Head of Regeneration

Role

Head of Regeneration & Sustainability

Reporting to

Managing Director

Based in

• London Office, Shoreditch (onsite)
• Working pattern : full time - 4-day week scheme*

Primary base

House of Hackney London

The Role and You

You are curious by nature and have been following the growing conversation around how businesses can move from extractive to regenerative systems.

You enjoy working on tough challenges that have real world impact.

You recognise nature gives us energy and find ways to connect with it whenever you can.

You thrive in the fast pace of an entrepreneurial and founder-led business with big ambition, where you have autonomy and license to design and implement change.

Responsible for building House of Hackney's capacity to live its mission - connecting strategy, people, product, Nature, evidence and external intelligence so regeneration becomes embedded throughout the organisation and contributes to wider change.

The role works across functions, bringing specialist regenerative and living-systems knowledge into decision-making and helping teams build the capability to apply the mission within their own work, evaluating and evolving results.

Our Purpose

House of Hackney is a restoration project rooted in Nature, Craft, Community and Awe!

Inspired by Nature’s living systems, we use creativity and business as catalysts to regenerate our common home.

We are deeply committed to shifting from being a B Corp sustainable business to a truly regenerative one, giving back more than we take.

We are a work in progress and the successful candidate will have an innovative and proactive approach in everything they do to support this commitment and our wider mission.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and steward the regenerative roadmap: priorities, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Integrate regeneration into core business strategy — rather than a parallel sustainability programme.
• Support department leaders in translating the mission into relevant priorities; balance impact, commercial reality and capacity.
• Identify dependencies, gaps and tensions in current practices and structures; maintain a whole-system view of progress.
• Monitor relevant legislation and environmental standards; ensure compliance and implement required strategies.
• Lead B Corp certification, driving continuous score improvement at each renewal.
• Organisational Capability, Education & Communication
• Sustain regenerative and living-systems understanding across the company; Creating simplified communication models to enable complex thinking where teams understand how their work connects to the wider mission
• Develop an ongoing learning programme with People & Culture; ensure all new starters are properly inducted.
• Energise the wider team for their regenerative journey bringing joy and excitement to the work
• Coach functional leaders in applying regenerative principles; build practical frameworks and decision tools.
• Facilitate cross-functional knowledge-sharing and progress reporting; bring in external expertise where needed.
• Translate technical data and complex regenerative thinking into accessible organisational learning;
• Work with Creative, Brand and Communications to ensure all regenerative claims are grounded in evidence.
• Measurement, Evidence & Reporting
• Establish baselines, targets and measures with Finance and functional leaders.
• Support development of the Nature P&L - reporting on financial, social and environmental profit.
• Ensure impact data is robust and decision-ready; capture failures and unintended consequences as organisational learning, as well as positive outcomes and progress
• Turn experience into case studies and practical tools; ensure evidence feeds back into the regenerative roadmap.
• Identify innovation opportunities across product, materials, culture, governance and measurement.
• Connect internal challenges to external expertise; identify partners for challenges Ho H cannot solve alone.
• Stay at the forefront of relevant industry development; identify knowledge gaps and recommend actions.
• Document Ho H’s progress and learning to create accessible guides, tools and content for other SMEs.
• Develop programme content with the leadership team to facilitate workshops supporting ‘Greenprint’ adoption.
• Ensure all Greenprint outputs are underpinned by data and verified research.
• Monitor Greenprint elements internally; recommend pivots to keep progress on track.
• Represent Ho H at conferences, panels, roundtables, universities and in media as a practitioner voice.
• Participate actively in regenerative-business, Nature, governance and sustainability networks. Build relationships with businesses, scientists, academics, NGOs and policymakers.
• Use Ho H’s practical experience to influence wider industry practice and contribute to aligned advocacy.
• Governance & Mission Integrity
• Work with the MNFG board representative to ensure flagged concerns are resolved and actions executed; hold the business accountable while respecting the independence of that role.
• Contribute to Nature Reserved Matters and governance processes; ensure the MNFG Director has relevant organisational context.
• Ensure internal governance tools (e. g. product stress test) are used correctly and consistently.
• Feed governance learning back into organisational improvement; ensuring a holistic communication flow
• Lead accreditation, award and accolade applications, identifying opportunities as appropriate

Experience & Capabilities

• Significant experience in regenerative business, sustainability or systems change.
• Proven ability to translate ambitious principles into practical organisational action.
• Ability to inspire and drive a positive energy and outlook through the company
• Strong strategic thinking with commercial awareness.
• Deep understanding of living-systems and regenerative approaches.
• Skilled facilitator, coach and educator — builds capability, not dependency.
• Confident working across functions without relying on formal authority.
• Ability to work with Finance on multi-capital thinking and impact measurement.
• Understanding of impact measurements, evidence data collection processes and reporting;
• Experience with product, materials and supply-chain.
• Strong external network-builder and partnership developer.
• Confident public speaker and ambassador for complex ideas.
• Ability to communicate clearly and compellingly across all levels.
• Constructive challenger who maintains strong working relationships.
• 22 Days holiday allowance + ½ a day for your Birthday + Bank Holidays
• 4-Day Week Scheme opt in – Nature Days*
• Cycle to Work Loan Scheme
• Payday social every month
• At least two exciting large team gatherings per year
• Monthly team lunches as part of our team meetings
• Breakfast, fruit and plenty of herbal teas and coffee
• Medicash Health and Wellbeing Services - claim back scheme
• Opportunity to join important eco summits and protests
• 30% discount across HOH products and first grabs on sample sale items

Our House is a home for everyone.

As a culture led business, we aim to be an inspiring and meaningful place for people to work, and as an equal opportunities employer, we foster an environment in which everyone can learn, grow and be heard - regardless of age or seniority.

We strive for and believe in a fully inclusive, diverse, supportive and accepting workplace.

We care about people’s physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.

Our Housemates are open-minded people from a range of backgrounds and lived experiences who share our values and culture.

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a visa sponsorship or remote working.

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