Senior Sustainability Strategy Manager

Heathrow Airport; Hatton CP; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major international airport is seeking a professional to lead its sustainability strategy and drive initiatives in collaboration with various stakeholders. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, along with the ability to manage cross-functional projects. Candidates should demonstrate interest in sustainability and possess excellent organisational skills. This position offers a hybrid working approach, facilitating both remote and on-site work.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable interest in sustainability issues in aviation.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a creative approach.
• Excellent written and oral communication to interact with senior management.
• Comfortable with corporate governance and high-quality reporting.
• Experience working with stakeholders in a collaborative manner.
• Adaptable to ambiguity and change; leadership to develop junior staff.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and strengthen sustainability strategy.
• Monitor external trends in sustainable business.
• Create strategic alignment between sustainability and corporate strategy.
• Develop tools for embedding sustainability in key processes.
• Manage cross-functional programmes for sustainability.
• Interpret sustainability strategy for business and stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Leadership capability

Organisational skills

Collaboration

Job description

Responsibilities

• Regularly review, update and strengthen Heathrow's sustainability strategy, helping to set the strategic direction for the company and driving a rigorous and structured approach to identifying sustainability priorities
• Monitor and understand emerging external trends in sustainable business to ensure Heathrow understands its strategic context and maintains a leadership approach
• Create strategic alignment between the sustainability strategy and the corporate strategy through the development of strong working relationships with key strategic people
• Develop tools, approaches and guidance to help embed and align sustainability strategy with key business processes, for example supply chain management, governance and business planning
• Manage a cross-functional programme of engagement to ensure that the sustainability strategy is translated into a suite of roadmaps, annual targets and activity, with ownership clearly defined and aligned across Heathrow
• Clearly interpret Heathrow's sustainability strategy for use across the business and with external stakeholders, ensuring there is clarity on where collaboration would be beneficial
• Demonstrable interest in Heathrow's strategic agenda and the sustainability issues facing the aviation sector
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills coupled with a creative and innovative approach to identifying solutions
• Excellent written and oral communication, to interact and influence credibly and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders including senior management and external partners
• Comfortable with corporate governance and processes, with the ability to prepare high quality reports, papers and materials
• Experience of working with teams of internal and external stakeholders with an open, straightforward and collaborative style
• Adaptable and comfortable navigating ambiguity and change
• Strong leadership capability to motivate and develop junior members of the team and influence colleagues in other teams
• Exceptional attention to detail, with strong organisational skills

About Us

There’s something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities. Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore. It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

Team and Purpose

There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. Our Communications, Communities and Carbon function brings together engagement, communications and sustainability leadership. This is about more than protecting and enhancing our reputation. Focusing on the experiences of our passengers, colleagues and partners, we ensure that as Heathrow thrives, so too will our people, our communities, our country and our world. Our sustainability strategy, Heathrow 2.0, is central to everything we do. We are committed to sustainable aviation, as Heathrow works to deliver net zero and build a better place to live and work. We work with industry leading experts to deliver on our ambitions, meeting the growing international demand for flight in a way that creates a positive impact far beyond our airport. Heathrow Airport

Qualifications (Illustrative)

• Demonstrable interest in Heathrow's strategic agenda and sustainability issues in aviation
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a creative and innovative approach
• Excellent written and oral communication, able to interact credibly with senior management and external partners
• Comfortable with corporate governance and the ability to prepare high-quality reports and materials
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders in a collaborative, open style
• Adaptable to ambiguity and change; strong leadership to motivate and develop junior staff
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organisational skills