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Sustainability Manager / Consultant

England Athletics

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Sustainability Manager to spearhead their sustainability initiatives. This part-time role involves collaborating with internal teams and external partners to enhance sustainability practices across athletics and running clubs. The successful candidate will lead strategic updates, manage funding requirements, and work to embed sustainability principles organization-wide. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to promoting inclusivity and environmental responsibility, where your contributions will help shape a sustainable future for athletics in the UK.

Qualifications

Experience in managing sustainability initiatives and strategies.
Ability to engage with stakeholders and promote best practices.

Responsibilities

Lead operational delivery of sustainability work within the organization.
Manage the update to the sustainability strategy and funding requirements.

Skills

Sustainability Practices

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Marketing Collaboration

Education

Degree in Environmental Science

Certification in Sustainability

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This range is provided by England Athletics. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Home Working (Travel Where Required)

1.5 days per week (Ideally spread across the week)

10,500 per annum (£35,000 FTE)

England Athletics is the membership and development body for athletics and running in England. We work in partnership with the wider athletics family, especially our member clubs and bodies, UK Athletics, Sport England & commercial partners, to grow opportunities for everyone to experience our sport and to enable them to reach their full potential. England Athletics also provides national-level competition and is responsible for athlete development beneath world-class performance levels.

England Athletics is a membership organisation with c1,770 member clubs/bodies and c166,000 registered athletes, which exists to provide services and support to its members and to promote and deliver athletics and running activities across all ages, event disciplines, ability levels and aspirations and to give support to the wider sport where there are more than 6m who run each month in England, 3,500 licensed road races and 206,991 active RunTogether participants operating in more than 3,287 groups.

We want to inspire more athletes and runners of all abilities and backgrounds to fulfil their potential and to have a lifelong love of the sport. It is our vision for athletics to become an inclusive sport where everyone belongs and can flourish. We want every participant involved in our sport, whether they are an athlete, runner, coach, official, leader, volunteer, facility operator, parent, or guardian to see and experience first-hand the guiding principles that continue to drive our work - including putting the athlete and runner first, encouraging high standards and ethical success across all aspects of our work, enhancing experiences, and working together in partnership not in isolation.

The Role:

A vacancy has arisen at England Athletics for a Sustainability Manager, on a permanent basis. The role will lead the operational delivery of our sustainability work. Working closely with The Green Runners, the post holder will be responsible for supporting sustainability practices within our network of athletics and running clubs, as well as developing a working model to encourage more licensed events to adopt sustainability principles.

The postholder will work with internal champions to embed sustainability thinking and action across the whole organisation.

Working with external agency support and Head of Commercial, they will oversee an update to the current sustainability strategy.

The postholder will be responsible for:

Manage the update to England Athletics’ sustainability strategy.
Work with the marketing team, athlete ambassadors and clubs to showcase best practice
Manage Sport England sustainability funding requirements, specifically the measurement of and subsequent reduction of England Athletics carbon impact
Support the management of the internal working group of sustainability champions to embed sustainability across the organisation.
Operational lead within the internal sustainability steering group.

For further information and to apply for this exciting post, please visit our website: https://www.englandathletics.org/about-us/careers/

Closing date for applications: Thursday 15th May 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 28th May 2025

England Athletics is committed to providing and supporting an inclusive culture that promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are proud of the diverse community we represent and want to ensure our workforce is representative of that community so welcome applications from all sections of the community and diverse groups. We will, at every opportunity, advance equality, and inclusivity for all staff, at all levels within the organisation, by addressing barriers, encouraging participation, and taking all relevant steps to meet everyone’s needs.

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