Sustainability Specialist

**Want to do the best work of your life? Playing your part in making a big difference to the environment and communities we serve. Our people make Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.**

Over the next five years and beyond, Severn Trent has a range of ambitious sustainability commitments including on climate change and nature which we want you to be part of.

As our Environmental Sustainability Specialist, you will support our wider business to develop and implement strategies and programmes which will help us to realise these stated ambitions. As part of an exciting and dynamic team, you will play an important role in shaping and understanding the future trends and issues that will mean most to our business and the communities we serve. You will have real autonomy to help shape the approach to sustainability of Severn Trent as a FTSE100 company, in a culture that is supportive and puts the environment and people at the heart of everything we do. You will also be given the space to evolve your brief to meet the needs of the people you partner and to reflect the fast-moving sustainability landscape you will work in.

**EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW**

In this role you will help to identify opportunities for the strategic development of our environmental impact within the Severn Trent region. You will engage and co-develop the opportunities with specific business areas and support them to understand, research the opportunities and put in place the relevant strategy and programme of workin key areas such as nature and the circular economy.

As our Environmental Sustainability Specialist we will be looking for you to act as an internal advocate to drive Severn Trent’s social and environmental goals. You will help consolidate and communicate our sustainability performance to both internal and external stakeholders to track our progress and generate new insights.

You will be directly responsible, with the wider central team for shaping our response to a dynamic non-financial reporting landscape, navigating new guidance and regulation on sustainability disclosures and developing Group strategy. This includes our response to the Task Force for Nature Related Disclosure (TNFD) along with coordinating our Task Force for Financial-Related Disclosure (TCFD)

You will, provide insight into the fast-moving sustainability external landscape, including other best practice trends and expectations of different stakeholder groups to continue to help shape our sustainability agenda for now and the future, and lead individual projects

**WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE**

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too.

We will be looking for you to have a good understanding of environmental sustainability challenges within the utility industry and ideally the water sector. Ideally you will have a degree and/or postgraduate qualification in the fields of the environment or sustainability or you’re able to demonstrate a high level of experience.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU**

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

- Salary between £45,000 - £55,000
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- 10% monthly discount with Busy Bee Nurserys, and one-week free childcare
- Dedicated training and development with our Academy
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies
- Two paid volunteering days per year

**WHATS NEXT?**

**We can’t wait to hear from you.**

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