Head of Sustainability & Social Value

Location: Home-based (UK)
Salary: £49,000 – £52,000 + pension + flexible working

About the Role

Assured Safety Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a leading UK charity in the recruitment of a visionary Head of Sustainability & Social Value. This is a newly created and influential position, offering the opportunity to shape and drive the charity’s environmental and social value agenda at a strategic level.

You will define, influence and champion the organisation’s overall sustainability and social value vision, embedding best practice across all functions and ensuring these priorities play a central role in decision-making. Working closely with leaders across the charity, you’ll guide the development, implementation and monitoring of key ESG strategies to drive measurable impact.

If you are an experienced sustainability professional who can lead, inspire and deliver positive change, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

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  Provide leadership and governance across sustainability and social value activity.

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  Develop and deliver strategies and action plans to drive continuous improvement.

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  Inspire and engage colleagues at all levels, promoting awareness and ownership of sustainability initiatives.

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  Analyse, audit and report performance to senior leaders and external partners.

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  Build strong working relationships with key external stakeholders and ensure compliance with UK, EU and international regulations.

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  Lead progress towards key ESG milestones, including Net Zero targets, energy efficiency and value creation.

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  Implement environmental management systems and support initiatives such as waste reduction, conservation and renewable energy.

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  Support sustainable procurement, supply chain evaluation and contractor monitoring.

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  Lead on securing and maintaining ISO accreditations relevant to sustainability and social value.

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  Advance social value objectives, including community engagement, workforce equality and supporting local economic growth.

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  Manage and enhance the social value measurement platform (TOMs) and related reporting.

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  Produce compelling social value content for tenders, bids and organisational reporting.

Skills & Experience

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  Experience with recognised sustainability/ESG frameworks such as SASB, SECR or the Social Value TOM System™.

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  Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and best practices.

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  Experience advising managers on sustainability and social value matters.

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  Excellent problem-solving capabilities with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

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  Strong communication skills with the ability to deliver presentations and lead projects effectively.

Assured Safety Recruitment are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company operating across the UK. We recruit all roles in the Health and Safety industry including Health and Safety Advisor, Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director, and HSE, HSEQ, SHEQ, QHSE, EHS positions. Once we have received your details, we will be in touch within 14 days if your application has been successful for the role. Wherever possible we do try to contact all of our applicants directly, however sometimes due to a large volume of applicants this isn’t always possible. If you have not been contacted within 14 days of applying, unfortunately this means your application has not been successful, but we may keep your details on file for future opportunities.