Due to growth plans they are now seeking a passionate Sustainability Manager for the North of England.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the successful development and design of Retrofit and Decarbonisation projects
• Provide advice and support to operational teams on sustainability and Retrofit matters
• Assisting site teams with the delivery of fabric upgrades, energy efficiency measures and microgeneration works.
• Understand & apply the range of current and proposed sustainability related such as PAS2035, PAS2030 and Building Regulations
• Maintain and build relationships with clients, consultants and subcontractors both internal and external
• Generate regular Client progress reports for presentation to Clients
• Support with internal and external reporting of our sustainability performance and progress
• Identify sources of grant funding to support property retrofit and improvement projects
• Assist with bids and tenders to provide the relevant support on sustainable projects
• Develop case studies, presentations and bulletins to promote, educate and raise awareness across the business of the impact of emerging climate, carbon and environmental issues
• Ability to balance competing priorities from a range of stakeholders using a high degree of tact.
• Engaging with a range of key stakeholders including contractors, clients, regulatory bodies, to help drive performance ensuring best practice is shared across the business and project at all levels

Essential Skills:

• Strong, proven project management experience
• Have experience of energy efficiency retrofit, preferably gained within a social housing environment
• Have an understanding of the impact of energy efficiency retrofit on residential properties, residents and communities
• Strong knowledge of current environment and sustainability issues
• Confident & Competent in MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook
• Good interpersonal and strong communication skills
• Excellent writing and presentation skills
• Strong time management skills, allowing switching between a variety of tasks and meeting a combination of daily, weekly and monthly deadlines.
• Must be analytical and Problem Solving with enthusiasm to enhance, improve, optimise, streamline.
• A flexible, self-motivating and agile attitude, allowing you to respond to client needs.
• Meticulous attention to detail and precise record keeping skills
• Build strong relationships with colleagues, mentoring and motivating, creating a team spirit, encouraging them to be at their best
• Ability to influence different departments to suggest, implement and track more efficient processes. xbpsjku

Desirable Skills:

• Hold a level 5 qualification in retrofit coordination or equivalent.
• Have/gain experience in identifying, securing and administering grant funding for energy efficiency retrofit