Senior Sustainability Manager

BBC Group and Public Services; London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Sustainability Manager to lead sustainability initiatives across its operations. This pivotal role involves developing and implementing strategies to meet sustainability targets, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, and fostering a culture of sustainability within the organization. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to drive change and promote best practices in sustainability. With a competitive salary package and a commitment to work-life balance, this position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the sustainability sector.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

26 days holiday plus additional Corporation Day

Parental leave up to a year

Defined contribution pension scheme

Discounted dental and health care

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in sustainability at strategic and operational levels.
• Proven record of implementing and monitoring sustainability initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sustainability initiatives across BBC Studios.
• Support the Group Sustainability Strategy and provide expert guidance.

Skills

Sustainability Strategy Development

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Environmental Compliance

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management

Education

Master's degree in Environmental Management

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science

Job description

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Senior Sustainability Manager

Permanent - Full Time

London, GB, W12 7FA

Job Closing Date: 23/05/2025

THE ROLE

Job Reference: 23100
Band: E
Salary: £56,000 - £70,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,319 and 15% bonus. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: Office Base is London (This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working)

ABOUT BBC STUDIOS

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.

We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Eastenders, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.

The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.

From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Regulatory Affairs team at BBC Studios manages the global Ethics and Compliance programme, focusing on legal, regulatory, and policy risks. They provide expert advice on compliance with various standards, including the BBC Code of Conduct, Editorial Standards, Privacy, Ethical Trading/Modern Slavery, Sustainability, Financial Controls, and competition matters, in line with the BBC’s Charter & Agreement.

THE ROLE

We are hiring for a Senior Sustainability Manager. This role will foster sustainability change across BBC Studios and its commercial subsidiaries, driving the delivery of the BBC’s sustainability strategy.

Keyresponsibility:

• Develop and implement sustainability and environmental controls and initiatives across BBC Studios and its commercial subsidiaries to ensure delivery of the BBC sustainability targets. This includes developing and implementing guidance on minimum expectations and standards required from staff and relevant third parties on areas such as reducing carbon emissions.
• Support implementation of the Group Sustainability Strategy working collaboratively with the BBC Sustainability Team to ensure sustainability activities are consistent with and supportive of the overall Group strategy.
• Provide subject matter expertise and practical guidance to stakeholders across BBC Studios and its commercial subsidiaries, acting as a key point of contact for support, advice and direction on solutions to reduce carbon emissions and impacts on the environment.
• Support BBC Studios Head of Ethics and Compliance in reporting on sustainability developments and compliance risk to BBC Studios senior management committees and board.
• Line management responsibility to support and develop BBC Studios sustainability apprentice.
• Conduct monitoring activity across BBC Studios to ensure sustainability obligations are being adhered to. This includes producing second-line assurance reports for management.
• Establish effective relationships with key stakeholders across the business to help promote BBCS sustainability efforts and initiatives.
• Develop and implement appropriate training materials and communications plan as part of company culture initiatives to raise awareness and promote sustainability, behavioural change and to drive ethical compliance culture. This includes developing toolkits to help empower staff to make decisions with sustainability in mind.
• Support BBC Studios Compliance function in managing its legal and regulatory requirements related to sustainability and the environment and staying abreast of changes in regulation which may impact BBC Studios. This includes providing advice to the business on compliance with local and international legislation.
• Implement controls as part of due diligence and decision-making processes to ensure BBC Studios is partnering with appropriate third parties. This includes standardising sustainability and environmental provisions in template legal agreements across the business and updating due diligence questionnaires.
• Keeping abreast of industry trends and best practices in sustainability and environmental compliance through external research and peer networking and incorporating them into the BBCS risk management and strategy.
• Work in partnership, where appropriate, with industry partners to share best practice on sustainability helping lead industry wide change.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

KEY CRITERIA

• Substantial experience in the Sustainability sector at both strategic and operational levels.
• Proven record of implementing and monitoring sustainability initiatives with measured success over time
• Experience working across multiple business areas to drive change across multiple functions
• General understanding of greenhouse gas inventories and calculation methods
• Understand trends in board priorities within and beyond sustainability including TCFD, Net Zero, Energy and Waste, CSRD, CSDDD.
• Proven track record in sustainability engagement and change management
• A strategic thinker, capable of developing and implementing strategy and vision over the short, medium and long term; experience in driving sustainability strategy within large, complex companies
• Preparing reports, presentations and papers on sustainability developments and initiatives and risk and assurance activity, with the ability to convey complex information in simple terms

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• A Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in Environmental Management, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• Previous experience in a broadcasting/media role

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on [e-mail].

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS

• We offer a competitive salary package
• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid
• A defined contribution pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%; and life assurance (at 4 times annual salary), eligibility for discounted dental, health care, gym and much more through salary sacrifice
• Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation
  

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.