Senior Carbon & Climate Manager

Unite Students; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Unite Students is seeking a Senior Carbon and Climate Manager to lead sustainability efforts in Bristol. This new position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the company's transition to net zero carbon through effective climate risk management, carbon pricing strategies, and compliance with relevant regulations. The ideal candidate will possess a strong analytical skill set, relevant experience in climate frameworks, and a passion for sustainability. The role entails collaboration with various teams to embed climate management practices across the organization, fostering a culture of sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days paid holiday plus additional long service days

Generous pension scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing platform

Gym benefit available for family

Enhanced Family Leave

Annual ShareSave scheme

Qualifications

• Strong background in carbon and climate management.
• Experience with GHG Protocol, TCFD, SECR, IFRS standards.
• Good analytical skills with large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Lead climate risk assessments and management strategies.
• Update net zero carbon targets and pathways.
• Develop carbon offsetting strategies and support cross-functional teams.

Skills

Climate related risk assessment

Scenario modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Relevant degree in environmental science or sustainability

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Job description

The Role

Unite Students` fantastic Sustainability team are looking for an experienced Senior Carbon and Climate Manager to join us in Bristol.

The Senior Carbon and Climate Manager is a new role that provides an exciting opportunity to play a leading part in our transition to net zero carbon. The role will bring additional capacity and capability to our Sustainability Team, specialising in an area of growing importance. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Sustainability and lead on updating and maintaining our net zero carbon targets and pathway, transition planning, carbon pricing and offsetting strategy, assessing and managing climate related risk, reporting and disclosure, and compliance and alignment with relevant regulations and best practice frameworks such as SBTi, CRREM, UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, TPT guidance, TCFD, IFRS S1/S2, and SFDR.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Lead on assessment and management of climate related risks and opportunities, including analysis, scenario modelling, and planning to ensure they are understood, manged, mitigated, reported and factored into business planning and decision making, in accordance with wider risk management practices and standards such as TCFD and IFRS S1/S2.
• Update and re-baseline our net zero carbon targets and pathway as required in line with the evolution of frameworks such as SBTi, CREEM, TCFD, UK NZC Building Standard, to inform the ongoing development of our net zero carbon pathway.
• Support the ongoing evolution of our current Asset Transition Plans (ATPs) and overarching Transition Plan in line with our net zero carbon ambition, including climate-related risk mitigation and adaptation plans, and monitoring and verification (M&V) of energy/carbon savings, to ensure they account for emerging technology and opportunities, a changing portfolio, and evolving net zero carbon requirements and targets.
• Track individual asset performance to assess impact of capital projects, report on progress, and understand potential asset stranding risk.
• Undertake data analysis and modelling to support planning, performance monitoring, and internal and external reporting in line with our targets and KPIs, external frameworks (CDP, GRESB, EPRA sBPR, RE100 etc), and reporting requirements (SECR, TCFD, IFRS S1/S2, SFDR, etc), including verification and assurance of reported data.
• Develop robust carbon offsetting and carbon pricing strategy to support our transition to net zero carbon.
• Support the wider team and business to embed carbon and climate management within relevant functions such as finance, group reporting, risk and assurance, asset management and development.

What We`re Looking for in You

• Passionate about sustainability and keen to make a real difference, with a strong background in carbon and climate.
• Experience of climate related risk assessment, scenario modelling, management and reporting in line with best practice (including GHG Protocol, TCFD, SECR, IFRS S1/S2, SFDR etc).
• Experience and good knowledge of net zero carbon and climate related targets and frameworks (including SBTi, CRREM, UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, RE100 etc), and the development and implementation of net zero carbon transition plans.
• Numerate, analytical and methodical, with experience and ability handling large data sets using analytics tools (Excel, Tableau, proprietary tools and systems etc) to undertake analysis, scenario modelling, data visualisation and reporting to generate actionable insight that informs planning, decision making, and internal and external reporting and disclosure.
• Good knowledge and understanding of residual carbon mitigation and offsetting, and of internal carbon pricing.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, able to summarise communicating findings from complex data and to collaboration with key functions such as Estates, Procurement, Project Delivery, Asset Management and the wider Sustainability Team in implementation of our net zero carbon plans.

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.