Position: Sustainability Assurance Coordinator
Contract Duration: November 2026 – February 2027
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Role Purpose
The Sustainability Assurance Coordinator is responsible for the on-ground execution, monitoring, and assurance of sustainability commitments during tournament-time operations. The role ensures compliance with the established sustainability strategy, policies, and event management systems while enabling effective coordination across venues, operational teams, and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
• Act as the primary sustainability focal point at venue level during event-time operations.
• Monitor and ensure real-time compliance with the tournament’s sustainability standards, policies, and operating procedures across assigned venues.
• Conduct on-site inspections and assurance checks relating to: Waste management, Energy consumption, Water stewardship, Accessibility requirements, Environmental compliance measures.
• Verify that contractors, service providers, suppliers, and venue teams adhere to sustainability requirements embedded within their scopes of work.
• Identify non-compliance risks and escalate issues in line with established governance and reporting protocols.
• Provide guidance and clarification on sustainability requirements to operational teams and stakeholders.
• Support the Sustainability team during engagement with auditors, certification bodies, and external stakeholders as required.
• Supervise and coordinate sustainability volunteers deployed across venues.
• Ensure volunteers are appropriately briefed, deployed, and effectively utilized, including support for fan engagement activities and sustainability awareness initiatives.
• Liaise with internal functional areas including Operations, Facilities, Commercial, Workforce, Transport, and Venue Management teams to ensure alignment on sustainability implementation.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders, including service providers, municipalities, waste management contractors, and recycling partners.
• Execute accurate and timely collection of sustainability performance data, including: Waste volumes and diversion rates, Energy consumption, Water usage, Other sustainability KPIs.
• Maintain daily logs, reporting trackers, and compliance records for assigned venues.
• Identify, record, and monitor operational sustainability issues in real time.
• Implement immediate corrective actions within the scope of authority.
• Escalate critical risks, incidents, or systemic issues through defined escalation channels.
Key Deliverables
• Daily venue-level sustainability compliance reports
• Verified operational data sets supporting sustainability KPIs
• Issue logs with resolution tracking and closure reporting
• Effective volunteer deployment and performance oversight
• Contributions to tournament sustainability reporting and post-event reporting activities
Required Experience & Qualifications
• 3–6 years of experience in sustainability, event operations, venue operations, environmental management, or related fields.
• Experience working on major events, sports tournaments, exhibitions, festivals, or large-scale public events is preferred.
• Familiarity with sustainable event management frameworks, including ISO 20121, is advantageous.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
Competencies
• Operational execution and attention to detail
• Sustainability compliance monitoring
• Stakeholder coordination in high-pressure environments
• Problem-solving and rapid decision-making
• Data collection, accuracy, and reporting discipline
• Team leadership and volunteer supervision
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively under tight timelines and operational demands
