Sustainable Supply Chain Manager

Job reference: OCHA0710
Contract type: Permanent
Basis: Full time
Salary: £55,300 – £62,390 inclusive of London Weighting
Location: Guildhall, London

The City of London Corporation has an ambitious
Climate Action Strategy including a commitment to be ‘Net Zero by 2040 across the City
Corporation’s full value chain’.

The City of London Corporation seeks a person passionate about climate change, has experience
with contract management and stakeholder management to lead the reduction of carbon emissions
associated with Purchased Goods and Services. In this role, you will be responsible for
supporting the City Corporation reduce its environmental impact and promote sustainability
through carbon emissions reduction, the circular economy and biodiversity net gain.

Main duties would include:

• To establish close and productive relationships with our strategic suppliers, internal
  stakeholders and peers to drive continuous improvement in sustainability
• Collaborate with strategic suppliers to track and analyse carbon emissions associated with our
  contracts and implement strategies to reduce them
• Support contract managers and procurement professionals to embed carbon metrics into their
  contracts and report on impacts
• Ensuring Just Transition principles for ethical sourcing and skills are part of decision
  making.

Please read through the job description and person specification for more information.

This role sits in the wider Procurement, Projects and Transformation services but will be part
of a small team that supports the City Corporation embed Responsible Procurement. You will work
closely with the City Corporation’s officers working on climate action including the waste and
circular economy team in our Environment Department and the City Corporation’s Energy Team in
the City’s Surveyor’s department.

This role us ultimately about cultivating great partnerships. The postholder is essential for
the City Corporation and its supply chain partners focus their efforts to make sustainable
choices.

Closing date: 12 noon on 21 May 2024.

Interviews will be held on 30 May 2024.

To apply online please visit careers.cityoflondon.gov.uk 

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number
OCHA0710. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications
from all sections of the community.