Overview

As a Sustainability and Climate Resilience Lead in our Justice and Immigration Team, based at HMP Dovegate, you’ll guide the delivery of our sustainability ambitions and climate‑ready operations. Your work will help protect people, places and essential services by embedding environmental responsibility and future‑focused planning into the way we operate.

You’ll play a critical part in shaping a more sustainable estate, reducing environmental impact, improving resilience and driving meaningful social value. Through expert leadership, innovation and purposeful collaboration, you’ll help ensure our operations support a cleaner, greener future for colleagues, communities and the environment.

What you’ll do as a Sustainability and Climate Resilience Lead

You’ll be entrusted to:

  • Develop, maintain and implement the site’s Sustainability Plan, including targeted action plans for energy, water and environmental performance.
  • Lead the delivery of sustainability activity across services, promoting innovation, behaviour change and responsible resource management.
  • Monitor and report performance against sustainability requirements, Government commitments and contract obligations.
  • Maintain and support environmental management systems aligned to ISO 14001.
  • Identify opportunities for new technologies, processes and approaches that support sustainability goals and climate resilience.
  • Collect, analyse and report data on energy, water, waste, carbon and transport to drive performance improvement.
  • Work with internal and external stakeholders to meet targets for reducing consumption, emissions and waste.
  • Support the delivery and reporting of social value initiatives, chairing on‑site groups and collaborating with Serco’s Social Value teams.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…

  • Experience in environmental or sustainability management.
  • Knowledge of current environmental compliance requirements and ISO 14001 systems.
  • Experience delivering sustainability or environmental improvement projects.
  • Understanding of social value models in Government procurement.
  • Strong analytical skills and confidence preparing sustainability reports.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams.
  • PC literacy across Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
  • A full UK driving licence.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

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