Assistant SHE Environment Manager

Job title: Assistant SHE Environment Manager

Salary: Circa £38,000 to £42,000 PA dependent on skills, knowledge, and experience

Location: Palestra, Southwark (Hybrid)

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, 35 hours

Contract Type: 12-month internal secondment / 12-month FTC

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape TfL and set us up to deliver on our vision of being the strong green heartbeat for London. We are looking for a candidate to join our Sustainability and Corporate Environment team. The focus of the role will be to contribute to, and lead on key elements of, TfL’s corporate work to adapt to climate change.

Following the publication of our first ever Corporate Environment Plan (CEP) in September 2021, we recently produced TfL’s most detailed and comprehensive climate risk assessment to date, as well as TfL’s first Climate Change Adaptation Plan. These are an important step forward on TfL’s journey to build capability and capacity on the climate risk and adaptation agendas so that we take action to improve our performance, manage risks and transform our assets and services so they are resilient to climate change.

The role holder needs to have good organisational awareness, with demonstrable analytical and project management skills, as well as being a good communicator able to quickly build positive relationships with key stakeholders across and outside the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Champion the Corporate Environment Plan and Adaptation Plan across the whole business.
• Support the business to deliver on activities to better understand our climate risks and improve our climate risk management.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of TfL’s Adaptation Plan actions.
• Build a network of internal and external contacts to share best practice and identify collaborative projects.
• Contribute to TfL engagement and collaboration with external stakeholders on the green infrastructure and biodiversity agendas.
• Develop ideas for performance improvements, working with the business to evaluate and prepare business cases.
• Be a role model for diversity and inclusion, driving change within the function and influencing to positively affect the whole directorate and beyond.
• Be a champion and advocate for safety, health & environment in everything they do.

Key Interfaces

• Environmental professionals and external benchmarking organisations to learn and share best practice.
• External policy makers and legislators to influence regulatory frameworks.
• Environmental regulators.
• Business units across TfL to offer technical advice.
• Business partnering teams.
• Data & Insights team.
• Finance.

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of environmental management regulations and the issues TfL faces.
• Knowledge of designing and evaluating initiatives to improve corporate environmental performance.
• Strong understanding of the political framework in which TfL operates.

Desirable

• Knowledge of how to form strategy and progress it into action in a complex organisation.
• Knowledge of management systems.
• Membership of relevant professional body e.g. CIEEM, IOSH, IEMA, CIBSE.
• Related degree or equivalent qualification.

Skills
Essential

• The ability to develop credibility and influence stakeholders.
• Strong ability to work in a highly pressurised environment to very tight time constraints and high quality.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to write strategic and analytical reports.

Desirable

• Ability to set policy frameworks.
• Ability to initiate and effect business and behaviour change design.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of achieving changes in environmental behaviour and performance.

Desirable

• Experience of setting visions and ambitions in large complex organisations.
• Experience of influencing senior discussions around the shape of the business.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process

• Please apply using your CV and a two-page covering letter. Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.

The closing date for applications is 21/11/2024 @ 23:59.

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.

Fixed term contract/Secondment opportunity for 12 months

As a fixed term contractor, we can offer you a choice of pension arrangements. If you choose not to take our final salary pension scheme you will be paid an allowance on top of your salary, subject to Tax and National Insurance. We will share all the details with you at offer stage and the choice will be yours based on your circumstances. Depending on what you choose you can add up-to 14% to your salary.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

• Final salary pension scheme.
• Free travel for you on the TfL network.
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket.
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays.
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow.
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme.
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers.
• Discounted Eurostar travel.

Organisation

CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT

Job

Environment

Position Type

Full Time