Head of Environmental Sustainability

Join us as Head of Environmental Sustainability at Thirteen Group
Role Overview
Passionate about the environment and making a difference?
Thirteen Group
is on the lookout for
a Head of Environmental Sustainability
to lead our Environmental team.

In this key role, you'll set the strategic direction for environmental sustainability and decarbonisation across Thirteen. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on customers, communities and colleagues, in line with our commitment to becoming a much greener organisation.

This is a hybrid role, so you'll work mainly from home and at least one day a week from our fantastic office at Hudson Quay in Middlesbrough. We'll need you to be flexible around business and team need, so you may need to come into the office more frequently when required.

Thirteen Benefits

• Salary - £76,202 per annum
• Annual leave starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T'dar our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategically support a range of projects and initiatives. Your wide-ranging influence will include delivering sustainable homes which are fit for the future, tackling fuel poverty, and educating colleagues so they can best support our customers.
• Lead the development of approaches to climate change adaptation and environmental sustainability.
• Influence and support decarbonisation initiatives, such as zero carbon and the decarbonisation of new and existing homes.
• Implement energy management programmes and strategies to reduce carbon-based energy reliance.
• Manage environmental compliance and innovation. You'll align strategic and operational plans with external initiatives and funding mechanisms, to identify continuous improvement and development opportunities.

About You

• You'll have senior leadership experience in an environmental team, as part of a complex organisation.
• In-depth knowledge of strategic environmental leadership, policy development, and environmental management systems.
• A fantastic people manager, skilled in leading, inspiring, and motivating your team.
• You'll hold chartered membership of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental professionals and Assessment (ISEP) or have equivalent experience.
• Great influencing and negotiation skills as you'll be working with customers, colleagues, boards, and external stakeholders to bring about change and innovation.
• Comfortable interpreting complex data, conducting research, and making sound judgements. You'll be able to produce clear, well-written reports on environmental and strategic issues.

Why Thirteen Group?
We're more than just a housing association we're a community builder. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 34,000 properties.

• Join a team that's local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
• Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
• Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

Interested?
For more details, please refer to the attached documents.

If you'd like to talk more about the role please contact Rich Thomas, Asset Optimisation Director on

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?
Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day.
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and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community

As part of our hiring process, if you're successful we'll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.