An excellent opportunity exists for a corporate social responsibility and sustainability professional to join the Simplygreen team on a part-time basis to build and execute the sustainability and community engagement strategy.

To be successful, you will need to work well in a small team environment and be able to deliver work independently to a high standard.

This position reports to the CEO and is available part-time based in the Collingwood Victoria.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop key sustainability strategies and regularly review impact of sustainability and community engagement efforts.
• Manage internal systems and procedures relevant to sustainability and community engagement
• Manage the relationship with current sustainability partners and identify other external partners/vendors needed to execute on our sustainability strategy.
• Develop authentic communication strategies and content to support sustainability and community engagement efforts.
• Develop tools and metrics to measure and monitor progress and success
• Monitor sustainability trends and competitors initiatives to support process improvement

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience in a corporate sustainability/corporate responsibility role or related capabilities.
• Strong understanding of sustainability, social impact and community engagement (and associated market trends) preferably in the financial services sector, including current and emerging sustainability issues for the sector.
• Experience across multiple sustainability dimensions, including community, people, environmental, procurement, operational practices and customer engagement.
• Ability to manage external contractors to meet deadlines and goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Success in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Relationship management and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategy development and execution independently.