Closing Date:

Aug 1, 2016

Salary:

Negotiable

How to Apply:

Please contact Gavin O'Loughlin - gavin.oloughlin@uk.pwc.com

Job Description:

In the PwC UK Corporate Sustainability team we’re seeking an executive to help shape and deliver programmes related to employee awareness of sustainability, and behaviour change campaigns that help our firm be more sustainable.To date, these focussed on alleviating carbon emissions by less flying, enhancing material stewardship, and the integration of sustainability into annual objectives and client work. Post 2017, they will encompass new themes as the firm’s sustainability strategy is refreshed for 2017-2027, and include programmes to ensure our purpose – “to build trust in society and solve important problems” – is embedded across the firm.

The role is available on a permanent basis, based in our London office at Charing Cross. There may be some limited travel associated with the development or implementation of our campaigns to PwC offices in other parts of the UK.

As the sustainable behaviours executive, you will report primarily in to the Sustainable Behaviours Lead, as well as the Corporate Sustainability Director for some responsibilities. We’re looking for someone with an established understanding of sustainability issues and ideally a strong track record of communications or marketing in an employee or consumer context, and an ability to span creative/strategic tasks as well as having analytical skills and a bent for implementation and impact.

The role provides an excellent opportunity to learn from experts in the area of Corporate Sustainability and to work in a company that is recognised as a leader in sustainability (e.g. BITC CR Index 5 star winners (2016, 2015), Highly commended in TVe sustainability film awards (2016), shortlisted in the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards Waste category (2016), shortlisted for The Marketing Society Awards for Excellence in the Sustainable Consumption category (2014), Winners of 2 degrees Sustainability Champions award (2014).

The following links provide examples of materials the team you’d be joining has produced in recent years:
www.pwc.co.uk/goingcircular
http://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/corporate-sustainability/thinking-sustainability-video.html

We have broad and effective marketing mechanisms to build awareness of sustainability issues across the firm, and use these in sustained campaigns for behaviour change. In each case, we baseline to understand the ‘current reality’ before effecting firm-wide communications, and then measure the impact of our efforts. We also conduct research to understand the beliefs and perceptions of our employees as the start point for our campaigns, deriving insight that shapes our programmes and creative treatments.

As part of the team, you will be directly responsible for executing all our campaigns, but invited to contribute to all discussions about the shape and nature of the programmes, as well as encouraged to get involved in the development of the campaigns, to the extent that you are ready and have capacity. Specifically, your key tasks will include:

  • Implementing firm-wide campaigns, including adaptation of creative to multiple internal channels (e.g. printer point posters, flip chart covers, vending machine posters, ‘hotelling’ kiosks, pull up banners, PwC smartphones, PwC intranet (Spark) - working with third party print providers, the PwC Online Presence Team and c. 30 UK wide office managers)

  • Developing communications for internal employees (e.g. via the ‘@PwC’ news channel), liaising with the PwC Internal Communications Team

  • Downloading and analysing data in support of team campaigns, such as flight information, and online meeting penetration and frequency

  • Maintaining a database of c. 7,000 employees who are signed up to our internal direct marketing sustainability programme (‘Blueprint’) to ensure it’s up-to-date for joiners and leavers

  • Drafting, checking and sending out direct sustainability email messages to our Blueprint database, in support of strategic campaigns, twice per month

  • Working with the PwC IT teams to agree methods for securing data needed for tracking the impact of our campaigns, notably online meeting usage

  • Drafting surveys to gain insight about the beliefs and behaviours of our people, or to baseline or track the impact of our campaigns

  • Adaptation of creative ideas to different channels, as required

  • Building a network of stakeholders internally and externally to facilitate delivery of the core role

  • Sharing our experience and approaches with the PwC Global Corporate Responsibility team, as required

In addition, we envisage that you will work directly to support the Corporate Sustainability Director in the preparation of team-level activities, for around 15-20% of the time. This will include:

  • Analysis to help prepare for annual budgeting and forecasting, and tracking progress within the year

  • Preparing for the Corporate Sustainability Governance Group meetings, or similar

  • Development of presentations for external speaking events in which the CS Director is involved 

The following skills are required for this role:
Essential skills:

  • Good understanding of or educational attainment in sustainability

  • Experience of or training in marketing and/or communications

  • High degree of initiative and enjoyment from problem solving

  • Creative thinking

  • Analytical skills, and a comfort with data gathering, cleansing and analysis (e.g. flight data, use of online meetings)

  • Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously

  • Highly organised, and proactive in planning their own workload

  • Great people and communication skills, especially written English

  • A desire to make a step change in sustainability performance, and the tenacity and patience to drive through to results over the long term

  • Team player, with a global outlook

  • Technical skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, PhotoShop and Illustrator

  • Working knowledge of social media and digital skills – coding for website or other digital channels (e.g. working knowledge of html and css)

  • Excellent IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint

  • Interested in this role for a minimum of 3 years.

Desirable skills:

  • A good relevant undergraduate degree

  • Experience of developing employee training

  • Experience of conducting consumer research

As part of your cover letter, please describe in up to 250 words what you think you would bring to this role.