Sustainability Advisor

Description

St Joseph is Berkeley's newest brand, created to bring our passion for quality, place making and building communities to Birmingham and the West Midlands.
In this role, you will provide value to the business and insight on sustainability issues for St Joseph division, with a focus on ensuring the division meets Berkeley Group Sustainability Strategy and Standards. Key to this role is the ability to liaise with different teams across the business including Construction, Technical and Land and Planning teams. This will include setting out approaches to meet the divisional and group targets; helping to deliver work streams; and monitoring, reporting and communicating local performance.

Due to the multi-phase nature of St Joseph divisional projects means that there will be opportunity to get involved in strategic sustainability initiatives and delivery of sustainability related targets under Our Vision 2030 as well as overseeing the day to day environmental issues

The role

** Travel Required to visit sites in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, current sites are located in Wallingford, Milton Keynes and Birmingham. **
Reporting to the Sustainability Manager, the Sustainability Advisor will be a key point of contact for the St Joseph business, whilst also working alongside other members of the team to meet local aspirations and deliver the Berkeley Group corporate sustainability strategy across St Joseph. They will also benefit from frequent contact with a wider network of Sustainability Advisors and Managers across the Group The role will be varied, focusing not only on environmental issues, but also the social and economic impacts of development activities. The Sustainability Advisor will be expected to work across multiple departments and support project teams in complying with environmental regulations and Berkeley's development and construction standards, as well as meeting the targets set out in Berkeley Group's Sustainability Strategy.
Each working week will likely be different, but key tasks may include: conducting site visits to manage risk and check that operations are carried out in line with environmental best practice; collating electricity meter readings and fuel tickets for company reporting; working with the project team to identify and implement innovations to reduce waste generation; and running a training session with the Sales and Marketing Team to increase awareness of sustainability design features.

Duties:

• Adopt a proactive approach to improving performance and promoting sustainability to all staff.
• Raise awareness of the Sustainability Strategy and Standards via both formal and informal training of staff.
• Work with project teams throughout the whole development process (from land buying to design, product specification and construction, through to sales and customer service) to ensure Group sustainability standards and commitments are met.
• Undertake frequent visits to construction sites to assess compliance with the in-house environmental management system and make recommendations for improvement.
• Assist in the collation, analysis and reporting of data (such as waste volumes and utility and fuel use) to enable the assessment of performance against sustainability targets.
• Keep up-to-date with the sustainability agenda, new legislation and best practice guidelines and understand how they may affect the company.
• Prepare guidance to assist project teams in managing sustainability.
• Attend meetings with senior management to discuss sustainability performance, including a quarterly governance meeting.
• Set and communicate key tasks to those staff members undertaking graduate rotations within the department.
• Work as part of the group-wide sustainability forums and working groups to share knowledge, drive good practice and implement the corporate Sustainability Strategy.
• Compile written reports on sustainability performance.

Experience required

• A degree in a relevant subject.
• Strong data analysis and reporting writing skills.
• Experience in a relevant sustainability role, preferably within the built environment.
• Motivated and enthusiastic about promoting sustainability.
• Be confident, articulate and resilient in your approach, with the ability to apply sustainability principles in a commercially focused manner.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• The ability to motivate people and influence.
• Experience of delivering training.
• Good knowledge of sustainability issues within the construction/house building industry.
• A broad view of sustainability, focusing not only on environmental issues, but also the relative importance of social and economic impacts of our activities.

Why join us?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.

About Berkeley Group

Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life.

We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all of our stakeholders.
Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.
We have a diverse workforce and culture rooted in attention to detail, effective communication, a sense of fun and a huge feeling of ownership and pride. With a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction, we have become synonymous with exceptional design and meticulous attention to detail.