An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our growing Sustainability team as we lead the wider Skipton Group to deliver on our sustainability ambitions.
Reporting to the Group Head of Sustainability, you’ll lead on delivering the Society’s net zero roadmap and carbon accounting across the Society in our mission to tackle climate change. You’ll be the go-to environmental sustainability specialist sharing knowledge and driving change across the Society and in the broader Skipton Group for consistency and strategic alignment.
Who Are We?
The Skipton Group is made up of Skipton Building Society; Connells Group, the largest UK estate agency and property services provider; offshore finance capability through Skipton International; Skipton Business Finance; and Jade Software Corporation.
Collectively, we’re driven by the desire to make every experience better, whether it’s looking for a home to rent, finding a mortgage to buy a home or understanding the way an unexpected inheritance can unlock new horizons for life ahead. With every step we take, we want to deliver value for our members alongside value for wider society, so that an investment with Skipton means a better society for all.
Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.
What Will You Be Doing?
This is a unique opportunity to lead the strategic development and deployment of our net zero ambitions, working closely with stakeholders across the business to embed sustainability into decision-making and operations. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing priorities, meeting deadlines and communicating complex climate goals in a clear and compelling way.
You will:
- Oversee the Group’s net zero strategy to ensure a coordinated decarbonisation approach and identify efficiencies to reduce our emissions.
- Monitor carbon reduction and environmental KPIs, using data to support external disclosures (Scopes 1-3) including quarterly reporting.
- Lead annual carbon accounting, calculating, analysing and consolidating Group-wide GHG emissions.
- Assess opportunities to centralise and automate GHG data for consistency, alignment, and enhanced emissions analysis.
- Drive colleague engagement on carbon reduction and sustainability across the Society and wider Group.
- Evaluate ROI (financial and carbon) of reduction initiatives and recommend actions.
- Track evolving sustainability disclosure requirements and advise on data sources and compliance strategies.
What Do We Need From You?
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate:
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to influence and gain buy-in for carbon reduction initiatives.
- Comprehensive data analysis skills to drive informed planning, decision making and course correction where required.
- Good familiarity of greenhouse gas accounting standards and methodologies (i.e. GHG protocol, ISO 16064, Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials)
- Carbon accounting knowledge to consolidate carbon accounting and measurement of greenhouse gas emissions across the Group, suitable for reporting and external assurance purposes.
- An ability to communicate clearly and compellingly and influence senior stakeholders across a large and varied Group entity.
- Knowledge of contract management for procurement of new products and services to deliver carbon reduction.
- An ability to influence and support plans which identify clearly costed benefits to the Society and/or wider Group.
What’s In It For You?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
- Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
- Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
- Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
- Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
- A commitment to training and development
- Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
- 3 paid volunteering days per annum
- Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
- We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
If you’re passionate about Sustainability and want to make a tangible impact within a supportive and inclusive organisation, we’d love to hear from you.
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What We Do
Not just another building society. Not just another job. Imagine how good it would feel to help someone choose the mortgage they’ll use to buy their first home. Or the account they’ll use to save for it. We’ve been helping people make big financial decisions since 1853. It’s why over a million customers trust us as a good place for their money, and why our colleagues say we’re a good place to work. The Bailey (our head office) The Bailey is the vibrant hub where you’ll find all our central functions. We’re always looking for new talent because we love hearing new ideas. You can choose from a variety of roles that range from marketing and IT, through to audit, risk, products, digital and more – or maybe you’ll join our lively contact centre team. We’re based in Skipton, just a short train ride from Bradford and Leeds, we’re a stone’s throw from the A65 and have some cracking views of the Yorkshire Dales. Our network of UK branches Our branch colleagues are the face of Skipton Building Society. They’re relationship-builders, team workers, great talkers and they’re brilliant at listening too. Everything they do is designed to help customers make the best financial decisions, whether that’s choosing the right kind of savings account or having a full financial review. The Skipton culture Happy colleagues mean happy customers. So, when we recruit, we don’t just think about what’s in it for us, we think about what’s in it for you. It’s one of the reasons we’ve been recognised as one of The Times Best Companies to Work for the last 6 years. Mind, body and spirit With our colleagues’ support, we’ve created a culture that promotes diversity and inclusion. We understand the rich diversity in our Society, and how harnessing that diversity through effective inclusive practice has profound benefits for individuals, teams and the Society it self. This includes a progressive approach to personal well-being.
