Responsible Business Reporting & Communications Manager

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

In this new role, you’ll support the Senior Responsible Business Manager in delivering the Group’s Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) annual reporting and related communications, with the ultimate aim of sharing progress against our People & Planet Plan whilst achieving compliance with a broad range of reporting requirements. These activities are key to build our reputation as a responsible business with stakeholders.

• Salary: Competitive + bonus + private healthcare + generous company benefits

• Location: UK Flexible with travel as required

Key Accountabilities

• Get hands on writing key parts our responsible business reporting in a simple and engaging way, with a focus on the Annual Report & Accounts alongside the People & Planet Plan Report

• Conduct best practice research on reporting and associated communications to ensure our approach remains impactful, compliant and in step with peers – mainly across social matters but spanning environmental too

• Robustly collate data from stakeholders across the Group to feed the reporting suite - from the data centre, to SASB and more

• Support and lead on ESG disclosures such as the Workforce Disclosure Initiative, EcoVadis and Sedex

• Work with Internal Communications, Digital and third parties to deliver related annual reporting People & Planet communication campaigns

• Lead the development and ongoing management of a new community impact map on centrica.com that’ll enhance our communication of how we support local communities, creating engaging case studies and harnessing data

Work Experience

• Great written skills

• Strong research skills

• A good eye for detail across communications and data

• An understanding of a broad range of sustainability matters/reporting – with opportunity to grow expertise in role

• Commercial know-how

• Building great relationships

• Agency/supplier management skills

Competencies

• Experience of communications and/or ESG reporting

• Comfortable conducting independent research, analysing findings and creating recommendations

• Ability to accurately collect, understand and report data

• Effective stakeholder engagement skills

• Experience of working with agencies preferred

We’re proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer, a carers-confident employer and to have gained a place in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality.

Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities, to build a more inclusive and sustainable future for all.

As part of this, we’re working in ways that work for our people because they’re the beating heart of our business.

From childcare to furry friends, we understand that colleagues work best when they’re comfortable and have a flexible approach to working that suits their individual needs. We’re therefore thrilled to provide greater flexibility to all colleagues with FlexFirst.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.