Values Ethics - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Co-operative Bank

The Co-operative Bank

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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location- Manchester- Discipline:

Retail Banking
Job type:
Permanent
Contact name:
Ghislaine Aldred
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Published:

35 minutes ago
Values Ethics & Sustainability Executive

Salary:
Up to 34k

Full time: 35 hours

Open for remote working/Manchester office base

We have pioneered the banking industry on ethical issues for 150 years, but we know there is more to do.

There has never been a more pressing time for our bank to focus our efforts on causes that matter to our customers and colleagues.

So why not join the UK's original ethical bank in our values, ethics and sustainability team as we continue our ambitions to lead the industry on environmental and social issues in 2023 and beyond.

We have an ambition to lead consumers in challenging the UK banking sector and bringing about meaningful social change and a better future for our planet, for people and for our communities.

The role:

We are looking for a Values & Ethics Executive to support the delivery of the Bank's Values, Ethics and Sustainability Strategy and implementation and governance of our unique customer-led Ethical Policy.

Within this role you will provide support across the Sustainability Team on all environmental, social and governance programmes of work whilst taking the lead on the Bank's ambitious colleague volunteering programme and playing a key part in delivering our CSR and campaigning activities.

The Values & Ethics Executive will provide administrative support across the Values, Ethics and Sustainability team, including activities related to the embedding, governance, measurement, reporting and management of initiatives that support the Bank's pioneering ESG agenda.

We're proud to be different. And we're even prouder that it's our people with purpose, who make us different. We help colleagues connect and support each other, our customers and our communities.

We reward them with more than just a competitive salary, offering an attractive range of benefits that support work life balance, wellbeing and career development.

What will this role involve?

Drive the bank's Values, Ethics and Sustainability strategy, aligning activities to the Bank's strategic aims, delivering commercial objectives, driving productivity and managing risk.
Delivery of CSR programmes to drive positive social and environmental change.
Lead and project manage the Bank's Net Zero strategy.
Lead on the relationship with key ESG ratings agencies and coordinate rescoring projects
Support the delivery of ESG products and services across the organisation.
Engage confidently with key internal and external business stakeholders to engage, galvanise and deliver our values, ethics and sustainability objectives

You will need:

Passion for a career driving positive social and environmental change essential.
Passion for the Bank's values, ethics and sustainability agenda essential.
Previous experience working in a CSR, sustainability, ESG role or purpose driven organisation desired.
Experience of working in the financial services industry desired.
Communications/PR experience would be desirable but not essential.
Experience of managing data and analytics regarding key corporate ESG reporting metrics
Experience of minute taking, writing agendas, secretariat support of executive committees desirable.
Monitoring regulatory developments and keeping up to date on trends, changes and competitor reviews within the ESG space
ESG experience and understanding across some of:
Reporting of scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions / Net Zero target setting and delivery
Green products / sustainable finance
Wider environmental / sustainability activities / policy
Social factors / ED&I
Human Rights / Modern Slavery
Supply chain / Circular economy
ESG Regulation inc. TCFD / SFDR
Experience of working with budgets and financial processes
Willingness to develop and learn in an ever changing sustainability landscape

Technical capabilities:

Demonstrates business, commercial and operational understanding
Good personal communications skills
Good organisational, administrative and project planning skills
Confident with Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to translate issues and information into clear messages for stakeholders
Ability to work as part of a flexible, multifunctional and fastmoving team
Emotional intelligence (persuasion, empathy, diplomacy)
The ability to identify, build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external contacts.
Influencing skills and upwards management
Copes well under pressure
Pragmatic and downtoearth style / credible in approach
Intelligent stakeholder understanding, with analytical ability
Risk and reputation risk understanding

Full role profile available upon request

What can you expect from us?