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Sustainability Coordinator
January 20, 2025 | Comments Off on Sustainability Coordinator
Who are we?
Founded in 1992 and with over 250 employees, Galliard Homes is London's largest privately owned property development and management group overseeing residential, hospitality, mixed-use, and commercial projects across London, the Home Counties, and the Midlands.
Galliard has a £4 billion portfolio of over 6,000 homes and 714,088 square feet of commercial developments under construction. With an impressive portfolio of award-winning developments, we are proud to be considered as London's leading property developer.
The Position
A Sustainability Coordinator forms part of our in-house sustainability department, which collaborates with the entire Galliard Homes Group on all existing and new sustainability initiatives. A Sustainability Coordinator plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of Galliard Homes by driving innovative sustainability initiatives across the business. This is a great opportunity to be at the forefront of our sustainability journey spanning from high-rise residential developments to urban regeneration schemes.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Assist with the development of the company's sustainability strategy.
- Ensure the company's sustainability policy and programme is kept up to date.
- Manage the company's ongoing ISO14001, ensuring compliance with the standard, and focusing on the requirement for continual improvement.
- Assist in developing processes for the verification and reporting of scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions.
- Assist with establishing sustainability targets and KPIs for the company.
- Assist with BREEAM and HQM certification and formulating strategies to achieve these.
- Assist with SECR and ESOS reporting.
- Drive innovation, best-practice, and new ways of working to ensure the company is compliant with environmental legislation and the company progresses towards the target of becoming a net zero carbon business.
- Assist with providing annual updates on progress towards targets for the annual company report and company CSR report.
- Keeping up to date with the sustainability agenda, new legislation and best practice guidelines and understanding how they may affect the company.
The Person
The Sustainability Coordinator will be a proactive individual with a strong commitment to integrating sustainability into the company's core operations. They should have a solid understanding of environmental legislation and sustainability frameworks like BREEAM, HQM, and ISO 14001. The Sustainability Coordinator will also be able to meet the below criteria:
Essential:
- Excellent data collection and analytical skills.
- A genuine passion for creating a sustainable future.
- Outstanding communication skills across face-to-face, telephone, and email interactions, with a professional approach.
- Proficient in basic Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Outlook with the ability to learn new systems as needed.
- Confident, articulate, and resilient in approach, with the ability to apply sustainability principles in a commercially focused manner.
- Knowledgeable of current market trends, legislation changes, and industry practices within the sector.
Desirable:
- Previous experience working for a residential developer delivering large mixed-use, high-rise developments.
- Degree level qualified, ideally within Sustainability or similar. We will also consider, and value qualified by experience.
- Experience operating Environmental Management Systems.
- Experience with audits, such as ISO 14001
- Track record developing, maintaining, and managing sustainability-based initiatives, processes, or programs involving the collection, analysis, and reporting of program data.
The Benefits
As a family-owned business, we want everyone to feel at home from day one. In return for commitment, loyalty, and hard work, we offer benefits ranging from:
- Competitive salary
- 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Life assurance
- Private health care
- Critical illness insurance
- Matching contribution pension scheme
- Discretionary salary and bonus review
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discount portal
- Volunteering opportunities
- Sponsorship of professional qualifications and accreditation's