SHE Environment Manager
Transport for London Careers invites applications for the SHE Environment Manager role. This career path offers the chance to contribute to TfL's sustainability strategy, drive environmental performance improvements, and support organisational change across a leading public transport network.
Key Information
* Job title: SHE Environment Manager
* Salary: £51,750 to £58,030, depending on experience
* Grade: Band 3
* Contract type: TfL
* Reference: 3015
* Contract details: Permanent
* Location: Palestra
* Application closing date: 11/01/2026 at 23:59
* Hybrid working: 50% office, 50% home over a 4‑week period (subject to business requirements)
Overview Of Project/role
The Adaptation team within SHE’s Sustainability & Corporate Environment team sets TfL’s strategic direction for climate change adaptation. As a corporate environmental strategy officer, you will develop technical knowledge, coach the business on environmental capability, drive compliance and assurance activities, and promote culture change through policy and product development.
Key Accountabilities
* Champion and inform the corporate environmental strategy through innovation and research, and support integration of environmental and social impact into policy across the business.
* Support and challenge the business to change culture and behaviour, and deliver on activities to improve corporate environmental performance in line with the strategy.
* Coordinate and track activities and progress against plans to ensure continued progress.
* Through stakeholder engagement and partnerships, raise awareness, provide advice, input and coaching on environmental and social impact issues.
* Support the ongoing development of the SHE Management System and its use across the business, and provide training and upskilling on environmental and sustainability matters.
* Provide environmental input to relevant processes across the business, such as procurement by writing KPIs and contract clauses, assessing tenders, monitoring and managing contractors’ performance, and maintaining a suite of environmental clauses to ensure consistency across TfL environmental contractual requirements.
* Understand environmental performance data and upskill the business partner teams and the business to interpret and act upon it.
* Support the business in meeting external environmental and sustainability reporting requirements, drafting consultation responses and internal briefings and papers.
* Through stakeholder engagement, support the business in developing processes and creating and maintaining environment and sustainability products and tools, e.g. the Whole Life Carbon tool, to support TfL green agenda.
* Be a champion and advocate for safety, health & environment in everything they do, role‑modeling personal safety and environmental commitment.
* This role may involve line management of individuals such as Assistant Environment Managers, graduates, apprentices, and colleagues on placement in the team.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* The ability to develop credibility and influence stakeholders (Essential)
* Good skills in setting policy frameworks (Essential)
* Strong ability to initiate and effect behaviour change design (Essential)
* Strong ability to work in a highly pressurised environment to very tight time constraints and high quality (Essential)
* Good systems and strategic thinking including an holistic technical understanding of multiple topics/disciplines such as commercial, project space, strategy and sponsorship, engineering (Essential)
* Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to write strategic and analytical reports (Essential)
* Undertaking physical climate risk assessments (Essential)
Knowledge
* Strong knowledge of environmental management regulations and the issues TfL faces (Desirable)
* Strong knowledge of designing and evaluating initiatives to improve corporate environmental performance (Essential)
* Proven knowledge of how to form strategy and progress it into action in a complex organisation (Essential)
* Expert understanding of the political framework in which TfL operates (Desirable)
* Strong knowledge of TfL’s / other SHE Management systems (Desirable)
* Strong knowledge of UN Sustainable Development Goals (Desirable)
* Strong knowledge of impact evaluation methodologies (Desirable)
* Membership of relevant professional body, e.g., IOSH, IEMA, CIBSE (Desirable)
* Related degree or equivalent qualification (Essential)
* Understanding of the applications and limitations of the Met Office’s climate projections data (Essential)
* Familiarity with Enterprise Risk Management frameworks (Essential)
* Understanding the London transport sector’s key climate risks, and how these will impact TfL (Essential)
Experience
* Experience of setting visions and ambitions in large complex organisations (Desirable)
* Experience in achieving changes in environmental behaviour and performance (Essential)
* Experience in operating at a senior level and influencing director discussions around the shape of the business (Desirable)
Application Process
* Please apply using your CV. Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV.
* PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Transport for London is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We aim to represent the city we serve and create an inclusive recruitment process. TfL is a disability‑confident employer; a disability interview will be guaranteed to any suitable disabled candidate who meets all essential criteria.
Benefits
* Final salary pension scheme
* Free travel on TfL network
* 75% reimbursement of standard class National Rail ticket from home or 28‑day flexi ticket 75% reimbursement
* 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
* Hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
* Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
* Tax‑efficient cycle‑to‑work programme
* Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
* Discounted Eurostar travel
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
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