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The Sustainability Manager is responsible for providing strategic oversight and delivery of the Southbank Centre’s Environmental Action Plan. This includes motivating and inspiring both staff and visitors to work collaboratively toward environmental performance targets, ensuring that sustainability is embedded across all operations to support the Centre’s long-term ecological commitments and mission.
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We welcome applications from all backgrounds. By attracting people with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. The Southbank Centre is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. We pride ourselves in building a supportive environment to enable the development of our colleagues.
Harris Hill is delighted to be partnering with a leading UK University in South West London to recruit a Sustainable Procurement Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in embedding sustainable procurement practices and supporting the institution’s ambitious carbon reduction and sustainability goals.
As Sustainable Procurement Manager, you will lead on integrating sustainability into procurement processes and supplier engagement. A key focus will be ensuring suppliers adopt Net Zero Carbon tools and provide accurate emissions data, enabling the organisation to measure and maximise its positive environmental impact.
- Embed sustainable procurement practices across purchasing and contracting activities
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, including task and finish/steering groups focused on carbon reduction strategies
- Influence and build strong cross-functional relationships to drive sustainable outcomes
- Proactively identify opportunities where procurement can deliver carbon-reducing solutions
- Support the delivery of the organisation’s wider sustainability strategy and strategic objectives
We are seeking a procurement professional with a strong understanding of sustainability and sustainable procurement practices. You will bring:
- Proven experience in procurement, with a focus on sustainability
- Strong knowledge of carbon reduction initiatives and supplier engagement
- The ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the ability to identify value-adding opportunities
Working within a collaborative and forward-thinking procurement team at the University, you will contribute to delivering efficient, sustainable, and impactful use of resources.
- Location: Kingston, South West London.
- Hybrid working: 1–2 days per week on campus
- Working pattern: Part-time (0.6 FTE), 22.2 hours per week (3 days a week)
- Salary: £50,160 FTE, actual salary £30,096 per annum. Plus fantastic benefits.
- Interview dates: Week commencing 20 April 2026
- Closing date: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply now to Harris Hill for more information!
If you are passionate about sustainability and want to drive meaningful change within a forward-thinking organisation, we would love to hear from you.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.