Sustainability Lead

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee- Location: Sydney or Melbourne- Type: Permanent, full time- Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

Join our Sustainability team and help deliver on QBE’s purpose by making a meaningful impact on our communities and environment.

As the Sustainability Lead, you’ll drive the strategic planning and implementation of our Sustainability Strategy, lead key initiatives, and ensure alignment and consistency across the enterprise. You’ll act as a central point of contact for our sustainability scorecard targets in relation to supply chain, manage performance reporting, and collaborate with stakeholders to embed sustainability into the business. This role supports the Head of Sustainability Integration and plays a key part in managing our Group Human Rights Policy and key sustainability projects.

Your new role- Lead the implementation, monitoring and evolution of the Group Human Rights Policy.- Develop and embed due diligence processes for environmental and social topics.- Drive supplier engagement on sustainability and climate performance, including emissions reduction.- Develop and deliver education and engagement materials for strategic suppliers and internal teams.- Design and maintain sustainability and procurement policies, procedures, and guidelines.- Collaborate with claims, procurement, third party risk management, underwriting, and operations to identify sustainability opportunities.- Coordinate the annual Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement.- Contribute to sustainability reporting and mandatory climate disclosures.- Conduct research and data analysis on emerging sustainability topics as required.- Support enterprise-wide sustainability integration and innovation.

About you- Proven experience in sustainability strategy, ESG, or sustainability consulting.- Previous experience in the financial services industry preferred.- Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.- Excellent communication and storytelling capabilities.- High digital literacy, especially in Excel and PowerPoint.- Excellent networking and relationship-building capabilities including the ability to engage with senior stakeholders.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment - what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:
- ‘Hybrid Working’ - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance- Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice- 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super- The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums-
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:
- 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards- Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) - the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion- Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium sized program as voted by graduates- Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)- Family First accredited employer since 2021

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networ