Sustainability Director UK&I

About The Role

Role Overview:

This role is responsible for developing and delivering a sustainability strategy and programme for the OCS UK & Ireland business that aligns with organisational goals and objectives and complements the overarching OCS Group ESG strategy. The post holder will report at a senior level on progress against strategy, influence decision-making on the topic and lead behavioural change in areas of energy, sustainability and environmental management.

Reporting to the Chief Legal & Risk Officer UK & Ireland, the post holder will lead the Sustainability team and will work collaboratively with the Social Value team to ensure organisational awareness of and compliance with ESG related reporting (and other) obligations, support work winning teams with the creation of solutions and initiatives to meet the expectations of potential new customers, and support operational teams with the fulfilment of sustainability commitments.

With OCS on a mission to become the world’s best facilities management company it is naturally committed to improving its organisational sustainability performance and to being a responsible operator and employer. The post holder will play a strategically important role in ensuring the right targets are set to drive OCS forward on this journey and will be actively involved in collecting, analysing and reporting on the data necessary to track, shape and communicate progress.

Key Responsibilities:

Functional

• Responsible for providing strong functional leadership to the Sustainability team, communicating the expectations of the executive leadership in relation to the business objectives, culture, values, attitudes and behaviours and ensuring that operational policies and practices help drive those appropriately insofar as they relate to sustainability topics.
• Monitor and manage delivery against departmental budget.
• Provide advice and support to the Chief Executive Officer UK & Ireland, other members of the executive team and the senior leadership on all sustainability related matters.
• Drive the design of the business’ sustainability strategy and specific plans and actions to achieve agreed strategic sustainability goals, working with internal and external stakeholders to guide and advise actions and behaviours and drafting policies and processes necessary or desirable for business needs.
• Responsible for the monitoring of business performance against sustainability goals/targets and conducting benchmarking of sustainability performance against peers, industry trends and best practices.
• Responsible for the proactive identification of issues, risks, opportunities and trends that may impact the business from a sustainability perspective.
• Responsible for the development, maintenance and execution of regular cadence of sustainability reporting, both internal and external, including contributing to the production of an annual ESG Report (or similar), and other reporting products as needed.
• Drive internal conversations and action around sustainability performance and improvement, producing recommendations on action, policy or behavioural change and working with internal stakeholders to enact these recommendations and develop a cohesive narrative around them.
• Responsible for directing the business to act in compliance with all sustainability related legislation, keeping up with changes in legislation, regulation and industry standards.
• Contribute constructively to decision making, using the skills and experience they possess and those generally expected of a director with a specialty in sustainability and the environment.
• Responsible for the development, maintenance and execution of appropriate disclosure controls and procedures related to sustainability and the inclusion of key sustainability disclosures in regulatory filings.
• Play a leading role in facilitating sustainability reporting to third parties (customers etc).
• Ensure that the Sustainability team supports operational teams with ideas, solutions and information necessary to meet contractual commitments to customers.
• Ensure that the Sustainability team supports the Sales, Client Solutions and other work-winning teams with…