Assistant SHE Environment Manager

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Job title: Assistant SHE Environment Manager (4079)

Salary: Up to £45400k

Grade: Pay Band 2

Contract type: TfL - Reference: 4079

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right to work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4 week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

We are looking for a qualified professional to join our Climate Adaptation team, part of TfL's wider SHE Sustainability & Corporate Environment team. The role involves tracking and monitoring progress of TfL's Climate Adaptation Plan actions and organisational targets, providing subject matter expertise, upskilling the business, and holding the business accountable to deliver objectives. The applicant will also assist with projects such as conducting TfL's physical climate risk assessment, external reporting (ARP, ISSB aligned Sustainability Reporting), analysing climate interdependencies, assessing tidal flood defence assets, and supporting implementation of climate adaptation measures across TfL. Key responsibilities include data analysis and improvement activities for TfL's evidence base and data driven decision making around climate risk and adaptation (e.g., climate risk assessments, incident reporting, GIS mapping and spatial analysis) and ensuring alignment with the latest climate research. The role contributes to promoting diversity and inclusion across the function.

• Related degree or equivalent qualification (Essential)
• Strong knowledge of designing and evaluating initiatives to improve corporate environmental performance (Essential)
• Good knowledge of environmental management regulations and challenges relevant to TfL (Desirable)
• Good understanding of the political framework in which TfL operates (Desirable)
• Strong knowledge of TfL's / other SHE Management systems (Desirable)
• Good knowledge of UN Sustainable Development Goals (Desirable)
• Understanding the London transport sector's key climate risks, and how these will impact TfL (Desirable)
• Understanding the principles of climate risk assessments and related data (Desirable)

• Ability to work at pace, prioritise workload, manage competing demands and deliver key outcomes (Essential)
• Ability to communicate environmental concepts and solutions clearly to influence key stakeholders (Essential)
• Strong communication, influencing, collaboration, and diplomacy skills to ensure the correct action is taken by those supported (Essential)
• Good systems and strategic thinking and ability to develop holistic technical understanding of multiple topic/disciplines (Essential)
• Ability to analyse and interpret environmental data and help others understand and use the insights (Essential)
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to produce information and recommendations relating to climate change risk and adaptation, including use of GIS for mapping and spatial analysis (Essential)
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to write strategic and analytical reports (Desirable)
• Support identification and delivery of environmental improvements, through systems, competence, advice and assurance (Desirable)

• Identifying environmental issues in projects, contracts and operations and to assist with advising SHE Managers and the business on their local responsibilities and on specialist environmental issues (Essential)
• Assisting with environmental improvement programmes, contract design, managing external consultants for specialist and technical environmental services (Essential)
• Supporting assurance on environmental legal compliance and environmental best practice across relevant activities and ensure that management systems are current and consistently applied (Desirable)
• Conducting physical climate risk assessments (Desirable)
• Data analysis and application to scheme or policy development and decision making (Desirable)

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the following:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Tax efficient cycle to work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer and guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.