What is great about the role?
- You’ll play a central role in shaping and delivering our sustainability strategy, making a real difference across 24,000 existing homes and 10,000 future developments across South Wales.
- This role allows you to influence sustainability initiatives across the organisation, ensuring environmental and social factors are part of every key decision.
- You'll have the opportunity to lead impactful sustainability projects, from reporting to risk assessment, and support the wider team with innovative solutions.
- Be at the forefront of environmental technology with a comprehensive inventory of eco-friendly installations, contributing to our data-driven, sustainable future.
- Engage with various stakeholders, internally and externally, and represent Pobl in the sustainability community, staying on top of new trends and regulations.
Where does this role fit in?
As part of the Corporate Finance & Sustainability team, you’ll be the go-to person for all sustainability-related activities across the Group. You’ll lead sustainability reporting, ensuring our impact is visible, measurable, and communicated effectively to internal and external stakeholders. Your role will be pivotal in collaborating with teams to embed sustainability across all decision-making processes and support the development of tools that quantify environmental, social, and economic impacts. You will also manage a small team, including a Sustainability Reporting Officer, to drive forward our environmental and social value agenda.
What skills and experience do you need?
To be successful in this role, you will need a solid track record of managing and delivering multiple projects at once, with a strong ability to analyse data and present clear, impactful insights. Experience in sustainability reporting, including carbon and social value metrics, is essential. You'll need to be a confident communicator, capable of engaging with a range of stakeholders and comfortable challenging data accuracy when needed. Strong project management skills are key, along with an eye for detail and the ability to drive sustainable behaviours within the organisation. Familiarity with sustainability reporting frameworks, such as the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing, is important, as is knowledge of carbon reporting and environmental impact assessments. Ideally, you will hold a recognised sustainability qualification and be highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. A self-motivated, adaptable team player with a practical mindset and a 'can-do' attitude will thrive in this role.
What are the pay and benefits?
- The salary for this role is £55,594 for a 37-hour, full time, permanent position
- Agile working with location flexibility. Your role will involve working throughout South Wales.
- 26 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays , rising to 30 days with length of service
- All other internal benefits will be available too
At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.
If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We just need an up-to-date CV, a short and focused cover letter outlining your suitability and passion for the role, along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.Invites to interview will be sent on Friday 29th November and interviews will be taking place on Tuesday 3 December (and if needed Thursday 5 December) in our Cardiff office and will include a practical exercise, a meet-the-team session and a panel interview.
