Sustainability and Social Impact Manager

6 days ago

Rochdale, Rochdale, United Kingdom Language Empire Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sustainability and Social Impact Manager to join our team at Language Empire. As a key member of our organization, you will play a vital role in ensuring that our company operates responsibly and ethically, while making a positive impact on society.

Key Responsibilities
  • Building Relationships: Manage and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive sustainability and social value initiatives across the organization.
  • Communication: Support internal and external communication of sustainability and social value to improve awareness, engagement, and participation.
  • Sustainability Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive sustainability strategy aligned with our organizational values and goals. Identify opportunities for sustainability improvements across the business and implement change.
  • Social Value Strategy: Develop and contribute to our existing Social Value policy and procedures. Identify opportunities for improvements and implement positive change.
  • Carbon Emissions Reduction: Lead our efforts to understand our emissions, set targets, measure, reduce, and offset our carbon emissions. Agree a plan with ambitious targets and work with our different teams to implement carbon reduction initiatives.
  • Cultural Sustainability: Work alongside our department managers to promote initiatives that support employee engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to improve our CSR offerings, ensuring we raise our profile on our community and our impact is positive and meaningful.
  • Sustainability Reporting: Prepare and publish reports on our progress and communicate to relevant leaders and stakeholders.
  • Supplier Engagement: Work closely with suppliers to promote sustainable practices, ethical sourcing, and responsible production methods. Ensure that improvement is measured and tracked.
  • Research and Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest sustainability trends, regulations, and best practices. Recommend and implement innovative solutions to improve our sustainability efforts.
  • Social Impact Activity Reporting: Measure and report the impact of community and social impact activity in line with widely used frameworks, including benchmarking performance internally and externally.
Requirements
  • Degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Business, or a related field.
  • Familiarity with the Social Value Act.
  • Passionate about sustainability and social value. You must be keen to make a real difference, with a strong background in corporate sustainability.
  • Great communication, people, and influencing skills, able to work collaboratively and supportively across different functions to drive up engagement and participation.
  • Proven experience in social impact and sustainability management, preferably within the healthcare sector or related fields.
  • Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to collect, analyze, and interpret data effectively.
  • Desire to consistently improve processes, documents, and practice.
  • Self-motivated, working under own initiative and delivering high-quality outputs.
  • Knowledge and understanding of public procurement and competitive bidding requirements in the context of social value and sustainability delivery.
  • Ability to reliably commute to the office.
Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support your well-being and career development, including:

  • Health and Well-being Support: Access to a 24/7 telephone GP service, online mental health support, and structured counseling.
  • Information and Assistance: Confidential guidance on medical, legal, or domestic issues, and a telephone care advisory service for support with caring responsibilities.
  • Discount and Savings: Discounts and special offers at hundreds of retailers, restaurants, and destinations, as well as savings on gym membership, health clubs, and leisure centers.
  • Office Perks: Free tea and coffee, fresh fruit delivered weekly, 'Dress Down' Fridays, and quarterly team outings/activities.

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