Sustainability business specialist

KSBs

Knowledge

K1: The global social, environmental, economic and ethical pressures affecting business, government and society Back to Duty

K2: The social, economic, philosophical, political, technological and regulatory environment and potential levers to drive change Back to Duty

K3: How different cultures, customs and business practices impact on how the organisation works on a global scale Back to Duty

K4: How life cycles analysis or whole lifestyle costings work, including foot printing Back to Duty

K5: How to build sustainable communities for the future Back to Duty

K6: Utilising continuous improvement techniques such as Kaizen and LEAN to drive the sustainability agenda  within the organisation such as through the reduction of waste or recycling Back to Duty

K7: How to identify probable sustainability issues at each stage of the end to end supply/value chain and how they can be resolved or mitigated Back to Duty

K8: The principles of being the best “neighbour” in the local community taking into account issues such as emissions, engaging with the local community, road access Back to Duty

K9: How to identify sustainability key stakeholders and their roles Back to Duty

K10: The design of environmental systems to meet ISO17021 and how to embed them within the business to drive standards in line with ISO 14001 and customer codes of practice Back to Duty

K11: How external factors can influence consumer behaviour and how they can be overcome Back to Duty

K12: Sustainable technologies relevant to own sector Back to Duty

K13: The principles and practices of internal and external audits as specified in ISO 19001 Back to Duty

K14: The macro environmental factors which influence the sector such as climate change, water resource and pollution and their impact on business practice Back to Duty

K15: Key principles which identify the “Ethical Business” and how to put it into practice Back to Duty

K16: How the organisation design and structure can drive or hinder sustainability practices Back to Duty

K17: How to communicate sustainability messages effectively internally at all levels of the organisation or externally to key stakeholders Back to Duty

K18: Transformational leadership and change management in areas such as creating a vision for the future, motivating and inspiring others to engage with the vision and coaching and mentoring others and building a team to achieve the vision Back to Duty

K19: How to research, critically evaluate and present business information; utilising statistical/analytical skills to interpret primary/complex data Back to Duty

Skills

S1: Conceptualise and resolve ethical, corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues within the business Back to Duty

S2: Devise and implement achievable and viable sustainability strategies for the organisation Back to Duty

S3: Critically evaluate sustainability issues and trends which may impact on business performance Back to Duty

S4: Analyse sustainability performance data and develop the appropriate business response in line with ISO14001, legislative and customer codes of practice Back to Duty

S5: Assemble and drive resource efficiency including auditing in line with ISO19001 and ISO 17021 and consulting on energy, water, waste, materials, packaging Back to Duty

S6: Develop a global procurement Standards and Governance strategy, breakthrough ideas, best-in-class approaches, bringing the outside inside including innovation and sustainability, and managing the sourcing cycle and supplier relationship management system effectively by liaising with the procurement function Back to Duty

S7: Formulate and co-ordinate a business response on sustainability issues to internal and external stakeholders Back to Duty

S8: Lead and manage organisational sustainability projects, such as life cycle analysis or foot printing to drive change throughout the business Back to Duty

S9: Identify, influence and manage key stakeholders across different business functions Back to Duty

S10: Support the organisation at all stages of the internal and external audit process Back to Duty

S11: Lead, coach and manage a multidisciplinary team to achieve organisational sustainability objectives Back to Duty

S12: Identify, assess, and prioritise sustainability risks within the organisation and utilise resources to mitigate, control and monitor the probability and/or impact of such events Back to Duty

S13: Design, implement and evaluate the internal and external environmental audit schedule in line with ISO 19001 and ISO 17021 to drive improvements Back to Duty

S14: Appraise the impact of current global economic issues to the viability of sustainability projects and its impact on profitability Back to Duty

S15: Lead the corporate social responsibility agenda for the organisation Back to Duty

Behaviours

B1: Problem solving: take a holistic approach to solving complex problems Back to Duty

B2: Integrity and respect: listens to others and seeks to build understanding; embraces the diversity of colleagues and makes complex issues easy for others to understand Back to Duty

B3: Networking: Establishes internal and external networks to keep current knowledge of sustainability trends and issues up to date Back to Duty

B4: Personal effectiveness: demonstrates a high level of self-awareness and is emotionally intelligent;  adapts behaviour easily dependent upon situation and impact to achieve desired result Back to Duty

B5: Influencing and negotiation: act as a subject matter expert to inspire others to achieve business goals; adapts language and communication medium to seek agreement; proactively communicates clearly, concisely and on a timely basis; is inventive about win-win options to gain majority consensus Back to Duty

B6: Ethical: demonstrates, and champions in others, a healthy respect for key moral principles that include honesty, fairness, equality, dignity, diversity and individual rights Back to Duty

B7: Responsiveness to change: flexible to changing demands; resilient under pressure Back to Duty

B8: Innovation: demonstrates curiosity to foster new ways of thinking and working; seeks out opportunities to drive forward change and improvements for the business Back to Duty