Senior Sustainability Advisor

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Contact Energy Full time
Company Description

Te Tākinatanga | Our Story

  • Ko tā Contact e whakapono nei, ko te taiao tonu te taonga nui katoa o te ao._
  • Koinei mātou e whai atu nei kia mahue atu i a mātou tētahi ao hauora ake, tēnā i te ora i kuhu ai mātou._
  • He pakihi whakarato hiko, ipurangi mātou, engari arā kē atu anō ā mātou taha._
  • Kei te whakawhanake mātou i ā mātou mahi ake, i ngā ara hoki e whai hiko ai a Aotearoa, kei te kōkiri kia tukua te hiko tukurua, ā, kei te whakaputa i tētahi wheako matihiko mō ā mātou kiritaki kāore anō kia kitea i tēnei whenua._
  • He tīma kotahi mano mātou nō ngā hau e whā, e ngākau nui ana ki ā mātou mahi, e aroha ana tētahi ki tētahi, e ako ngātahi ana, e whakapono tahi ana ki ā mātou tikanga ārahi: mā te manaaki kia toa, ka mana te katoa._
At Contact, we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We're a power and broadband company, but we're so much more than that.

We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here.

A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we're stoked to be guided by our tikanga:
we touch lives to make life better.

Job Description:

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role
We're on a journey to decarbonise Aotearoa. The world is not the same as it was 25 years ago when we started out. We know better now, and we can do better.

As a company we are an integral part of daily life in New Zealand and we're acutely aware that our every action, good and bad, has a marked impact on the wellbeing of our communities — today and in the future.

In recent years we've invested in building our renewable, flexible and reliable generation portfolio, which has helped us to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from generation by 33% since 2018, but that's just the start.


Reporting to our newly appointed Sustainability & Community Manager (an absolute Sustainability _badass, _and excellent human to boot), as Senior Sustainability Advisor you'll embed a robust, science-based sustainability programme within Contact that makes a huge difference to how we mahi.

The Advisor we're saying ka kite to has done some incredible mahi (we're sad to lose her) but there's space now for somebody new to join and get stuck into how we approach climate change, risk mitigation and adaptation, design and lead our teams in key mahi (think circular economy, zero waste ambition, embodied carbon, infrastructure sustainability, biodiversity positive, etc), communicate narratives around sustainability as it applies to Contact and provide technical guidance to the organisation around best practice.

You will be the hands-on person for our ambitious work programme related to Net Zero, Climate Leaders Coalition and Sustainable Business Council activities.


A big part of this role will be empowering our people to advance sustainability and embedding sustainability know how within our own culture.

We're looking for somebody technically competent who has the gravitas to be _the _voice that guides our people toward sustainability principles.

This isn't a job where you'll paint by numbers.

We need a thinker and doer who's grounded in technical skills science and brings thought leadership, mana and influence to get stuff done.


Qualifications:

Ko wai koe | About you


We're looking for a science background first and foremost, but your sustainability project management and communication and content creation skills will be important too.

If you've managed projects, even better. And if you did all of that within the energy sector? We'll see stars.

It goes without saying that you need to be passionate about sustainability.

(We sure are.) You'll bring deep knowledge of key sustainability and climate related issues within the wider global, national, and local context, and have an ability to connect broad goals, values and strategic issues to practical projects and initiatives that we can implement, along with an understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi, knowledge of te reo Māori and tikanga, and the ability to develop and implement matauranga Māori solutions to Sustainability problems.


This role will have core cross-functional relationships, so you'll also need to be a superb communicator; a thought leader, idea generator and confident facilitator who can build great rapport with ease, influence across various levels, and really bring people on the journey.

A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in science, commerce, law or environmental discipline is required. You might have a background working in a similar scale company or have worked in Councils, or consultancy.

Additional Information

Contact is not a place you'll stagnate. We are growing and of

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