Overview
Your new role
Our dynamic sustainability team is looking for a new Sustainability Project & Programme Manager to help us deliver practical projects, to remove fossil fuel heating systems and deliver net zero alternatives.
You’ll be taking a lead in working with external stakeholders and colleagues from across the organisation, delivering key sustainability building and estate programmes to deliver packages of energy efficiency, renewable energy and associated activities to reach our carbon reduction goals.
No two days will be the same in this role so enthusiasm, a can-do attitude, and a genuine will to go the extra mile is essential.
We are looking for someone with excellent project management skills and demonstrable experience in construction, building management or retrofit and/or a background in heating and/or lighting systems.
It is key that the successful candidate should have an in depth understanding of the challenges and opportunities arising from the transition to Net Zero along with the experience of identifying and implementing innovative solutions with demonstrable evidence of the use of new technologies linked to lowering energy usage and actual carbon reductions.
We need someone with the confidence and assertiveness to engage across the whole spectrum of sustainability elements, be able manage difficult conversations, and have excellent people skills to resolve any practical issues to enable success.
For more information, please take a look at the job description below.
Who we are
Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage over 55,000 homes and various community assets, serving more than 120,000 customers across the South of England.
We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms?
We’re investing £689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.
- We’re delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it’s needed most
- We’re investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone
As we grow, we’re re-establishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.
More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at www.abri.co.uk.
What You Can Expect
- 28 days holiday + the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
- Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10%
- Money off tons of high street and online retailers
- Life assurance of 5x your annual salary
- Generous parental and family leave
- Health and wellbeing packages
- Flexible working
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to Work scheme
We’ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It’s these shared values that bring us together as one team.
Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.
If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you’re on to a winner and we’d love to hear from you!
Be yourself
Abri is committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We want our colleagues to bring their individual differences, life experiences and knowledge into the workplace and we welcome their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique.
To our agency friends
We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We’re not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you’d like to be considered at a future date please don’t hesitate to register on our procurement portal.
