Group Senior Manager Sustainability

The company:

Our client DTEK is the leader and the biggest private investor in Ukraine's energy sector. Employing 55,000 people, DTEK's companies are involved in coal and natural gas extraction; electricity generation from wind, solar, and thermal power plants; energy resources trading in local and international markets; distributing and supplying electricity to consumers; providing energy efficiency services to customers; and developing high-speed charging station networks.

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DTEK's Strategy 2030 commits the business to transforming into a more efficient, eco-friendly and technologically advanced business, guided by ESG principles. With a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, DTEK built a 114MW wind farm in early 2023 and is currently developing phase two, which would add another 384 MW. The business now has over a gigawatt of operational renewable energy capacity.

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While serving many during this time of need, DTEK is at the forefront of transformational change in Ukraine and has grown significantly over the past five years with ambitions to be a truly European operator, reflected in an internationally spread leadership team and an increasingly diverse set of decision makers across the businesses.

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The role:

The role of Senior Manager of Sustainability will be reporting to the Chief Sustainability Officer.

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This individual will enable DTEK's vision to scale investment into renewables, decarbonise its operations and establish an industry-leading ESG reporting program.

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Positioned at the Group level, the position will ensure efficient project management across all Group sustainability projects by standardising project management approaches and introducing best practices.

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DTEK are seeking someone with a demonstrable passion for helping an organisation make ESG & Sustainability a central part of its agenda, whilst ensuring it's at the heart of the organisation's decision-making.

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Key Role Responsibilities:

• With your strong relationship-building and influencing skills, you will drive projects forward as well as gather information to identify risks and propose solutions.

• You will successfully navigate different governance structures

• Work closely with other leaders to develop new projects or programs in line with the strategic objectives of the business.

• You will project manage interdisciplinary teams in an international setting, providing direction and guidance on sustainability and reporting topics

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor all project activities, implementing proactive risk management strategies throughout all phases

• Lead the ESG/sustainability reporting program, working with project and business teams to develop and refine approaches to comply with regulations such as TCFD and CSRD

• Launch an ESG system and ensure Group Sustainability has visibility of performance by establishing an ESG system so oversight can be maintained.

• Facilitate and support the management of sustainability governance obligations in the business by ensuring materials are prepared on time and actions are tracked.

• Standardize project management approaches across the Group and introduce best practices

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Key qualifications and technical knowledge required:

• Outstanding project management and organizational skills with demonstrable experience in managing concurrent projects with different stakeholder groups

• Strong influencing capabilities with demonstrable results in driving outcomes within businesses (ie. outside the direct team)

• Demonstrable experience working on TCFD and/or CSRD reporting regulations is advantageous.

• Experience working with data management systems, preferably related to ESG

• Strong understanding of sustainability strategy and ESG reporting within an international/European corporate setting

• Expertise in energy, natural resources, industrials, infrastructure or renewables would be desirable, not essential.

• Russian or Ukrainian language skills would be desirable, not essential

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If you are someone, who has experience driving group-wide projects within a corporate setting, whilst linking and translating the ESG agenda into materiality, risk and opportunity, then please apply now!