Overview
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At Vodafone, we’re shaping the future for our customers and for everyone who joins our team. You’ll be part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and advance a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career while balancing work and life, Vodafone offers opportunities to belong and make a real impact.
What You’ll Do
The successful achievement of our sustainability goals requires a business-wide transformation, with sustainability integrated into decision-making, and every employee understanding how they can contribute to a more sustainable future.
This role will be responsible for programmes that foster a culture of sustainability across Vodafone globally and support the business to deliver Vodafone’s environmental and social sustainability ambitions and targets.
This role will own, develop and implement strategies for sustainability engagement, including capacity- and capability-building, Purpose activation and employee engagement. The successful candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining communities of sustainability practitioners across functions and markets.
This role is also responsible for advising on the technical accuracy of environmental claims (green claims) made in brand, marketing, corporate and internal communications, to manage any risk of stakeholders being misled and to align sustainability-related communications with Vodafone’s Purpose narrative.
This role is in the Group Sustainable Business team, but will work in close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders in Human Resources, Brand, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Internal Communications, Vodafone Business, and Public Affairs.
* Capability and capacity building: Build sustainability capability, capacity and engagement across our workforce, at all levels from senior leadership to operations. Ideate, scope/design, implement and maintain initiatives, and develop resources to empower others to act in driving sustainable business change
* Sustainability changemaker community: Build and maintain communities of sustainability practitioners across functions and markets, including management of learning and development content, organisation and facilitation of network calls and other interactions or events
* Sustainability performance incentives: Integrate sustainability programmes into performance management structures including objective setting, reward and incentive plans
* Purpose activation campaigns and projects: Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and implement campaigns or projects that activate Vodafone"s Purpose for engaging internal and external audiences
* Employee engagement projects: Maintain and run the Group Sustainable Business research programme, to enable employees from all parts of Vodafone to engage in short-term sustainability-related research projects. Support the scoping, organisation and delivery of internal events related to Purpose (for awareness raising, alignment or engagement)
* Green claims evaluation: Assess the technical accuracy of and advise upon environmental claims in brand, marketing, product & services and corporate communications. Collaborate with Group Legal teams to maintain guidance to and learning resources for communication writers
Who You Are
* A bachelor’s degree or professional qualification in a sustainability-related field
* Experience of working in a corporate sustainability team within a matrixed organisation
* Experience in change management in a multinational and cultural environment
* Knowledge of environmental claims regulations and best practice guidelines (preferable)
* Advanced project management skills to steer strategies across multi-functional workstreams
* Demonstrated knowledge of key sustainability topics (e.g. net zero, circularity, digital inclusion)
* Excellent communication skills and can work with both sustainability subject matter experts and a broader employee base
* Excellent workshop facilitation skills to help navigate diverse stakeholders towards a common outcome
* Excellent verbal and written communicator with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to engage, manage and influence a wide range of stakeholders
* A passion for driving businesses towards a more sustainable future, and bringing all employees along on the journey
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.
What’s In It For You
* Yearly bonus: 10%
* Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
* Charity days: 5 days/year
* Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
* Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%
* Access to private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
* Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan
Who We Are
We are a leading international Telco. Vodafone believes connectivity is a force for good. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, while helping our customers do the same. Belonging at Vodafone is lived and cultivated through everything we do. You’ll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. We are committed to increasing diversity, ensuring equal representation, and making Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance. Together we can.
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