Environmental Sustainability Manager

Are you passionate about environmental sustainability and driving change across housing and communities?

Acre is working with a large social housing provider with a strong commitment to environmental responsibility, community wellbeing, and long-term sustainability. Environmental priorities are embedded across governance, development, and operational activity, with a focus on improving places, supporting residents, and meeting recognised environmental standards.

About the role

The Environmental Sustainability Manager will work closely with senior sustainability leadership to develop and deliver the organisation's environmental strategy. The role leads the Environmental Management System, including maintaining ISO14001 certification, and supports environmental reporting and delivery of Net Zero Carbon objectives.

A strong emphasis of the role is site-level delivery, working across estates, developments, and green spaces to embed environmental best practice. The role will also lead to the development and delivery of environmental training, including maintaining the organisation's status as an approved training centre. Working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, the role will build awareness, capability, and improvements in environmental performance to support delivery of the organisation's corporate strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Support senior sustainability leadership in the ongoing development and implementation of the organisation's environmental strategy and delivery plans
• Lead the ongoing development and implementation of Biodiversity and Zero Waste commitments
• Lead on improving the collection, monitoring, and maintenance of high-quality environmental data
• Chair the organisation's environmental working group
• Attend internal forums to support alignment of decision-making with the sustainability strategy
• Review development proposals and landscaping plans to ensure compliance and alignment with environmental commitments
• Develop and deliver an ongoing programme of engagement and communication with key stakeholder groups
• Lead the development, implementation, oversight, and reporting of the Environmental Management System and associated advisory services

Key requirements

Skills and knowledge

• A strong passion for, and up-to-date knowledge of, environmental sustainability
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with strong organisational and project management skills

Experience

• Dedicated experience within construction, property management, or a similar sector, focused on the implementation of environmental sustainability strategies at both the site level and strategically
• Experience working with Environmental Management Systems certified to ISO14001:2015
• A strong communicator, having worked with senior leaders and influenced decision-making at all levels
• Strategic thinking, developing and implementing complex, long-term strategies
• Experience delivering environmental training, ideally to a recognised standard
• Experience managing team members and supporting their development

This role offers the opportunity to play a central part in shaping and delivering an organisation-wide environmental strategy with real influence and visibility. The position provides exposure across multiple teams and stakeholders, leadership of high-impact programmes, and the chance to embed sustainability into everyday decision-making. It is well-suited to someone motivated by impact, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

For further information, please contact Aysen Naylor at aysen.naylor@acre.com.