Energy and Sustainability Assistant - Warwick, United Kingdom - National Grid
Description
Energy and Sustainability Assistant:
- Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA
- Division: Human Resources
- Job Type:
- Requisition Number: Department: National Grid Ventures
- Job Function: Land and Property
About the role:
National Grid is passionate about operating its business in an environmentally responsible way and making sure sustainability shapes our thinking and decision-making.
As an Energy and Sustainability Assistant, you'll have the opportunity to turn this ambition into reality within our UK office estate, putting sustainability at the heart of our offices.
Our values underpin everything we do, therefore you'll be guided by National Grid's values of doing the right thing, finding a better way and making it happen.
Working with the Energy and Decarbonisation Manager, you'll support UK Land & Property Team to meet its sustainability targets, including a net zero carbon office estate by 2030.
If you're looking to be part of the drive towards net zero, then this could be the role for you
This role is ideally suited to someone with a passion for sustainability and environmental management, who is looking for a role they can develop in, whilst working for a company at the heart of the energy transition.
As part of our hybrid working approach, this role offers a mix of office working in Warwick and home working.
Key accountabilities:
- Support the delivery of the UK Land and Property (UKLP) Sustainability Strategy and the development of the waste strategy for offices.
- Work with our supply chain to ensure legal compliance and drive action to support our sustainability objectives.
- Support the Energy and Decarbonisation Manager with the delivery of the UKLP carbon strategy and energy compliance reporting obligations (e.g. ESOS, SECR).
- Engage with internal stakeholders across the business (e.g. Responsible Business team, ET Regulation Team, Corporate Affairs) to ensure that the UKLP Sustainability Strategy is aligned with wider business reporting and strategy.
- Responsible for the collection, analysis and validation of Corporate Property utility and waste data; optimise existing processes and systems for reporting and provide supporting commentary.
About you:
- Developing knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues, in particular carbon, waste and water.
- Ability to articulate the impact of sustainability on the business and vice versa.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and networking skills, adept at building positive, influential and strong relationships with a diverse range of internal and external parties.
- Stakeholder management skills, required to develop and foster strong relationships across the UKLP team and wider organisation, which are key in helping UKLP achieve its sustainability objectives.
- Analytical skills, including familiarity of working with software packages to interpolate and critically review data from a variety of sources.
- Working towards (or willingness to work towards this, with our support) an appropriate professional body (IEMA, Institute of energy, CIBSE).
What you'll get:
A competitive salary circa £33,000 - dependent on capability.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
About us:
National Grid is an energy company operating in the UK and the US.
We play a vital role in connecting millions of people to the energy they use, while continually seeking ways to make the energy system cleaner.
Working at National Grid, you won't just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK - you'll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.
More information:
At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people.
We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.
Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture.
We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
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