CSR & Sustainability Jobs

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading frontline interaction with external stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of exploration operations as well as ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• Developing relationships with stakeholders, with a particular focus on communities local to the organisations operations
• Developing and coordinating the implementation of stakeholder strategies and activities, ensuring alignment and consistency with corporate and Business Unit and country objectives
• Gathers information on stakeholder needs and concerns, including opportunities for business development.
• Recommends effective and practical strategies and actions to Country and functional management to meet corporate responsibility and social vision objectives..
• Maintains a network of key contacts with stakeholder groups and industry peers in the region.
• Makes recommendations for community development strategies
• Manage implementation of some community development projects
• Manage, interface and oversee contract services that are working on social responsibility and stakeholder/community issues

Essential skills required:

• Fluent in Arabic & English communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Initiative and ability to work without supervision
• Decision-making
• Time management & ability to prioritise actions
• Project management skills
• Budget development and administration

This is a unique position that is responsible for the frontline interface with communities and other external stakeholders in Libya and supports operational activity and business strategies of the company

To discuss this opportunity further contact Toby Young on +44 20 3170 8037 or apply below including your covering letter and CV

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The successful Candidate will be an enthusiastic and dynamic sustainability professional with a commercial focus and will have a robust understanding and substantial experience of the sustainability issues and practices within this sector, which include:

• Standard setting
• Certification and labelling programmes
• Supply chains and traceability
• Ethical sourcing. Both strategy and implementation

The right Candidate will also have gained experience from/as:

• A Director or Senior Management role at an international level; or
• A commercial environment and/or sustainable development; or
• Food and/or Natural resources and/or Agriculture and/or related fields; and
• Capacity building – building teams both at a Head Office and within a global network – and managing growth in dynamic and expanding organisation.

You will be a highly motivated leader with gravitas and excellent strategic influencing and communication skills. An ability to provide a compelling case for action across a range of stakeholders throughout the supply chain, be a good listener and take decisive action.

You will be able to demonstrate a high level of experience in project management, delivery and evaluation. Experience of working under pressure within different cultural and socio-economic contexts.

This leadership role is within an incredibly relevant and credible organisation and will provide the right Candidate with a career that intersects both the worlds of sustainable development and commercial demand at the highest level.

To discuss this opportunity further contact Rufus Bullough on 0203 170 5885 or apply below including your covering letter and CV.

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Key responsibilities include

• Ensure legal compliance with waste legislation in all European territories
• Where appropriate, ensure the company is represented in stakeholder initiatives and industry groups on waste and recycling issues at European level
• Develop & communicate internal and external company policies on waste and recycling at European level

You will have

• Detailed knowledge of European waste and recycling legislation affecting electronic products i.e. WEEE, Packaging and Batteries Directive
• Experience of ensuring compliance with above legislation in multi-national company or on a consultancy basis
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good negotiation skills, confident developing and putting forward SEC
• Ability to understand complex legislation and influence future policy development;
• 2 European languages and experience of working with European nationalities & cultures;
• Must be prepared to travel within Europe as needed (within reason).

This is an outstanding position, offering a rare opportunity to join one of the leading global electronics companies at a time of growth.

Excellent remuneration and benefits.

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As a senior member of the team the successful candidate will have detailed knowledge of equator principals as well as the approach being taken by the financial services sector towards sector position statements, this would include an understanding of what is best practise for front line bankers.

Well networked with NGOs and international bodies you will be used to working in a consultative manner and will have worked on the social and environmental agenda at both a local and international level.

The key responsibilities for the position are as follows:

• Lead the bank’s Environmental Due Diligence work.
• Provide advisory support to the business on the use of the position statements and adherence to the Equator Principles. On occasions this will involve site visits and the provision of detailed technical support to the business on relevant social and environmental issues, specifically how they should be managed in a manner which is in accordance with the Bank's social and environmental commitments.
• Support to related governance processes, including desk based research on 'high risk' clients and transactions to enable informed decisions to be taken.
• Reputation management - external NGO/ lobby group/ standards and best practice bodies relationship management and monitoring to communicate the progressive position the Bank is taking on sustainable lending.
• Working to help deliver an internal and external communications programme focused towards the progressive position the bank is taking towards 'sustainable lending'.

