Head of Sustainability Communities

Role: Head of Sustainability Communities

Reports to: Chief Product Officer

Location: London

Workplace type: Full time. Hybrid: 2 days in office each week plus 1 extra per month.

Role Overview

The Head of Sustainability Communities is a crucial driver for our Sustainability Leaders product and is responsible for delivering a world-class service to our corporate clients. This is achieved through the formation and execution of virtual workshops and in-person events, with a focus on both environmental and social sustainability.

The Head of Sustainability Communities will contribute to both the strategy and delivery of Sustainability Leaders' content calendar, ensuring that it covers the most relevant and current ESG-related topics for our clients. They will speak to and advise corporate clients on a regular basis, collaborate with internal stakeholders across product, commercial and events production to drive impact, and utilize qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making. They will also support our sustainability-focused value proposition across the Procurement Leaders brand.

The successful candidate will have a background in customer-facing community roles or similar, with a strong passion for and experience in sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategy development and implementation of Sustainability Leaders' content calendar, encompassing different environmental, social, and governance areas.
• Advise corporate clients on a variety of sustainability topics, including Scopes 1, 2, and 3 reporting, regulatory compliance and interpretation (CSRD, EUDR, CSDDD, etc.), and human rights due diligence.
• Co-lead our sustainability research, forming hypotheses that lead to thought leadership and high-quality reports.
• Take ownership of all content produced under the Sustainability Leaders' brand name, meeting quality standards and strict deadlines
• Represent the company at large-scale events, facilitating panels and workshops on good corporate ESG practice.
• Partner closely with commercial teams on Sustainability Leaders' go-to-market strategy; production on event agenda development; and other members of the product team on content execution.
• Write a bi-weekly blog on latest trends and insights from our sustainability community.

Key Qualifications and Proficiencies

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a customer-facing, content-focused role, with a strong grasp of the most relevant ESG topics for large corporations.
• Proven experience in a client-facing role; comfortable speaking to and advising corporate clients on sustainability topics.
• Able to manage internal and external stakeholders, working closely with team members internally to drive impact in our sustainability community.
• Able to work at a fast pace and prioritise what's important.
• Proficient quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. Experience using Excel to manage large data sets is preferred.
• Ambitious, eager to learn, and passionate about sustainability.
• A strong communicator through written and spoken English.
• Team-player, ability to work effectively within a team and across global business units.

The compensation for this role is £55,000-£60,000 depending on experience plus 10% discretionary bonus.

Company Overview:

Sustainability Leaders is a global network of sustainability executives. Powered by a member community of 50+ leading global companies, Sustainability Leaders supports senior ESG leaders in driving impact through their environmental and social strategies.

Sustainability Leaders are wholly owned by World 50 , an organisation where the world's best global executives are connected to each other and great thought leaders from every industry.