Group Sustainability Advisor

Reference
1121113

Branch
University of Staffordshire

Start date
16/11/2026

Duration
Ongoing

Hours and days
37.5 hrs per week; Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm

Dress code
Business Dress

Salary from
£29,991

Salary to
£34,982

Role

Duties and responsibilities

• Leading on all ESG data measurements to feed into internal dashboards, sustainability committee reports, external reporting and decision-making processes.
• Contributing to the design and creation of a reporting plan and templates with support from the GSD and Sustainability Working Group.
• Preparing content for the Annual Sustainability Report in line with international sustainability reporting standards (ESRS, GRI, IFRS), including the compilation of case studies, progress updates and data disclosure.
• Co-ordinating the completion of ESG surveys, including EcoVadis sustainability assessment, customer surveys, industry data platforms and where relevant, international disclosure reporting, e.g., UNGC. To liaise with the Sustainability Working group and company entities to retrieve accurate and reliably sourced information.
• Co-ordinating the annual Scope 3 Corporate Carbon inventory across all company entities, including data collection, calculation, presentation and report to internal stakeholders.
• Co-ordinating with each commercial entity the data collection and calculation of Product Carbon Footprints in accordance with GHG Protocol and International Standards.
• Support company climate transitional plan to deliver SBTi near-term carbon reduction targets; and
• Monitoring and analysing their sustainability performance against its industry peers to identify best practice and opportunities to strengthen company competitive advantage.

Skills and experience

• A proven track record of effective data-based collection, trend analysis, drawing conclusions and making recommendations based on analysis.
• Advanced level knowledge of database reporting e.g., Power BI.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and initiative and excellent planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to skilfully use cross functional resources.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, across multiple media and audiences, including the ability to present complex information in an engaging and simple way.
• Strong passion for sustainability issues and ‘engaging hearts and minds’ on ESG issues.
• Excellent numerical skills and application of numerical concepts e.g. PCF calculations.
• Good business English skills, both written and spoken; and
• A formal sustainability/ESG qualification or experience of working in similar roles with good working knowledge of ESG topics, e.g., SBTi, is desirable for this role, as are experience of FMCG or plastics manufacturing and good technical knowledge of relevant ERP systems, sustainability and IT software.

Location
Telford, Shropshire

Benefits

• A Group personal pension scheme with the option to increase pension contributions through salary exchange (subject to scheme rules)
• 25 days holiday plus public holidays (which increase subject to length of service)
• Our Life Assurance scheme helps to give our employees financial peace of mind.
• Staff Shop where employees can select free issue of company products up to a limit each month.

We also offer a range of employee reward schemes which include our health cash plan, where employees can claim money back on every day healthcare costs, easily access GP services, access a confidential counselling and helpline service, & can enjoy discounts on health-related products.

Additional information
This role is eligible for our hybrid working policy which, subject to the applicable policy, requires the successful candidate to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time during each calendar week at the workplace and a maximum of 40% of their working time at home.