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Job Title: Sustainability Assistant Manager (Band 2)
Reporting to: SHE Sustainability Manager
Salary: £37,000-42,000 per annum dependent on skills, knowledge, and experience
Location: London (Hybrid)
Duration: Permanent (Full-time; flexible working arrangements considered)

Job Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity for an action-oriented professional with a passion for sustainability to help TfL deliver on our vision to be the strong, green heartbeat for London.

We are looking for an Assistant Sustainability Manager to assist in the coordination of work to embed sustainability across the organisation, to drive clear and transparent governance through rapid change in this industry, and to help identify and address gaps in the organisation’s capabilities.

The role holder needs to have good organisational awareness, be a strategic thinker, great communicator and good at quickly building positive relationships with influencers and decision makers around the business. They need to be well organised, have excellent people skills and good project and programme management skills to maintain focus on coordination of the changing landscape of TfL governance, structure and delivery in relation to the environment and sustainability agenda.

This role sits within the Safety, Health and Environment team at TfL, and reports to the Sustainability Manager.

Key accountabilities

• Championing a culture change mindset with pragmatism, creativity, and positivity. Support and challenge the business to deliver activities in the TfL Sustainability Strategy and TfL Corporate Environment Plan and beyond.
  
• Pro-actively and collaboratively working with colleagues internally and externally, to identify opportunities, build detailed plans and drive delivery.
  
• Identifying, monitor and report on day-to-day coordination and tracking of activities and progress to senior managers to ensure continued progress. Ensure all relevant colleagues are clear on project deliverables, deadlines, and quality criteria.
  
• Escalating unresolved issues, risks and dependencies at the earliest possible opportunity; offers solutions and options of how these issues can be addressed.
  
• Engaging in training and knowledge building activities with colleagues to enhance knowledge and culture change across the organisation.
  
• Pro-actively assess resource and capabilities gaps and work collaboratively to develop strategies and opportunities to build those capabilities within teams to accelerate the sustainability agenda.
  
• The job holder will ensure early industry and other external intelligence is shared across the business and used to inform our work.
  
• Be a role model for diversity and inclusion and an advocate for safety, health and environment in everything you do.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the legislative and political landscape and the governance structures in London. (essential)
  
• A basic understanding of climate change and nature loss and the challenges cities and the UK face as they decarbonise and seek to adapt to a changing climate, with a keen interest to continually learn as these disciplines evolve. (essential)
  
• Recognised project management qualification and/or evidence of strong experience in project management. (desirable)

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills with a desire to continually expand and improve in this area. (essential)
  
• Strong ability to deliver on multiple workstreams using systems thinking. A strong ability to deliver on tight deadlines in a complex, high-paced environment and to an outstanding standard. (essential)
  
• Ability to deliver complex projects in an open, transparent and collaborative way; the ability to identify solutions and opportunities and successfully achieve defined benefits. (essential)
  
• Excellent ability to build working relationships with people at all levels across the organisation and externally.
  
• Extremely comfortable presenting before large groups and ability to actively listen, field challenging questions and capture, clarify and act on feedback and suggestions. (essential)
  
• Proven verbal, written and presentation communication skills and strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills with an ability to manage competing interests. (essential)
  
• Outstanding attention to detail and pro-active in maintaining clear, current records and plans. (essential)
  
• Thrives when working independently and as part of a team. (essential)
  
• Expertise in project management including understanding of project scoping and design, project planning, risk, issue and dependency management, resource planning and forecasting, financial management and analysis and reporting. (desirable)

Experience

• Experience of influencing and negotiating with colleagues to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome. (essential)
  
• Experience teaching, coaching or leading instruction. (essential)
  
• Experience facilitating inclusive, collaborative discussions that stay focused on an agenda and delivery. (essential)
  
• Experience pro-actively managing detailed accounts, records and notes to a very high standard. (essential)
  
• Proven record of delivering complex projects. (desirable).

• Equality and Diversity
  We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

  
  

  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
  • A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan
  • 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (delete one)
  • Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
  • Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
  • Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
  • Discounted Eurostar travel
  
  

  
  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.
  The closing date for applications is Tuesday 02/05/2023 @ 23:59