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Head of Sustainability & Social Value Location: Home-based (UK) Salary: £49,000 £52,000 + pension + flexible working About the Role Assured Safety Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a leading UK charity in the recruitment of a visionary Head of Sustainability & Social Value . This is a newly created and influential position, offering the opportunity to shape and drive the charity s environmental and social value agenda at a strategic level. You will define, influence and champion the organisation s overall sustainability and social value vision, embedding best practice across all functions and ensuring these priorities play a central role in decision-making. Working closely with leaders across the charity, you ll guide the development, implementation and monitoring of key ESG strategies to drive measurable impact. If you are an experienced sustainability professional who can lead, inspire and deliver positive change, we would love to hear from you. Key Responsibilities Provide leadership and governance across sustainability and social value activity. Develop and deliver strategies and action plans to drive continuous improvement. Inspire and engage colleagues at all levels, promoting awareness and ownership of sustainability initiatives. Analyse, audit and report performance to senior leaders and external partners. Build strong working relationships with key external stakeholders and ensure compliance with UK, EU and international regulations. Lead progress towards key ESG milestones, including Net Zero targets, energy efficiency and value creation. Implement environmental management systems and support initiatives such as waste reduction, conservation and renewable energy. Support sustainable procurement, supply chain evaluation and contractor monitoring. Lead on securing and maintaining ISO accreditations relevant to sustainability and social value. Advance social value objectives, including community engagement, workforce equality and supporting local economic growth. Manage and enhance the social value measurement platform (TOMs) and related reporting. Produce compelling social value content for tenders, bids and organisational reporting. Skills & Experience Experience with recognised sustainability/ESG frameworks such as SASB, SECR or the Social Value TOM System . Strong knowledge of environmental legislation and best practices. Experience advising managers on sustainability and social value matters. Excellent problem-solving capabilities with a proactive, solutions-focused approach. Strong communication skills with the ability to deliver presentations and lead projects effectively. Assured Safety Recruitment are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company operating across the UK. We recruit all roles in the Health and Safety industry including Health and Safety Advisor, Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director, and HSE, HSEQ, SHEQ, QHSE, EHS positions. Once we have received your details, we will be in touch within 14 days if your application has been successful for the role. Wherever possible we do try to contact all of our applicants directly, however sometimes due to a large volume of applicants this isn t always possible. If you have not been contacted within 14 days of applying, unfortunately this means your application has not been successful, but we may keep your details on file for future opportunities .

The post holder will be the chief adviser to the Chief Executive Officer, Chair and the Board in relation to all areas of corporate and regulatory governance, and legislative requirements. They are responsible for corporate governance leadership, ensuring the organisations corporate affairs are undertaken to the highest standards of probity according to statutory and legislative requirements. The Director of Integrated Governance is a pivotal board role providing leadership and development of our governance and corporate affairs. The purpose of the role is to develop, maintain and continuously improve our corporate governance arrangements so that the Board are assured that the people in our communities whom we are here to serve, receive the highest levels of care. The Director of Integrated Governance will play a key role in providing corporate leadership and assurance as a member of the Board. To be accountable to the Board on all aspects of assurance, compliance, regulation, and accreditation matters by leading the development and delivery of exceptional corporate governance through policy, and best practice, and reflecting the strategic intent and direction of the organisation. Ensure that this is in line with the standards of good governance set for the NHS and as recognised by ICSA. Advise the Board on all legal matters, securing external legal opinion when specific legal expertise and/or legal independence is required. Act as the key relationship manager with external regulators and auditors including, but not limited to, NHS England (NHSE), Care Quality Commission (CQC), appointed auditors and Health & Safety Executive (HSE). Experience and Knowledge: Experience operating at corporate board level, with direct experience as a member or senior advisor to the Board and as a strategic director and including significant governance experience within health or similar public sector organisations. Preparing end of year and periodic reports and reviews for Board, including those for audit purposes operating to a disciplined schedule. Preparing and presenting complex reports to boards/committees and external organisations, working across a range of statutory, public, commercial, and voluntary bodies. Hold a post graduate qualification within risk, governance or associated field. If you are interested in this position please apply via this advert with your most recent CV.