Carbon & Climate Change Business Partner - West Midlands, United Kingdom - Amey plc

Amey plc

Verified Company

West Midlands, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Your New Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Carbon & Climate Change Business Partner to join our Group - Strategy Team based in either the South East or Midlands.

This is a full time, permanent opportunity that offers hybrid working.

The Carbon and Climate Change Business Partner plays an important part role and will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to reduce our company's carbon emissions, tracking our progress towards our sustainability goals, and communicating our progress to both internal and external stakeholders.

The standard hours of work are 37.5 hours, Monday - Friday.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we're open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

Developing and implementing a carbon reduction strategy for the company to reduce our carbon footprint
Developing and maintaining a comprehensive inventory of the company's greenhouse gas emissions across all operations
Identifying and implementing opportunities for carbon reductions across the company's operations, including in construction, transportation, and energy use.
Working with internal teams to implement best practices and policies to reduce emissions, including encouraging energy efficiency, promoting sustainable procurement practices,
Monitoring and reporting on the company's progress towards our carbon reduction goals, using established metrics and benchmarks.
Working with external stakeholders, including suppliers, contractors, and regulators, to ensure compliance with relevant carbon reduction regulations and standards
Communicating the company's carbon reduction progress to internal and external stakeholders, including through sustainability reports, presentations, and other materials.

What makes this role unique is that you will be responsible for overseeing the corporate carbon/climate change for a business if circa 11,000 employees, with annual revenues of circa £1.5 - £2bn.

We want to hear from you if you have:

Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work effectively under tight deadlines.
Strong understanding of carbon management principles, including carbon accounting and carbon reduction strategies.
Strong numerical and analytical skills and the ability to analyse complex data and develop actionable insights.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Extensive experience of working in Carbon management and sustainability

Technical Competencies:

Must have knowledge, understanding and experience with reporting standards such as ISO 14064,
Must have knowledge, understanding and experience and understanding in completing CDP, TCFD, SBTi, ESOS
Ideally insight and experience in PAS 2080
Knowledge, understand and experience working with sustainability standards and reporting frameworks, such as GRI or CDP, is a plus
Bachelors degree or Masters in relevant field such as Carbon, sustainability or engineering

What we can offer you:

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life's ups and downs.

It's the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program
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Career Development

Exceptional development and progression plan

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Pension

Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to

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Holidays:

Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays

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Choices:

Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership

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Save with Amey

Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers

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Social Value:

You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and
support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are
committed to working
sustainably and by
working in partnership with the communities we serve, so
people and the planet
are protected.

At Amey,
you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?:

We are at
the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation's strategic assets.
Our
11,000 people are behind the critical services the coun