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Estates Sustainability Manager - National Highways Careers

Reference     (Please mention Stopdodo/green jobs in your application)
Sectors   Including Mitigation, Science & Management
Location   Wales (North) - UK, Wales (East) - UK, Wales (West) - UK, Wales (South) - UK, Wales (Central) - UK, Scotland (North) - UK, Scotland (East) - UK, Scotland (West) - UK, Scotland (Central) - UK, England (Yorkshire & Humberside) - UK, England (North East) - UK, England (North West) - UK, England (West Midlands) - UK, England (East Midlands) - UK, England (East Anglia) - UK, England (South West) - UK, England (South East) - UK, England (South Central) - UK, England (London & Greater) - UK, Northern Ireland - UK, Scotland (South) - UK, UK - Flexible - UK
Salary   £36,720 - £41,180
Type   Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status   Full Time
Level   Mid Level
Deadline   30/10/2023
Company Name   National Highways
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Website   Further Details / Applications
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Description  

Would you like to join our Energy and Sustainability team? 

We are currently recruiting for an Estates Sustainability Manager, where you will be required to undertake activities to deliver on the strategy in relation to Sustainable Development, including sustainable procurement, Climate Change, and the key environmental impact which operational activities can have on the environment.

You will support the Energy and Sustainability Team to manage and co-ordinate environmental compliance and implement sustainable development. 

You can be flexibly based in one of our UK office’s and we have a flexible hybrid working approach, meaning the role will be a combination of office/home working.

What you’ll be leading on

  • Work with the team to develop and deliver a strategy to address issues such as energy use, resource conservation, recycling, pollution reduction, waste elimination, transportation, education, and building design. 
  • Advise on sustainable design and development and attending meetings and site visits as and when necessary. 
  • Review sustainable development impact assessments for policies and projects in a timely manner, providing guidance to staff to ensure they are consistent with sustainability related compliance, policy and strategy issues.
  • Lead on data collection and ensure accurate analysis and reporting of information to monitor performance against agreed department and corporate sustainability performance indicators.
  • Play a key role in the drafting and production of the annual sustainable development update report and support the production of other reports addressing sustainable development issues.

To be successful you’ll need

  • Good analytical skills in order to undertake research and summarise findings. 
  • Knowledge and experience of using standard office software products to enable the production and maintenance of a range of complex documents and spreadsheets. 
  • Strong understanding of corporate sustainability and a good technical understanding of sustainability in the built environment. 
  • A bachelors or master’s degree either in a sustainability or built environment subject and gained relevant work experience
  • Experience working in the built environment industry / sustainability sector. 

A bit about us

There’s never been a better time to join our Finance & Business Services (FBS) team. 

Our directorate is responsible for managing the company's finances, overall governance, assurance and risk management, managing the company's large and dispersed estate, processing damages claims and the operation of the Dart Charge facility. A lot of what we do is like oil in the organisational machinery. We make the business work more smoothly and we help everyone to do their jobs better. Our vision is to work through partnership and collaboration to secure great resource outcomes for the company and amplify what we achieve with it.

Want to know more?

For a copy of the Job Description please contact hrhighwaysengland@mailgc.cx.ukg.oraclecloud.com quoting reference #4203.

ABOUT US

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this.  We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. 

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. 

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

  • Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
  • Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
  • Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
  • Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
  • Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
  • Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
  • A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
  • Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

  • Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
  • Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
  • Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:       

  • Right to work check
  • 3 year employment history references
  • DBS criminal record check
  • Social media and adverse journalism check
  • Driving licence check (if applicable)
  • Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
And finally 

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