Duties & Responsibilities

• Working with the business to influence the reduction and mitigation of carbon emissions, including forecasting, on a granular level, the contribution to residual emissions they will produce

• Working with the business units (and other members of the Climate Centre of Excellence) to development and deploy levers to mitigate the most material emissions

• Forecasting, based on the current (time zero) and ongoing pace and trajectory of carbon emissions created by the business, the level of carbon emissions at key checkpoints in our timescales to reach net zero

• Supporting with the continued development of new / enhancement of existing metrics to ensure that risks and impacts are being appropriately captured and measured

• Developing and managing carbon removals programmes

• Sourcing robust, cost-constraining carbon removal credits for Aviva, working with project developers, investors, charitable organisations to address Aviva’s residual carbon emissions

• Collaborating with others in the Climate and wider Sustainability team/Group Finance to create a fair funding mechanism for removals

• Building knowledge, influence the direction, robustness and integrity of the carbon accounting and markets

• Contributing your own expertise as part of the wider Sustainability team/centre of excellence as we deliver and evolve the ASA and Aviva sustainability journey.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent knowledge & experience of carbon accounting, thanks to working in a Climate / Sustainability / ESG communications role previously

• Exposure to working in the Financial Services sector would be highly desirable

• Strong track record of Sustainability engagement and communications, including reporting, disclosure and assurance best practice (including great copywriting skills)

• Experience of managing complex sustainability related projects and programmes with multiple internal and external stakeholders 

• Able to work with passion and pace but also to be confident in bringing a different skill set and perspective to the team

• A skilled influencer and smart simplifier, with excellent communication skills

• Excellent commercial acumen

What will you get for this role?

• Annual salary of circa £60,000, depending on skills, experience, and qualification

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits that include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daisy Holmes a call on 07436 672007 or send an email to daisy.holmes@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.