Associate Director - Sustainability

You will need to login before you can apply for a job.Sector: Construction and Building Services Role: Associate ContractType: Permanent Hours: Full Time At Mace, our purpose is toredefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating placesthat are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people,communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about ourpurpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site. Withinour consult business, we harness our unique combination ofleading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancyto unlock the potential in every project. Our values shape the waywe consult: - Safety first - Going home safe and well - Clientfocus - Deliver on our promise - Integrity - Always do the rightthing - Create opportunity - For our people to excel You'll beresponsible for: - Acting as a leader for the BU. Bringing newideas, challenging and driving forward the service offer, includingdeveloping annual business unit plans. - Accountability for serviceexcellence and construct engine satisfaction, deliveringpurpose-led and measurable outcomes on projects. - Bid support.Complete in a timely manner, ensuring the appropriatesustainability message is delivered in an appropriate way to exceedthe clients' expectations but ensuring it is deliverable. -Ensuring projects contribute to the 2030 Mace business plan KPIsand targets. - Awareness of client and market needs to evolve andmaintain necessary competencies. - Data quality (i.e. QA the datasets) and identify insights that you can act upon. Driveimprovements and better outcomes (not just reporting). - Completingcompetitor analysis in the sector to continually improve. -Innovation - measure and track, deliver meaningful and measurableoutcomes. - Ensuring all targets (legal, client, and Mace) arebeing delivered. - Doing the basics right - legal compliance,legislation, Mace Way, Engage. - Regular engagement with yourclient and consultants (share knowledge, check in, provideinformative insights, project updates and case studies). -Developing others and delegate tasks to the wider team, ensuringefficient allocation of resources. - Resource projects effectivelywith forward planning. - Ensuring suitable time allocation issecured for each project, in line with the agreed sustainabilitydeliverables. - Line management responsibilities and taskmanagement for those individuals who are managed by others. AtMace, our culture is defined by our behaviours and how we act. BeCurious: - Maintain awareness of strategic client pipelines anddrivers to help ensure bidding is proactive and efficient. -Understand client drivers and what good looks like in the sector,collaborating with other responsible business sector leads andservice offer leads to bring offers to new and existing clients. -Enhance and bring new service offers to market to stay competitive.- Drive innovation, sharing insights and solutions from across theindustry, and implement innovative solutions to pursue a betterway, resulting in meaningful and measurable impacts. - Managequality control of relevant data sets, identifying insights andsolutions that improve project performance. Be a Collaborator: -Work collaboratively to manage the market and/or sector interfaceseffectively and in the best interests of Mace. - Work closely withyour business unit SLT and other leadership forums to providesubject matter leadership and strategic planning. - Strongleadership, integrity and motivational skills are essential. -Share knowledge and insights from the sector, including projectcase studies and thought leadership. - Form and maintain strong,senior working relationships at the highest levels in clientorganisations as well as across Mace. - Contribute and support thewider industry regarding sustainability insights and knowledge. Bea Contributor: - Support and develop an integrated service offerinto the business unit and Mace construct. - Lead and manage a highperforming team and champion career development. Be a Champion: -Strong and engaging communicator, articulate and open, andcomfortable when representing the company. - Champion the businessunit's contribution to the delivery of the Mace 2026 businessstrategy priorities. - Quality control, know your project'ssustainability numbers, and champion them across the team's andbusiness unit. Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interestfrom a diverse range of candidates. We are also open to discussingpart-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable withinthe role. Company If you can bring a different perspective to helpus shape the cities of tomorrow, take a look at the opportunitieswe have to join us. At Mace we empower our people to becollaborative, curious and embrace their entrepreneurial spirits.We want our employees to thrive and achieve their highestpotential. Reward and recognition We invest in our people andprovide a strong benefits package, which in the UK includes: - 22days of holiday, plus two ‘Mace Days’ - Contributory pension scheme- Life assurance - Highly competitive maternity and paternitypackage - Reimbursement of professional subscriptions andmembership fees - Season ticket loan - Annual health screening -Private medical insurance - Sponsorship of education schemes (onapproval) - Continuous on-the-job training and development - Cycleto work scheme We know that many parents can face challenges whenbalancing the demands of work and their home lives. At Mace, wefully support our people when they choose to balance their careerwith family life. Our performance management and appraisal approachis based on ability and talent. We appreciate the differences thateveryone brings to work and we recognise the importance of peoplebeing free to be themselves. We are proud partners of Stonewall’sglobal diversity champions programme. Support for disabledemployees is provided by: - Our recruitment and HR Teams haveundertaken disability awareness training. - Enabled at Mace –employee network to support its members. - Disability Confident –creating an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants. -Clear Assured – an externally verified accreditation aroundequality, diversity and inclusion practice. - Recite Me – anassistive technology tool that provides access support to allemployees. #J-18808-Ljbffr