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Leonardo Basildon, England, United Kingdom

Leonardo Basildon, England, United Kingdom

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The Opportunity

We have a fantastic new opportunity at Leonardo UK for a Sustainability Coordinator. Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees globally (Italy, the UK, the US, and Poland), of which over 8,000 are based in the UK.

In the UK, Leonardo is committed to sustainability as a force for business transformation and an enabler to improve our competitiveness. Leonardo is integrating sustainability into all aspects of the business to create long-term value.

Leonardo has developed a sustainability strategy across three core pillars People, Planet and Prosperity, aligned with the UN SDGs and the Science Based Targets and tailored with a suite of projects and ESG KPIs to achieve our goals.

We strive to reduce our impact on people and planet whilst seeking opportunities to create positive change, by developing innovative and efficient products and services, listening to the ideas and recommendations from our people, and collaborating with our value chain.

The role

We are looking for a Sustainability Coordinator to help deliver our Sustainability Strategy in the UK, supporting the work of our teams across our UK divisions and sites. The role will collaborate with the wider sustainability team and work with core functions including HSE, facilities, communications, commercial, engineering, HR, procurement, Audit, Legal, Capability and Finance.

This role will help develop & deliver our Sustainability Plan and embed sustainability within our teams and across the lifecycle of our projects and products.

We need a collaborator to work with our teams and help coordinate activities across a variety of areas.

People Support with embedding sustainability across Leonardo by enthusing employees to help drive sustainability into a new business-as-usual – empowering all employees to see their role through the lens of climate, nature and people; work closely with our Inclusion & Diversity and STEM teams.

Planet Support our Climate Action in line with our Science Based Targets and our UK Net Zero goals; support our work on circularity; support our biodiversity projects.

Prosperity Help to understand and align with the sustainability strategies and contracting principles of our key external stakeholders including Customers and Suppliers.

Risk Help to coordinate Sustainability and ESG related risks with the Enterprise Risk and Finance teams.

What You Will Do

• Be a key member of the Sustainability Team, and grow subject matter expertise in sustainability topics.
• Support the implementation of the sustainability plan across the UK.
• Support and coordinate projects that deliver our sustainability strategy.
• Drive projects and initiatives to develop the culture of Sustainability through narrative and engagement.
• Grow and support the UK Sustainability Network; Collaborate with our I&D Network groups.
• Stakeholder engagement and mapping.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Help deliver the sustainability plan in the UK, developed in conjunction with Central Leonardo and Divisional Sustainability teams and influenced by key external stakeholders.
• Support key annual projects, such as Materiality Assessment, Carbon Reduction Plan, Sustainability Week, Employee Engagement Days, Stakeholder engagement etc.
• Help to embed sustainability into the day-to-day ways of working across all functions and projects.
• Working closely with our communications team to help build engagement internally and externally.
• Support project management of various key projects, from climate and biodiversity, to circularity and human rights.

Essential

What we are looking for

• A passion for Sustainability and a desire to create positive impact.
• Ability to think creatively to develop innovative solutions.
• A good understanding of sustainability and key associated topics e.g climate, biodiversity, DE&I, social impact, supply chain sustainability, social value etc.
• The ability to work in a fast-evolving space to deliver near-term actions and long-term goals.
• A fantastic communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across teams internally and with external stakeholders.
• Ability to translate a growing sustainability agenda into a plan relevant for a variety of stakeholders.
• Project and stakeholder management skills, keeping multiple work streams moving forward at the same time.
• Ability to influence teams, networks and projects.
• Excellent verbal, written and organisational skills.
• An understanding of how culture, diversity and inclusion plays a critical role in building a sustainable business.

Desirable

• Specific experience in a focus area of sustainability.
• Experience in resolving sustainability challenges in complex organisations.
• Experience with customer and supplier management.
• Understanding of how sustainability relates to different parts of an organisation.
• Cross-functional/organisational relationship-building skills.
• Strong communications background.
• Experience working in a global organisation.

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Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us.
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance).
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year.
• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution).
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme.
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera and Linkedin Learning.
• Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member.
• Bonus Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 8,000 are based at 8 sites throughout the UK.

At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.

This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo’s future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.

Primary Location

GB - London

Additional Locations

GB - Basildon, GB - Bristol - Coldharbour Lane, GB - Edinburgh, GB - Lincoln, GB - Newcastle, GB - Southampton, GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd

Contract Type

Hybrid Working

Hybrid

• Entry level

• Full-time

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• Industries: Defense and Space Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Computer and Network Security