Job Description

About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Sustainability Manager to join our team based in our Brock Street London office 2 days a week and working from home for 3 days. The main purpose of the role is to lead on the delivery of Guinness\xe2\x80\x99s Home Energy Standard, ensuring that Guinness does all it can to act in a sustainable manner, improving customers lives through sound investment in the environmental performance of our homes.

Skills/Experience:

Essential:

• In-depth understanding of sustainable design principles and technical building knowledge, including latest industry and technological trends to assist in assessing and improving the

environmental performance of our homes and offices.

• Up to date knowledge of government policy on sustainability including energy efficiency and renewable energy and a good understanding of grant funding opportunities.
• Highly numerate with analytical experience, to include analysis of technical data.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience of communicating technical information to non-specialists.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage a range of activities.
• Project management experience and proven problem-solving abilities.
• Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience of developing and delivering training sessions to groups and individuals.
• Experience of working in an asset management, regeneration, or planned maintenance environment within social housing.
• Experience of technical oversight of works, resident liaison and contractor management.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Educated to level 3 (A level or equivalent) or higher

Desirable:

• Environmental Design / Sustainability related degree, with a focus on the built environment.

If you\xe2\x80\x99re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role, please review the attached role profile.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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