustainable practices within marine sectors. This role is pivotal in integrating sustainability commitments into business activities, developing evidence-based strategies, and enhancing socio-economic impacts. You will work closely with sector leads, providing expert advice and tools to improve sustainability outcomes. The company values work-life balance and offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a range of benefits, making it an exciting opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in the marine industry.

Benefits

Flexible working

Private healthcare

Life and critical illness cover

28 days holiday with option to buy more

Performance related bonus

Market leading family policies

Shopping discounts in the West End

Qualifications

• Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and management to lead sustainability initiatives.
• Strong understanding of social impact practices in marine contexts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to improve socio-economic impacts in marine sectors.
• Provide training and tools to enhance sustainability impact across sectors.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Social impact policies

Strategy development

Project management

Communication skills

Resilience and flexibility

Job description

Advert Close date: 17th April 2025

Purpose of Role:
Sustainability Managers play a pivotal role in driving sustainable practices and positive environmental and social impacts within Marine and as part of the wider TCE sustainability community. This role is tasked with integrating our sustainability commitments into the heart of business activities, providing expert advice and challenge on best practice. This includes supporting Marine with the implementation of the Value Creation Framework. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing evidence-based strategies, tools and assessment frameworks to help understand and improve the socio-economic and broader social impacts associated with our marine sectors. This will include incorporating socio-economic data to guide spatial planning and decision-making processes related to leasing and investment activities, and working with sector leads and enterprise sustainability professionals to introduce new requirements and standards into leasing processes and seabed agreements to improve social outcomes and address skills gaps. In addition, this role will be responsible for advancing our understanding and quantification of the long-term impacts and opportunities of marine activities on communities through research and stakeholder engagement.

By providing training, evidence, and tools to sector leads, the Marine Sustainability Manager will empower them to enhance the sustainability impact of their respective sectors, contributing to a more environmentally responsible and socially beneficial marine industry.

Knowledge, skills & experience:

• Proficiency in stakeholder engagement and management, both internally and externally, with a proven ability to lead and influence sustainability initiatives
• Strong understanding of progressive practices and policies in social impact, ideally with experience of applying these in a coastal or marine context
• Expertise in strategy development, value identification, and assessment, with the ability to drive sustainability considerations within decision-making processes
• Ability to manage competing projects; make timely decisions, spot risk, develop solutions and facilitate mitigating actions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify the complex
• Flexible and resilient, able to work in ambiguous situations to deliver on time and under pressure

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work-life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

For questions/queries on this role please reach out to Mandy King or Sophie Thomas.

Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on [e-mail]

Department: Marine
Locations: The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market
Remote status: Hybrid
Employment type: Full-time