Sustainability Officer in Birmingham

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £45,000 per year

Recruiter: Hart Recruitment

Job Hours: Full-time

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Hart Recruitment is seeking a Sustainability Officer for a construction company based in West Bromwich. The successful candidate will enjoy a competitive salary of up to £45000 per year depending on experience, along with a fantastic benefits package including an electric company car.

This is a full-time, permanent, office-based role at the company's Head Office in West Bromwich. Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm with 1 hour lunch break.

Key Responsibilities as a Sustainability Officer:

Sustainability

Ensure continued development of business sustainability, supporting clients and employees to deliver sustainable long-term outcomes through well-planned projects and initiatives.

Contribute to reduce carbon emissions in line with targets, achieving Net Zero company status by 2050, also set and manage Carbon Targets for key clients.

Review, revise, and oversee sustainability proposals and policies and develop new projects and initiatives

Write grant applications or project proposals to acquire funding for sustainability projects

Identify and obtain any necessary resources for sustainability programs or projects

Assess or propose sustainability initiatives based on factors such as cost-effectiveness and technical feasibility

Prepare reports and presentations to communicate the outcomes of sustainability initiatives, for both senior management and clients. Prepare carbon reports required for company accreditations

Ensure company website communicates sustainability information accurately

Gather information about waste management and green building practices

Monitor sustainability markers such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling

Social Values

Review and revise social value policies and initiatives

Co-ordinate social value activities within the business

Ensure that social responsibility and sustainability principles are integrated into company operations and ethos.

Deliver social impact reports on client contracts

Attend community and careers events to help promote opportunities within the organization

Help promote diversity and inclusion across the business

As our Sustainability Officer, you will have:

Science degree in climate or environmental science or other relevant discipline

2/3 years' experience in sustainability, environmental data management, and social value reporting

Effective communication and organizational skills, ability to work well under pressure

Ability to manage your own time and workload, using your initiative on how to drive business sustainability forward

Knowledge of the EcoVadis sustainability platform (an advantage but not essential

If you have a passion for sustainability and you have a relevant degree, please apply for this Sustainability Officer role today.

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Welcome to Hart Recruitment.

Established in 2001, Hart Recruitment is the premier recruitment agency in Great Barr, Birmingham. Advances in technology and pressure on budgets have changed a lot about Recruitment but we believe there will always be a place for the high quality, value added, personalised service that we provide to customers and candidates.

We understand the value of building partnerships with our clients, that’s why you’ll be given a dedicated account manager with experience in your industry, who’ll look after your needs throughout the entire recruitment process.

Our approach is consultative and our core business is recruiting for administration and customer service, HR and management, housing and public sector, accountancy and finance, sales and marketing. We pre-screen and interview all candidates personally and if customers can spare us the time we prefer to visit and get to know the business. We take the time to listen to our clients so that we can find high calibre candidates who are correctly matched to your vacancy. This is one reason why our candidate to vacancy matching process is so successful.

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