Our client is looking for a well respected candidate who has previous experience of working on Environmental Due Diligence projects and has worked with the finance sector in a consultative capacity at a senior level.

For more details or a confidential conversation please click the apply button below.

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They now require a Senior Account Manager who will be responsible for the development and project management of programmes delivering to top end corporate clients as well as charities and NGOs.

The key responsibilities will be to:

• Develop and maintain a rapport with clients
• Ensure work is delivered on time, to brief and on budget
• Produce regular progress reports both for client and internal use
• Management and development of account support staff
• Prepare detailed project proposals using creative solutions
• Have an ongoing knowledge of specific client programmes and broad awareness of the client's business and campaigns

This is a high profile position and the successful candidate will be enthusiastic, ambitious and creative in their thinking and approach, with the ability to engage both internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have gained previous experience within a communications role and would be looking to develop their skills in client handling, research, writing and project management.

You will have:

• Excellent project management, time management and organsiational skills
• Knowledge and a keen interest in CSR and sustainability
• Previous experience working with corporate clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Offering a good benefits package including healthcare, pension and a generous holiday allowance, this is a fantastic opportunity for a CSR marketing or communications individual who is looking to move into a fast paced and successful consultancy.

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The Company provides cutting edge sustainable solutions for major projects worldwide in both the public and private sectors. Its Environmental Division provides the necessary skills to support the design teams and ensure they achieve this success. Due to exceptional business growth and an expanding team the company is looking for an ambitious and dynamic engineer.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in or exposure to dynamic thermal modeling, energy and water strategies, carbon indexing and renewable energy and CHP feasibility, however other backgrounds will also be considered.

Essential to the role is a proven track record of, and certification in:

• Breeam and EcoHomes
• Part L and EPC Assessments
• Energy Performance Certificates

In addition to having excellent design, authorship and presentation skills, applicants must be able to show a track record of successfully working as part of a multi-disciplinary team as well as having the potential to win and deliver projects direct with individual clients.

Key skills and qualifications:

• Graduate Chartered Engineer (or equivalent) with an excellent academic record
• Solid post graduate experience with in-depth experience in sustainable environmental design
• A registration as a Low Carbon Consultant is an advantage

This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer to solidify their industry knowledge and experience within a world leader. Pushing their own boundaries, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on unique cutting edge, internationally known, projects throughout the world.

This role is based in the heart of the M4 corridor. From time to time the role will involve travel within the UK and through out the globe.

For more information on this opportunity or to discuss your next career move, contact James Irwin on +44(0) 203 008 4695 or apply here. Ref. 2250

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Sales & Marketing Manager will work closely with senior management to achieve the revenue objectives of the company. The position will be responsible for leading the development and growth of a team of professionals responsible for conference production, event management, fundraising, branding, marketing communications, research and the identification of new product / service offerings.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Engaging internal and external stakeholders in products that align to socio economic market development
• Develop strategic marketing and sales plans to drive long term growth
• Develop positioning and differentiation strategy, and ensuring value proposition resonates consistently and in all content, promotions and messaging
• Lead, manage and optimise multi-channel marketing strategies and communications to reflect social and enterprise side of the business

The Sales & Marketing Manager will formulate and implement a clear marketing strategy that identifies the corporate brand position and delivers effective sales campaigns.

Essential experience required:

• A degree (or equivalent)
• Solid senior level experience within the development or learning sector
• Demonstrated success in building a sales and marketing team
• Strong general marketing skills to include brand / strategic marketing, media buying / advertising, consumer insight / research, and base level experience with CRM
• Highly creative personality, driven by effecting social change as well as generating business return
• Passion and exposure to sustainability issues and CSR
• Written and spoken Arabic

This position will offer the right candidate an opportunity to influence sustainable development in the Middle East. In the long term the vision is to duplicate the success of the MENA region in other areas of the globe and the Sales & Marketing Manager will play a major part in the achievement of this goal.

