Head of Climate Change Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Posted 20 hours ago

As a senior leader within the Sustainability Directorate, the Head of Climate Change will lead the organisation’s strategic response to climate change. This role ensures long-term resilience, regulatory compliance, and credible progress on climate adaptation, decarbonisation, and energy management.

In this role, you will provide expert leadership on climate risk, Net Zero delivery, and energy strategy, embedding climate responsibility across the organisation and supporting evidence-based investment and operational decisions that protect customers, the environment, and organisational assets. As part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) within the business unit, and as part of the wider company SLT, you will inspire and empower teams to perform at their full potential, driving strong business performance whilst influencing the policy landscape to drive significant benefits for the region we serve.

• Accountable for ensuring all legislative requirements and best practice are fully enshrined in our management systems, including our policies, standards and methodologies, and will provide assurance that we have effective climate and energy related controls in place.
• Support and maintain the development of climate risk registers and adaptation strategies, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle.

Degree in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience).

Senior leadership experience in climate, carbon, or energy roles.

Experience influencing senior leaders and Boards.

Experience in risk assessment and decision making under uncertainty.

Strong communication and influencing skills.

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

If you need any support, please reach out to our team at resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk.

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV; we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

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