Sustainability Project Co-ordinator at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• This position is responsible for helping to drive and coordinate all sustainability projects to ensure all operational and strategic initiatives are tracked. This role resides in the Group Sustainability Office team and reports to the Chief Sustainability Officer.  You will be required to provide support to the sustainability team, as well as the Market and Development Manco team, in managing medium to large projects throughout the full project life cycle (from initiation to benefits realisation). The role will also provide essential administrative support support to the sustainability team and work with the clusters and group functions to track project execution and progress. 

What will make you successful in this role?
The following are key deliverables:

• Working as a business partner to deliver group-wide sustainability objectives and goals. 
• Coordinate and drive compliance tracking with the group’s sustainability operational and strategic projects framework. 
• To support in positioning Sanlam in becoming a leading sustainable brand. 
• To support the Chief Sustainability Officer in the development and implementation of the Sanlam sustainability project management framework,

Support and provide project management technical inputs in the development of:

• Internal and external operational and strategic projects 
• Data management and verification process
• Employee engagement
• Technical and awareness training on sustainability project matters

Project Reporting

• Maintaining good governance and compliance with statutory and non-statutory requirements is critical for Sanlam. 
• Ensure that the sustainability project framework and policy requirements are updated regularly. 
• Responsible for developing project policies in the spectrum of ESG and tracking approval and implementation.
• Sustainability Marketing, Communication and Events 
• Responsible for contributing to Sustainability marketing and communications input for internal and external brand messaging, including Sanlam newsletters, Sanlam Connect, DigiMag advertorials (external) 
• Support in the management effective internal and external communication of Sanlam’s sustainability management initiatives. Ensure initiatives are communicated accurately, and deadlines are met (Energy management, water management including the WWF partnership, waste management etc.) through internal communication to staff to create awareness and encourage behaviour change
• Stakeholder Management and Strategic Partnerships Relationships 
• Employee awareness training and skills development/ Growing our people/ Employee Engagement
• Structured Development Programme

Qualifications and Experience

• Related environmental, sustainability and developmental degree or diploma
• Proven experience in sustainability or a related field
• Project management exposure in the related fields, project management and data management science/analyst will be to your advantage

Knowledge and Skills

• Project Planning
• Resource Planning
• Reporting and Administration
• Quality, compliance and accreditation
• Business Process

Personal Attributes

• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing independently

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Being resilient - Contributing independently

The closing date for applications is 05 May 2023.