Sustainability Specialist

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Job Title: Sustainability Specialist (Ethics & Human Rights)
Location: Spain, Portugal
Set up: Hybrid and Flexible
This is a fixed term opportunity for 18 months.

The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) team supports and facilitates the development of a robust ESG strategy, as well as ensuring that our sustainability activities go beyond just compliance. We want to deliver an industry leading ESG programme as well as raise awareness of all Colt employees. This role will support the business in delivering the ESG strategy and vision (in particular concerning Human Rights, Ethics, sustainable procurement activity); through leading workstream activity in collaboration with colleagues across the group.

1. Lead and further develop additional ESG workstreams to drive forward the organisational strategy regarding human rights, ethics, conflict minerals, supply chain decarbonisation, etc.
2. Work with ESG Data Analyst and external consultants to develop metrics and dashboards which provide meaningful insights for all levels and functions.
3. Align with HR, Procurement and other internal teams to strengthen ESG understanding and embed EU Taxonomy requirements.
4. Assist in the development of policies, processes and schedules aimed at promoting and protecting human rights, promoting ethical practice, decarbonisation, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and recommending corrective actions.
5. Links with the ESG Executive to define and drive internal and external ESG communications requirements, promoting awareness of ethical standards and human rights issues through outreach and communications strategies.
6. Communicate with internal colleagues of all levels on alignment with SBT's, as well as CSRD and EU taxonomy requirements.
7. Give advice and support to colleagues on all sustainability matters, recommend and develop policies that drive a greater understanding of sustainability to embed across the business.
8. Partnering and liaising with relevant external bodies to strengthen our approach, improve supply chain data collection, and share best practice.
9. Stay abreast of industry changes and best practice, conducting research on ethical issues and human rights trends and translate into meaningful business action.
10. Work alongside procurement colleagues to support supplier sustainability engagement ensuring alignment with ESG strategy, goals as well as CSRD EU Taxonomy alignment.
11. Scope out innovative pilot projects and/or collaborative exercises with suppliers to support Colt's implementation of CSRD / EU Taxonomy requirements.
12. Liaise with relevant teams to support establishing mechanisms for reporting and addressing ethical breaches or human rights violations within the organization and wider supply chain.
13. Act as the link between the ESG team and Sales colleagues to drive the ESG value proposition for customers as well as assisting with ad hoc bid support requests.

Skills & Experience:

1. Prior working experience in the Sustainability field with emphasis on human rights, ethics, sustainable procurement.
2. Clear understanding of human rights / ethics activities to drive change.
3. Excellent communication skills and English business level, we want to bring the sustainability narrative to life.
4. Collaborative approach to sometimes complex sustainability solutions.
5. Strong understanding of the sustainability landscape with the ability to explain in a meaningful way to various stakeholder levels.
6. Prior experience researching and writing reports and briefing notes accessible to a wide and varied audience.
7. Leadership of workstreams across a global organisation.
8. Excellent organisational skills.
9. Sustainability qualification is desirable.
10. Understanding of EU Taxonomy, CSRD requirements is a plus.
11. Previous experience in global function and business would be advantageous.

Negotiation, Information Reporting, Environmental Compliance, Ethics, Influencing, Environmental Regulation.

A bachelor's or master's degree in business, human resources, or related field.

Colt is a growing business that is investing in its people. We offer skill development, learning pathways and accreditation to help our people perform at their best, regardless of role and location. The company supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

In addition to offering competitive salaries and incentive plans, a range of benefits and local rewards packages are offered to staff. Colt recognises the importance of a work life balance.

Some benefit examples are:

• Relaxed dress code
• Two days annually to spend on volunteering opportunities
• 39 hours working week and additional days off as per Colt own collective bargaining agreement
• Benefit package that includes life insurance, private health insurance and pension plan. In addition flexible benefits scheme
• Lunch vouchers or childcare vouchers
• Access to a virtual business school for on-going learning
• Business mentoring
• International environment with employees from more than 35 different nationalities