Environmental Sustainability Manager

Environmental Sustainability Manager

Salary - ranging from £60,000-£85,000

Are you interested in leading on the development, deployment and monitoring of a corporate environmental strategy for a large and complex organisation?

The team/department

The Environmental Sustainability team is a small yet dynamic team in the Finance and Corporate Services Directorate in the FCA Operations division. The directorate includes Strategic Finance, Finance Operations, Pensions, Workplace Solutions, Procurement, and the Portfolio Management Unit.

The team’s remit is to work with key departments and divisions to manage operational environmental risk and to drive the FCA and its fully owned independent subsidiary, the Payments System Regulator (PSR), to becoming more sustainable across its estate and activities.

To support the UK Government’s commitment to transition to net zero by 2050, the FCA has set and recently independently validated its own greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets.

The team is looking to develop its capability by recruiting a talented environmental sustainability manager to lead and deliver its remit and achieve positive sustainability outcomes.

What you will be doing (the role)

As a manager of the team, you will be leading on the FCA’s corporate environmental strategy and net-zero transition priorities. This role will be responsible for ensuring the FCA has a coherent sustainability strategy, a clear delivery plan is set out and progress is monitored and reported. The role will also involve providing advice, consultancy, and guidance to relevant departments to ensure the organisation is educated and making the best possible sustainability decisions.

This role will interact with senior stakeholders across the organisation and require an individual with the skills to influence and lead them accordingly.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and leading the FCA’s corporate environmental strategy and net-zero transition priorities alongside setting relevant policies and standards for the organisation to follow

• Setting clear, coherent, prioritised actions to reduce environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions

• Leading the ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) certification, including the development of policies, processes, and controls

• Oversee initiatives to reduce waste, water usage, and energy consumption and to increase the use of renewable energy and materials

• Setting strategy and direction for the Sustainability team

• Leading colleagues across various FCA departments, including Estates Management, Procurement, Finance, Technology, Strategy, Communications, and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR)

• Leading strategic conversations at an executive and non-executive level

• Overseeing production of the environmental sustainability annual report in line with HM Treasury’s sustainability reporting guidelines

What will you get from the role?

• Lead and be at the forefront of the FCA’s sustainability journey

• Opportunity to present and engage with senior management

• Act as Subject Matter Expert on environment and net-zero transition

• Work with internal cross-departmental multi-cultural stakeholders and external stakeholders such as suppliers, public bodies, and other regulators

• Opportunity to explore new ideas and innovation in the current approach

• Develop skills and be involved in priority projects across the organisation

• 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Private healthcare with Bupa  

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)  

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary  

• Income protection