Sustainability Lead in Warrington

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Sustainability professional to join Your Housing Group’s Asset Strategy and Sustainability team as our Sustainability Lead. We’re making a big difference right now to the lives of our customers as we bring thousands of homes up to EPC C by 2030 through the Social Housing Fund: Warm Homes programme. We are committed to continuing to make our homes more comfortable and energy efficient as we build compliance with the new Heat Networks regulations and plan for meeting Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards from 2030.

We are looking for a sustainability expert who is passionate about improving the lives of our customers; someone who cares as much about the details of a PV installation as about a sustainability and net zero strategy for over 30,000 homes!

You will have a home-based contract but there is the requirement with this role to visit our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington for meetings and training courses when needed. You will also on occasion need to visit our customers and properties. Realistically, you will be required to visit our Head Office approximately once, sometimes twice a week, so ideally you will be based in the North West within a comfortable commute to Warrington, Cheshire.

Responsibilities:

• You will be the SME for the business in ensuring that we deliver our retrofit commitments up to 2028 through the Social Housing: Warm Homes Fund programme.
• Ensure all our homes meet EPC C by 2030 and we have a plan to meet Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards by 2039, and beyond that Net Zero in 2050.
• Set up and manage cross team partnerships, build effective processes and manage the technical aspects of retrofits for our customers.
• Own the data to enable us to model the portfolio and determine where improvements are required.
• Ensure we are fully compliant with Heat Networks regulations.
• Manage and coach our small, yet dedicated Sustainability team.

Requirements:

• A great track record in sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon reduction.
• First-hand experience of the Warm Homes fund (or SHDF) and confident both bidding for, and managing, programmes of retrofit in social housing.
• A detailed understanding of local and national environmental and sustainability drivers within social housing asset management.
• Educated to degree level or have an equivalent relevant technical qualification (e.g. CEnv, RICS, CIOB).
• A great team player capable of building relationships across a large organisation.
• A confident relationship builder and leader of people, able to professionally influence and challenge stakeholders and partners at all levels.
• An energy data specialist who loves to see their plans become reality.

This role is suited to someone who is self-motivated, customer-focused and happy to get stuck in, leading the Energy.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role they will be guaranteed an interview.

Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.