Sustainability Coordinator

Sharpsmart; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Sustainability Coordinator to drive initiatives that align with their goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The role focuses on engaging stakeholders, developing strategies, and reporting key sustainability metrics. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and 3 years of experience in sustainability, along with strong project management skills and a keen interest in corporate social responsibility.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years proven experience delivering sustainability programs across a business.
• Sound understanding of environmental principles.
• Strong project management and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of UK Carbon Reduction strategy plan.
• Build sustainability focus groups to drive ownership and execution of initiatives.
• Maintain carbon emission database and prepare sustainability performance reports.

Skills

Project Management

Data Interpretation

Environmental Principles

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Relevant degree or qualification in sustainability

Job description

Sharpsmart have an opportunity for an experienced Sustainability Coordinator to lead on Sustainability Initiatives and Corporate Sustainability (CSR) across our UK business. Implementing and integrating commercial sustainable strategies into our business operations will be a key focus for the role together, engaging key stakeholders across the business and ensuring sustainability considerations are woven into the fabric of the organisation's decision-making processes. This involves collaborating with various departments to drive progress, monitoring performance through KPI dashboards, and reporting to senior leadership to promote a culture of sustainability.

This role can be hybrid based 3 days on site and 2 days remote, regular travel to Sharpsmart sites will be a requirement for this role.

Key role focus

• Lead on development of UK Carbon Reduction strategy plan and coordinate program initiatives to drive our net zero carbon emission 2040 goal.
• Provide business direction to set and develop a roadmap to meet sustainability Carbon reduction target(s) and key metrics to measure performance success.
• Build sustainability focus group(s) to drive ownership and execution of initiatives, aligning with Global Daniels Teams to deliver on our International commitments.
• Foster internal awareness of Initiatives within the company, cultivating a sustainable culture.
• Maintain carbon emission database and lead the preparation of sustainability performance reports inline with customer and regulatory requirements.
• Research & network across industry to identify and manage any future climate-related advances / risks.
• Understand future technology trends and help our department leaders make sure that appropriate training is in place to ensure individuals are 'future ready'.
• Support the tender team with environment and sustainability, including social value, responses for bids and PQQs
• Work with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee; to develop our Social Value strategy and facilitate initiative delivery to satisfy company and customer target requirements

Candidate Profile

• Relevant degree or qualification in sustainability or minimum 3 years proven experience delivering Sustainability programmes across a business
• Keen interest in Social Value / Corporate Social Responsibility
• Sound understanding of environmental principles.
• Confident in challenging the way things are done and talking to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Able to interpret data and be confident in using and communicating numbers and trends and experience in producing reports and tracking progress.
• Ability to adapt working practices/priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong project management and planning skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience reporting business performance
• Driving license and willing to travel