Overview

Senior Sustainability Manager role at Guardian Jobs. This is a leadership position within GLAP (GLA Land and Property Limited) to contribute to the delivery of Mayoral environmental sustainability and social value priorities.

About the Team and Organization

The Land and Development team sits within the Housing and Land Directorate. It supports GLAP, the Greater London Authority’s commercial property subsidiary, delivering development on the Mayor’s land and joint venture interests, and exploring new opportunities to unlock development outcomes. GLAP aims to deliver up to 68,000 new homes over 25 years, including major regeneration schemes such as Royal Docks, Greenwich Peninsula and Barking Riverside. The role requires collaboration with internal GLA colleagues, developers, and policy teams.

More information about GLAP, its activities and priorities can be found in its Property Asset Strategy and Annual Reports. Applicants should familiarise themselves with GLAP’s Climate Action Strategy and Environmental Sustainability Framework on the GLA website.

What Your Day Will Look Like

This is a leadership role that ensures GLAP actively contributes to the delivery of Mayoral environmental sustainability and social value priorities. The role leads on embedding climate risk management and sustainability requirements in strategic development projects and estate management, and collaborates across GLA bodies, developers, and policy teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, across GLAP, the implementation, delivery and reporting against GLAP’s climate action strategy, including capturing and monitoring GLAP’s emissions through the inventory model.
• Initiate, develop and oversee development of guidance documents to facilitate delivery of GLAP’s objectives.
• Lead the implementation of GLAP’s development standards, metrics and reporting across residential and commercial projects.
• Develop innovative, joined-up delivery of climate actions that benefit GLAP’s business plan.
• Lead the climate risk management and climate resilience and adaptation plan, keeping the climate risk assessment up to date and integrated into decision-making and risk management.
• Lead coordination of GLAP’s climate budget and quarterly reporting in partnership with the Finance Director and the wider team.
• Facilitate and enhance collaboration between GLA development bodies; oversee group-wide metrics reporting to the collaboration programme as per timescales.
• Build strategic relationships with internal GLA bodies, developers and other stakeholders.
• Provide client-side sustainability input into projects such as the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre redevelopment and related procurement and management.

Skills, Knowledge And Experience

• An appropriate professional qualification with substantial regeneration and development experience, and a track record of delivering sustainability outcomes across major development projects and corporate activity.
• Strong understanding of sustainability, procurement, design, project finance, planning and legal agreements for development transactions.
• Experience and understanding of commercial considerations in sustainability and delivery within property development and land ownership.
• Proven ability to structure development agreements and joint ventures with good commercial awareness.
• Experience implementing sustainability strategies with monitoring and reporting outcomes.

Behavioural Competencies

• Building and Managing Relationships: develops rapport with diverse stakeholders to deliver shared goals.
• Decision Making: forms sound, evidence-based judgments, assesses risks, and takes accountability for results.
• Organisational Awareness: understands organisational dynamics and politics, translating changing agendas into actions.
• Planning and Organising: prioritises, manages time and risk, delivering to a high standard.
• Strategic Thinking: translates vision into practical plans and considers long-term implications.

Other Information

This role is based at City Hall, Royal Docks, and may require work at London Fire Brigade’s Head Office. The GLA is committed to equal opportunity and inclusive practice, with arrangements for flexible working where possible.

How To Apply

To apply, please submit the following:

• Up-to-date CV
• Personal statement (max 1500 words) addressing how you meet the essential criteria

Include file sizes of up to 1.5 MB per document. Name files with the job reference number (e.g., “CV – applicant name - 012345”). CV and Personal Statement should be Word or PDF; no photographs or images. The CV/Personal Statement will be anonymised in line with equal opportunity practices.

For questions about the role, contact the hiring manager, Sarah Birt, at Sarah.Birt@london.gov.uk. For recruitment process questions, contact glaopdcrecruitment@tfl.gov.uk. The assessment process includes a panel review and shortlisted interviews/assessments (date: Week commencing 29 September 2025).

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

London’s diversity is a strength. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and disabled candidates who are underrepresented. We offer flexible working arrangements and Disability Confident Employer status. Reasonable adjustments will be provided during the process on request.

Benefits

Hybrid working up to 3 days a week in offices and remote working as appropriate. Salary and benefits include 30 days’ annual leave, season ticket and bicycle loan schemes, and a career-average pension. A DBS check or additional security screening may be required where applicable.

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