Sustainability Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sustainability Specialist to drive the organisation’s sustainability ambitions and ensure environmental considerations are embedded into decision‑making across the business. This role will play a key part in coordinating and delivering sustainability initiatives, balancing ambitious environmental goals with operational realities, and ensuring the organisation remains resilient in a rapidly evolving regulatory and stakeholder landscape.

Working across the business and with external suppliers, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders to turn strategic sustainability ambitions into practical initiatives, supported by robust governance, reliable data, and transparent reporting. Your work will help ensure sustainability performance is credible, measurable, and aligned with organisational objectives, providing the insight needed to inform executive and board‑level decision‑making, external assurance, and public accountability.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence how sustainability is embedded across the organisation, helping to create long‑term environmental, social, and commercial value while supporting our journey towards a more sustainable future.

Every day you will …

• Lead the delivery of sustainability commitments across the organisation, working collaboratively with multiple teams to drive measurable environmental and business outcomes.
• Apply sound judgement to prioritise sustainability initiatives, supporting environmental objectives, operational requirements, and emerging risks and opportunities.
• Influence suppliers and varied stakeholders to align with sustainability expectations, improving performance and embedding sustainable practices across the value chain.
• Ensure sustainability activities, reporting, and data are accurate, evidence‑based, and robust enough to support board‑level reporting, assurance processes, and external scrutiny.
• Build organisational capability and awareness in sustainability, adapting approaches to evolving regulations, reporting requirements, and stakeholder expectations while supporting informed decision‑making.

What can we offer you?

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• Annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleagues’ recognition awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• In‑house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• 1 day of paid well‑being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%).
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Experience supporting organisation – wide sustainability or environmental programmes.
• Practical understanding and experience of sustainability impacts such as carbon, waste, or resource use, including performance measurement and reporting.
• Experience working with suppliers or external partners to influence sustainability outcomes.
• Familiarity with reporting or assurance processes in regulated or high‑scrutiny environments.

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.