Head of Environmental Sustainability

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 427408

**Salary**:

- £66,925 - £76,675
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Grade 6

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- DESNZ - Energy Infrastructure - Great British Energy

**Type of role**:

- Policy

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Aberdeen, Edinburgh

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
Great British Energy will be a publicly owned, operationally independent energy company, designed to drive clean energy deployment, boost energy independence, create jobs and ensure U K taxpayers, billpayers and communities reap the benefits of clean, secure, homegrown energy. Setting up Great British Energy is one of government’s first steps for change and we will do this in a way that means it will have both an early impact and long-term success.

Through its five functions (Project development, Project investment, Local Power Plan, Supply chains and Great British Nuclear), Great British Energy will speed up the deployment of mature and new technologies, as well as local energy projects, to support the government’s aim of decarbonising our electricity system by 2030 whilst also ensuring we can meet future demand as we further decarbonise the economy.

To this end and as an example of what it can achieve, we have already agreed a major partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate to accelerate deployment and support U K supply chains.

Great British Energy will work collaboratively with industry, local authorities and communities, and other public sector organisations such as the National Wealth Fund, to spread skilled jobs and investment across the country. Great British Energy will be backed by a capitalisation of £8.3 billion of new money over this Parliament.

In recognition of Scotland’s leading role in the UK’s clean energy revolution, Great British Energy will be headquartered and run from Scotland.

More details can be found in the Great British Energy founding statement.

Roles in what will become Great British Energy will initially be undertaken in shadow form within the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. They will then be transferred to Great British Energy when the Great British Energy Bill becomes law and the company has the necessary procedures and systems in place to employ people directly.

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**Job description**:
Great British Energy (GBE) is seeking a dynamic and strategic Head of Environmental Sustainability to help shape and deliver its environmental sustainability vision. Initially reporting to the Director of Policy & External Affairs, this role will play a critical part in advancing GBE’s ambition to become a global leader in clean energy—delivered in the most low-carbon, circular, and nature-positive way possible.

The role is responsible for leading the company’s sustainability strategy and ensuring its integration across all business functions. It will drive the achievement of Carbon reduction targets, embed circular economy principles, and implement nature-positive initiatives across all GBE delivery.

**Person specification**:

- In collaboration with the Head of Social Sustainability - developing GBE’s sustainability strategy and an actionable roadmap that articulates an inspiring, specific, measurable, and results-driven vision for GBE’s ambition to become a leader in this space, as part of the energy transition.
- Build a high performing, self-sustaining and clearly defined sustainability function within Great British Energy.
- Ensure systems and processes are in place to ensure GBE and its supply chain are compliant with all relevant environmental and social legislation, and mandatory reporting requirements through GBE’s growth.
- Embedding a strong culture for sustainability across the organisation with high levels of employee engagement, training participation, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Defining a baseline and measuring progress in reducing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, implementing circular practices, and achieving tangible improvements in appropriate natural capital enhancement, across GBE’s operations and Supply Chain.
What you will do;
Strategic Engagement
- Lead stakeholder engagement in Aberdeen and beyond, building awareness of GBE’s sustainability ambitions and fostering strong community relationships. This includes organising and participating in events such as career fairs, environmental education sessions, and local forums to highlight GBE’s role in the energy transition.
- Passionately presenting and articulating GBE’s role in the UK’s energy transition and the wider benefits of the work that will be delivered through GBE and its supply chain, in Aberdeen and beyond.

Development of Strategy
- Develop and implement an integrated