Sustainability Data & Carbon Analyst

What you’ll be doing in the role

Functional Responsibilities and Activities:

• Collect, validate and maintain environmental, energy and carbon data across homes, assets and operations.
• Support the annual calculation and update of the organisation’s carbon footprint, including Scope 1, Scope 2 and relevant Scope 3 emissions.
• Maintain and improve carbon datasets, reporting tools and data quality processes.
• Analyse emissions trends, identify key hotspots and highlight opportunities for carbon reduction.
• Track the impact of sustainability, retrofit and energy efficiency projects, providing clear reporting on outcomes and benefits.
• Support the development of evidence-based business cases for decarbonisation and energy efficiency initiatives.

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:

• Work with internal teams, including assets, finance, procurement and operations, to improve data accuracy and support delivery of carbon reduction activity.
• Translate data and insight into clear information for colleagues, managers and decision makers.
• Collaborate with external partners, consultants and suppliers to obtain data, validate information and support sustainability initiatives.
• Support internal awareness and behaviour change activity by providing clear evidence, insight and practical information.

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Support ESG reporting, including SECR, SHIFT and internal sustainability reporting requirements.
• Maintain sustainability KPIs and dashboards to track performance against carbon reduction targets.
• Ensure carbon reporting methods are consistent, transparent and aligned with recognised carbon accounting principles where applicable.
• Identify data gaps, reporting risks and quality issues, escalating these with proposed improvements.
• Support responses to customer, investor, funder or regulatory sustainability queries.

What we’re looking for:

• Understanding of climate change, carbon reduction and sustainability principles.
• Knowledge of GHG Protocol, SECR, SHIFT or similar sustainability reporting frameworks (Desirable)
• Awareness of carbon accounting principles, including Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.
• Understanding of retrofit, energy efficiency or housing asset management (Desirable)
• Understanding of ESG and sustainability reporting requirements.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and draw clear conclusions.
• Ability to contribute to business cases or options appraisals using data and evidence. (Desirable)
• High attention to detail and accuracy when collecting, validating and reporting data.
• Ability to support behaviour change or sustainability awareness activity. (Desirable)
• Good communication skills, with the ability to explain and present data and insight clearly to different audiences.
• Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and wider Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners.
• Experience supporting carbon, sustainability, ESG or environmental reporting.
• Experience working in housing, assets, retrofit, energy efficiency or the built environment. (Desirable)
• Experience using data dashboards, Power BI or other reporting tools.
• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject such as sustainability, environment, data, engineering, geography, housing or the built environment
• Project support or project coordinator experience.

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