We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive. We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. Working with colleagues across the Agency and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), including Finance, People and Corporate Operations you will be responsible for developing and leading delivery of the UK Space Agency Sustainability Strategy. You will be responsible for both internal and external sustainability reporting, including on performance and risk, as well as coordinating responses to relevant pan Departmental Freedom of Information Requests, Prime Ministers Questions, etc as well external and internal audits. You will ensure compliance with Treasury Sustainability Reporting Guidance, including Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures and Government Greening Commitments. At its heart, this is a role that would suit someone with strong experience leading on Sustainability Management including the creation and management of strategies or programmes, who is seeking to operate in an exciting and diverse organisation. This role is pivotal in shaping the UK Space Agency's journey in reducing our carbon impact in line with the government's Net Zero commitments. The Sustainability Lead will be responsible for:
* Leading development and delivery and monitoring the UK Space Agency Sustainability Strategy including delivering against Greening Government Commitments (GGCs).
* Provide high quality reporting to UK Space Agency senior leaders and Decision Boards on UK Space Agency environmental and sustainability performance
* Identify, model (with the support of UK Space Agency Finance), and reduce our exposure to climate change related risks, ensuring compliance with Treasury Sustainability Reporting Guidance, including Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures
* Champion sustainability and environmental consideration as a key element of all property decision making including the development of our estate strategy10.
* Ensure best practices of Corporate Technology / Digital sustainability for environmental performance and social value.
* Represent the UK Space Agency when working alongside other government departments to understand and share best practice for sustainability.
* Partnering with the Government Property Agency (our 100% estates outsourcing partner) to set appropriate sustainability KPI's and collecting and analysing the Government Property Agency sustainability and environmental data for UK Space Agency reporting purposes.
* Our estates, embedding behaviour change, improving biodiversity of the estate, delivering on Net Zero (driving the reduction in creating carbon and heat emissions)
* Review the UK Space Agency Value Chain and identify options for UK Space Agency suppliers and contractors to demonstrate a high standard of environmental performance and social value.
* Reducing waste (whether it be utilities, air travel, paper, or landfill).
You will work within the Launch, In Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing (ISAM) and Sustainability Directorate reporting to the Head of ISAM and Sustainability. You will provide support in matters of policy and briefings, reporting and analysis, and estates reviews. You will play a critical role in informing business case development, influencing spending decisions and shaping long term roadmaps that go beyond departmental boundaries, setting the standard for sustainability and environmental stewardship within the organisation
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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the government's space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government's vision. Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity's horizons. We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £18.9 billion and employs 52,028 people across the country. Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sector's interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes. We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.