Manager Sustainability Engagement Lead

Job Description

A career in Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, within internal firm services, will provide you with the opportunity to support the firm in delivering positive social and environmental impact with measurable, long lasting results. Youll focus on coordinating and overseeing the organisations, social impact and environmental stewardship activities as well as designing and implementing programmes to ensure the maintenance of a social licence to operate.The PwC UK Corporate Sustainability team are seeking a maternity cover to help manage and deliver our existing sustainability programmes related to employee awareness and behaviour change. These campaigns are intended to help us ensure our purpose - "to build trust in society and solve important problems" - is embedded in the business, whilst accelerating the transition to net zero. Campaigns include encouraging low carbon travel, enabling sustainable lifestyles, and integration of sustainability considerations throughout the firm.About the RoleThe role provides an excellent opportunity to learn from Corporate Sustainability experts and to work in a business that is recognised as a leader in both climate action and circular economy.The opportunity is available on a fixed contract basis, reporting primarily to the ESG Risk, Reporting and Engagement Lead, as well as the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for some responsibilities. The role would be based in our London office at Charing Cross but home-based working is part of our Empowered Flexibility offering.Who we are looking forWere looking for someone with an excellent ability to lead and deliver change projects, experience of creating engaging communications campaigns, with an understanding of environmental issues and behaviour change.Specifically, your key tasks will include: Delivering ongoing firmwide sustainability engagement programmesRunning a new high profile internal campaign to engage staff in the run up to COP26Identifying potential opportunities for new ways to support the delivery of our sustainability goals and engage with our people on this topic Creating engaging comms for internal and external channels as appropriate (e.g. newsletters, webinars, social media messages, etc.)Managing and updating the various team platforms (e.g. external website, internal intranet pages and news feeds) as well as the Green Champions networkEvaluating the effectiveness and impact of our programmes and creating case studies to share in the marketplaceLine management for one other team memberIn addition, we envisage that youll work directly to support leaders in the Corporate Sustainability team, on an ad-hoc basis. This may include:Involvement in the evolution of our strategic annual disclosuresDevelopment of presentations for various speaking eventsPreparation for team eventsRequirementsExcellent programme management and project delivery skills, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and to delegate effectivelyGood understanding of environmental sustainability issuesExperience of marketing and/or communications, including social mediaOutstanding communication skills, especially written EnglishAnalytical skills, and a level of comfort with data gathering/cleansing, analysis and evaluationExcellent IT skills in PowerPoint, Excel, Word (please note PwC uses the Google equivalent)High degree of initiative, and enjoyment from problem solving and practical implementationA team player with great stakeholder management and relationship building skills to ensure broad support for projects A desire to make a step change in sustainability performance, and the tenacity, pragmatism and patience to drive through to resultsThe following links provide examples of campaigns the team youd be joining has run in recent years:goingcircular plantbasedfoodgivemetap ourplanetourbusiness Please include a cover note summarising the below;In up to 250 words please tell us why you would be the ideal candidate for this role.Not the role for you Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting) The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, The PwC Professional and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: uk/careers/experienced/apply Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture. uk/diversity