Corporate Sustainability Lead

Corporate Sustainability Lead Croydon Head Office (from 2 days per week) + Remote Working £56,000 – £60,000 per annum – excellent benefits including Civil Service pension Tenure: Permanent Position type: Full Time or Part Time (from 3 days per week) applications can be considered. We especially welcome candidates who have taken an extended career break, whether for childcare, eldercare or other reasons, to apply. Closing Date: Sunday 21st September The Pension Protection Fund’s main function is to provide compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer, and where there are insufficient assets in the pension scheme to cover the Pension Protection Fund level of compensation. The PPF is the size of a top 5 pension scheme in the UK, managing over £30billion AUM for almost 300,000 members, with an exceptional team of over 450 people. We have won IPE Pension Fund of the year 4 times in the past 5 years and have an exceptional reputation. We proudly play a unique and very valuable role in the UK pension industry. We are top in our field – because of our people. In this newly created standalone role we’re looking for a Corporate Sustainability Lead to develop and lead the PPF Corporate Sustainability Plan, ensuring sustainability goals are aligned with our core business operations. Some key responsibilities include coordinating working groups and building relationships with all teams involved with the corporate sustainability strategy and to agree quantitative environmental, supply chain and other sustainability metrics to measure progress. Additionally you’ll be involved in translating insights into developed environmental reduction plans and to improve the PPF’s technical understanding of the latest corporate sustainability reporting standards to ensure the PPF meets applicable reporting requirements. We see this as an opportunity for an individual to utilise their experience of sustainability approaches from within the financial services / pensions industry. You’ll have experience driving sustainability initiatives across an organisation, understanding the appropriate reporting requirements and the general framework and best practices that guide delivery. You’ll have excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills with experience presenting to non-technical and technical audiences. Finally you’ll be able to obtain buy-in from the business and role model sustainability practices across the employee population. Sound like you? Apply now. We embrace diverse talent welcoming people with different beliefs, backgrounds and aim to embrace family friendly working. Whatever your background, and however you identify, you’ll be welcome here. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, the highest accreditation under the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability and meet all the essential criteria for this role you will be guaranteed an interview. No agencies please