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The individual will be responsible for managing the matrix of member’s requirements from the organisation which will involve excellent strategic influencing and communication skills, team building in the head office and remotely in the key international regions and have experience of general business management.

They will be passionate and experienced about ethical sourcing with an understanding of the multifaceted international issues it entails, as well as the complex relationship between interested NGO’s, Unions and Corporations. The ideal Candidate will have a complete understanding of the ethical issues, practices and strategy in or around this sector.

They will

• Lead the day to day strategic agenda necessary to enable the organisation to fulfil its mission.
• Identify, in conjunction with the Chairman, prioritised and time-bound objectives for the organisation.
• Lead the identification, management and co-ordination of capacity building projects which deliver against organisational strategic objectives. Ensure delivery of projects on time and to budget.
• Manage and promote membership globally
• Manage and develop the Regional Management, Programme Management and Secretariat team.

They will need

• Experience in certification schemes and strong understanding of the issues therein, including monitoring procedures and chain of custody implementation. Driving ethical policies in sourcing strategy, having developed and implemented appropriate procedures, standards and measures in previous roles, providing support and specific guidance on the ethical sourcing environment. Understanding of global sourcing, trade dynamics and labour issues.
• A track record of working with peers from major multinational companies on developing industry-wide standards and practices, balancing the organisations aspirational desire to be a ‘force for good’ with real-world commercial constraints. To plan and implement the yearly budget, managing financial information on a day-to day basis ensuring targets are met.
• Experience in developing tools to gather and analyse performance data. A proven track record of the management and co-ordination of contractors and/or consultants, including pre and post audit activities.
• To develop and implement an annual communications strategy with identified communications objectives for each major stakeholder group. Experience of being the key spokesperson and ‘ambassador’ representing their previous organisation when engaging with ethical trade bodies, the media, governmental bodies, international partners and commercial organisations.
• Experience in communicating and influencing, including writing and reporting, for both internal and external audiences, at a variety of levels (e.g. from senior managers, industry heads through to local community members). An ability to provide a compelling case for action across a range of stakeholders.
• Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment. Working under pressure in different cultural and socio-economic contexts.

The successful Candidate will be an optimistic, enthusiastic and dynamic sustainability professional with a commercial focus. This is a unique opportunity to lead an organisation with remits that intersect the commercial world and sustainable development globally.

To discuss this opportunity further contact Rufus Bullough on 0203 170 5885 or apply below including your covering letter and CV.

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They already have a huge reputation in this field and work with the biggest names in retail around the world; they currently have a presence in China and have members in over 130 countries.

Within this role you will be responsible for both the membership and marketing work streams, driving their brand globally and attracting and retaining their growing membership base (who typically comprise of retailers and their supply chains).

This role has three key facets:

Firstly you will take the strategic lead in membership and marketing issues. Working with the Managing Director, Marketing Manager and Membership Manager you will lead on the design of new strategies identifying new service offerings and perfecting processes already in place. In particular you will guide their competitive positioning in the market place developing them as a brand leader.

Secondly you will represent the organisation around the world (the role will include travel) particularly at forums, conferences and seminars. As such this is an exceptional opportunity to grow unrivalled networks and become well know within the retail sector.

Thirdly, you will be responsible for staff motivation and performance. You will have overall responsibility of a team of 9 and will set and monitor targets as well as appraise team performance. You will also drive a customer service focus through the membership team to ensure high quality service and retention.

Our client would like to hire a talented and pro-active individual. As a small but growing enterprise, communication is essential as is flexibility. In addition you will have:

• Proven Marketing and Communications experience
• Experience of executing effective marketing campaigns
• Staff management experience
• The ability to analyse complex situations and to make strategic decisions
• Knowledge of ethical trade, social auditing and responsible supply chain management

This is an opportunity to join a bright and highly motivated team who are having a very genuine impact on Ethical Supply Chains across the globe. This is a high profile role within a very well known organisation and the role offers unrivalled development opportunities.

Please apply here or contact Acre on 0845 257 8030 to find out more. Ref. 2221