Group Sustainability

As a Group Sustainability professional at Barclays, your primary responsibility will be to support the team on delivering the bank's Sustainability strategy. This will include tasks such as:

• Assisting in the development of the bank's sustainability policies and procedures such as Climate Change, Nature & Environment, and Social Policy;
• Engaging with ESG ratings agencies, answering ESG questionnaires, working on external disclosures such as the Modern Slavery Statement, CSRD, Annual Report
• Providing sustainability-related advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting internal banking teams with queries or requests for support, or responding to queries from organisations such as NGOs or other external bodies
• Maintaining trackers such as the Peer Analysis tool, compiling briefing notes for senior leaders, reviewing external announcements such as government or regulatory reports
• Participating in projects or other critical activities as may be required

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrable interest or experience in Sustainability/ESG or a related field.
• Consultancy or Financial Services background
• Good research skills with the ability to gather and analyse data effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear and concise reports for diverse audiences.
• An inquisitive and investigative mindset, with the ability to identify key insights or areas of risk/concern
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort around senior leaders
• Strong time management and the ability to manage multiple priorities / activities simultaneously

Desirable Criteria:

• Knowledge of nature, climate or social topics such as Biodiversity, Deforestation, Net Zero / the Paris Agreement, Human Rights or Modern Slavery
• Familiarity with Sustainability/ESG regulatory frameworks and compliance standards
• Knowledge of Risk Management disciplines such as Reputational or Climate Risk
• Resilience and a principled approach to decision-making in complex situations.

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within the bank and the perfect platform for a junior professional to take the next step in their career.

Purpose of the role

To develop a Sustainability & ESG strategy, considering standards, governance and reporting processes.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with stakeholders to develop a Sustainability & ESG strategy that aligns the Barclays’ Sustainability commitments and priorities, and provides direction for standards, governance process and reporting.
• Identification of ESG risks, opportunities, and key stakeholders through sustainability assessments, data analytics, stakeholder interviews and metrics development.
• Management of sustainability reporting and survey responses, and communicate findings to various stakeholder groups.
• Collaboration with various stakeholders, including investors, customers, and community groups, through interviews and initiatives to understand their sustainability expectations.
• Development and implementation of sustainability projects by creating plans, identifying key resources, and monitoring completion within time and budget.
• Identification of industry trends and developments related to sustainability management by attendings conferences, participating in training and conducting market research on emerging sustainability techniques and tools.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.