Hybrid Senior Sustainability Strategist

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About the role

  • Lead insightful sustainability reporting programmes, acting as lead strategist to deliver rigorous and engaging sustainability reporting across channels.
  • Define content strategy, advise on appropriate standards and frameworks, interview stakeholders, and partner with copywriters and creatives to produce reports.
  • Input into sustainability requirements of annual and integrated reporting, supporting clients with technical capabilities and storytelling.
  • Stay ahead of relevant frameworks, standards and regulations and share learnings internally to upskill the wider team.
  • Support clients’ alignment with key frameworks through gap analysis, benchmarking, value chain mapping and identification of disclosure requirements (ESRS, ISSB, GRI, TCFD, PAI).
  • Deliver sustainability strategy work including materiality assessments, strategic frameworks and targets.
  • Contribute to topic-specific communications and campaigns (e.g., climate transition plans, human rights communications).
  • Lead proposals, pitches and new business meetings to win work and grow existing accounts.
  • Develop thought leadership and marketing content, build external profile and speak at events.
  • Build sustainability knowledge internally by running training and upskilling sessions for colleagues across functions.

Requirements

  • You’re an entrepreneurial sustainability professional with a solid background in the agency or consultancy space, and demonstrable experience in corporate sustainability issues.
  • You’ve worked with a wide range of clients of different sizes and across multiple sectors and geographies, at various stages of their sustainability journey.
  • You’re totally up to speed with the rapidly evolving landscape of sustainability and ESG frameworks, and have a solid working knowledge of ESRS and ISSB, with demonstrable experience applying these standards with clients. You also know the more established sustainability and reporting standards and frameworks inside out, including GRI, the IIRC Framework and TCFD, plus ratings and indices. Ideally, you’re familiar with context-based strategic frameworks too, such as Future-Fit and the Sustainable Development Performance Indicators.
  • You have bucketloads of experience advising on and developing clients’ sustainability (and ESG) reporting, from first timers to those leading the pack. You may also have experience inputting into annual reporting. Preferably you have worked with organisations to develop their sustainability strategies, materiality assessments and wider communications, too.
  • You’re passionate about sustainability and take a proactive interest in the evolution of key topics, such as biodiversity, human rights, circularity, etc, as well as the associated frameworks and regulations.
  • A master storyteller, you bring a perfect blend of technical expertise and communications flair, allowing you to understand and translate complex information and data into compelling communications.
  • You’re familiar with communications strategy and can unearth a brilliant insight and develop a solid strategy, acting as a springboard for brilliant creative ideas.
  • An inspiring leader and effortless team player, you motivate the team and foster a joined up, engaged culture. People gravitate towards you. Please note: there is the opportunity for this role to involve some line management responsibilities.
  • Passionate and convincing, you have an authentic style and you talk, write and present confidently. You’re a leading voice in successful pitches, you’re comfortable engaging very senior clients, and you create engaging, thought-provoking content.
  • Commercially astute, you’re adept at identifying and implementing commercial actions that aid the maintenance and growth of RY.
  • Adept at multi-tasking and juggling multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, you’re comfortable in chaos and work effectively under pressure.
  • You set the bar for high quality work, with a reputation for delivering excellence at all times.
  • You’re a nice person, with oodles of energy and infectious enthusiasm.

Job title

Senior Sustainability Strategist

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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