Head of Corporate Sustainability
| Posting date: | 02 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £57,515 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 442040/1 |
Summary
Do you have experience of working within the sustainability profession at a strategic level?
Are you motivated with a passion for driving continuous improvement strategies?
If so, we’d like to hear from you!
This is a great opportunity to drive sustainability at scale, influencing strategy, culture and delivery across one of the UK’s largest public service organisations.
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 Centres of Excellence, this role will lead DVLA’s sustainability, environmental and compliance agenda, shaping how the organisation responds to the climate challenge and delivers lasting environmental impact.
You will drive the development and delivery of the Sustainability Management Plan, working across DVLA and with Government partners to embed sustainable thinking into everyday decision-making. Building strong relationships and influencing at all levels, you will champion innovation, challenge existing approaches and turn strategy into practical, measurable outcomes.
Continuous improvement will be central to this role, requiring you to anticipate internal and external change and translate it into a sustainable, future-focused strategy for the organisation.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Development of an overarching action plan and programme to deliver the strategic objectives and outcomes including meeting the Greening Government Commitments and developing and delivering a Net Zero programme.
- Developing, managing and maintaining an overall Sustainability action plan to deliver the strategy and ensure appropriate policies, standards and targets are in place and communicated across the organisation and suppliers.
- Working across the organisation to ensure that Sustainability objectives are fully integrated into the delivery models of each Directorate.
- Advising the DVLA Executive Team and DfT on all aspects of sustainability ensuring an appropriate level of understanding of the compliance requirements, risks, and activities to deliver the DVLA Sustainability Objectives.
- Maintaining and developing the ISO14001 Environmental Management accreditation which the Agency currently holds.
- Accountable for the overall data, MI and reporting related to Sustainability, driving continuous improvement.
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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