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Are you passionate about driving environmental sustainability in large organisations?

Do you thrive on developing innovative strategies to reduce carbon footprints and promote eco-friendly practices?

If so, continue reading to find out more about this fantastic opportunity to join HMRC - one of the largest and most dynamic IT infrastructures in Europe, and we are now one of the most digitally advanced tax authorities in the world.

The Professional Services Team in Estates is responsible for setting standards across technical disciplines, including Health and Safety, Fire safety, Building Services, and Sustainability. They provide support across the Estates function and are responsible for risk management and delivering assurance for the Estate.

The Sustainability Team is responsible for embedding environmental sustainability across the HMRC estate, implementing our Environmental Sustainability Strategy and preparing to put the HMRC estate on a path to net zero by 2040. We are also looking to continuously improve our environmental sustainability in line with GGC targets and business plan targets, and improve biodiversity and the natural capital of the estate.

The main focus of this role is contributing to the development and delivery of estates’ sustainability strategy and policies, and embedding environmental sustainability within our organisational programmes, projects and operations, and across the wider HMRC business.

The Sustainability Manager will work closely with teams across HMRC and the VOA to assist with developing sustainable communities and promoting a culture of environmental sustainability. This is an exciting and varied role that presents an excellent opportunity to become part of a Sustainability Team that’s at the forefront of delivering sustainability outcomes in a modern estate.

Job description

In this role you will be working with property, commercial, digital, project and operational delivery colleagues on new and best practice solutions that assist us with meeting our energy management/net zero, water, sustainable procurement, waste diversion, biodiversity, travel and sustainable construction targets and objectives.

Main Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development and delivery of estates sustainability strategy and supporting policies, and sustainability projects.
Provide subject matter expert advice and guidance to colleagues and wider HMRC teams on best practice for incorporating net zero, water, procurement, waste, biodiversity, climate adaptation and sustainable construction improvements into their own projects and programmes.
Work closely with commercial, finance and programme delivery colleagues to identify opportunities and mechanisms for delivering environmental sustainability across the HMRC estate.
Develop stakeholder capacity for change, encouraging quick wins, drafting new processes, piloting innovations, capturing lessons learned and adopting best practices.
Introduce governance and management controls, helping to deliver environmental assurance for the HMRC estate.
Implement and manage processes and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory, statutory, and other mandated requirements.

Essential Criteria:

- Experience of working and delivering projects in an environmental sustainability profession - preferably in an Estates/Property function.

- Demonstrable experience of developing, planning, and informing sustainability strategy/policy.

- The ability to interpret complex data sets to identify opportunities to deliver environmental sustainability improvements.

- Understanding of government sustainability reporting (e.g. Greening Government Commitments).

If not already held, you must be willing to obtain IEMA Practitioner Level within 12 months.

Desirable Criteria:

Relevant qualification in a sustainability discipline
IEMA Practitioner Membership Level

Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 8th October 2024

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Sustainability Manager