Sustainability Officer

at  GLL

GLL is looking for a Sustainability Officer to work within the Sustainability Team at its Head Office based in Woolwich, Southeast London as part of the National Standards and Compliance Department. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as Sustainability Officer, there’s never been a more exciting time to be a member of the team.
The Sustainability Officer will be a key driver in the delivery of GLL’s Sustainability Strategy action plan and promoting its “Respecting the Planet” Value. The post holder will be primarily responsible for the analysis, monitoring, review and reporting of all elements of GLL’s energy and water consumption as well as carbon emissions and wider strategic Sustainability objectives. Reporting to the National Sustainability Manager, you will use your knowledge to challenge and support the GLL leisure, children centres and library teams to improve efficiencies and drive change.
This is more than a Sustainability Officer job, it’s a career.

ABOUT GLL:

As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.

• Manage annual Energy, Water, Carbon and Waste data collection and review process.
• Work with GLL utility suppliers and partners (Inenco / Stark etc) to ensure consistent and accurate energy and water data sets are maintained and utility account issues resolved.
• Focus on regular data analysis and reporting to help achieve GLL’s sustainability goals.
• Visit GLL premises where appropriate to check, challenge and support operational teams with energy & water management.
• Maintain and progress GLL’s metering strategy to move towards 100% coverage of utility meters on-line.
• Establish practicable energy and water reduction measures for GLL premises, and influence changes to improve efficiency.
• Work with GLL Partners and their sustainability teams where necessary to provide relevant carbon and utility data to support their objectives.
• Monitor sustainable and energy efficient practices within Leisure & Cultural buildings
• Manage and review the success of pilot projects, investments and capital projects
  As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.