Sustainability Delivery Manager

Barclays UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

Join us as a Sustainability Delivery Manager at Barclays, where you will develop a Sustainability & Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, considering standards, governance and reporting processes.

To be successful as a Sustainability Delivery Manager you should have experience with:

• Understanding of Sustainability.
• Experience with Business to Business Sustainability.
• Stakeholder management.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Delivery of Organisational Change.
• Management of Programmes of work.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based out of Northampton.

Purpose of the role

To develop a Sustainability & ESG strategy, considering standards, governance and reporting processes.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with stakeholders to develop a Sustainability & ESG strategy that aligns with Barclays’ Sustainability commitments and priorities, and provides direction for standards, governance processes and reporting.
• Identification of ESG risks, opportunities, and key stakeholders through sustainability assessments, data analytics, stakeholder interviews and metrics development.
• Management of sustainability reporting and survey responses, and communicate findings to various stakeholder groups.
• Collaboration with various stakeholders, including investors, customers, and community groups, through interviews and initiatives to understand their sustainability expectations.
• Development and implementation of sustainability projects by creating plans, identifying key resources, and monitoring completion within time and budget.
• Identification of industry trends and developments related to sustainability management by attending conferences, participating in training and conducting market research on emerging sustainability techniques and tools.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.