Senior Sustainability Manager
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,241 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 441844/1 |
Summary
Can you drive change and implement improvement strategies?
Are you a strong team leader who can motivate people to achieve excellent results?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
Reporting to the Head of Corporate Sustainability, you will manage a small team of Sustainability and Environmental managers. You will be responsible for overseeing the Environmental Management System.
You will have significant input into the key environmental strategy of the DVLA, developing and monitoring programmes and policies that promote sustainability. You will produce and deliver reports and presentations to internal and external stakeholders. Stakeholders will ask you to substantiate your recommendations and targets and so you must have a comprehensive understanding of finer details as well as the overall strategy.
We provide a range of professional development and training opportunities for our staff, and you will be supported to develop your skills and knowledge in the environmental field.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVLA
Reporting to the Head of Corporate Sustainability, you will manage a small team of Sustainability and Environmental managers. You will be responsible for overseeing the Environmental Management System.
You will have significant input into the key environmental strategy of the DVLA, developing and monitoring programmes and policies that promote sustainability. You will produce and deliver reports and presentations to internal and external stakeholders up to board level. Stakeholders will ask you to substantiate your recommendations and targets and so you must have a comprehensive understanding of finer details as well as the overall strategy.
Where there are vacancies in the team, we would like to you to be involved in the recruitment, using your expertise to identify talent and potential and shape your team into the best it can be.
We provide a range of professional development and training opportunities for our staff, and you will be supported to develop your skills and knowledge in the environmental field.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Develop and review strategy, policies and guidance for sustainability and environmental objectives to drive positive change through the agency.
- Champion sustainability and environmental consideration as a key element of all estate and operational decision making and strategy.
- Provide specialist advice on sustainability and environmental matters to Head of Sustainability, senior managers, line managers, staff and external stakeholders.
- manage and maintain the Environment Management System to ensure DVLA retains certification to ISO14001.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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