Sustainability Manager

Job role: Sustainability Manager

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)

Happy to talk flexible working

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team: Risk & Compliance

Location: Liverpool or Manchester

Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
• Annual fitness allowance
• Flexible pension scheme
• ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
• Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
• Medicash
• EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year via Bright Horizons.
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

Hill Dickinson is proud of the part it plays in being a responsible business and this is an integral part of our culture. We understand the need for everyone to play their part in holding true to our responsible business values.

The Sustainability Manager leads the firm’s environmental strategy to ensure we meet our regulatory obligations, reduce our environmental impact, and strengthen or reputation as a responsible business legal services provider. This role blends strategic planning, supported by our Responsible Business Executive with operational execution, stakeholder engagement and compliance oversight. The role has a focus on carbon emissions management, climate risk, and regulatory reporting.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, central services teams, and external partners, the role drives the implementation of key sustainability initiatives, including emissions tracking, the Carbon Reduction Plan, and climate-related disclosures. The role also supports internal capability-building and contributes to client-facing activity.

Introduction to the team:

The successful candidate will report to the Director of Risk & Compliance and work with various central services functions, senior level executives, third party suppliers and vendors.

Key responsibilities:

• Carbon Management - Lead the delivery of the firm’s carbon emissions tracking and reporting, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 data collection, methodology development, and annual disclosures, including maintenance of SBTi targets/
• Manage and develop the firm’s Carbon Reduction Plan, supporting implementation of emissions reduction initiatives
• Support the development and ongoing delivery of the firm’s Climate Transition Plan, aligning with relevant frameworks
• Regulatory Compliance - Coordinate external sustainability disclosures and ratings, including CDP, EcoVadis, SECR and ESOS
• Integrate climate-related risks into firm-level risk management, including updating and maintaining the sustainability risk register
• ESG Strategy – Assist to design and implement the firm wide sustainability strategy aligned with legal-sector best practice, client expectations and regulatory requirements.
• Work cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Procurement and Business Development teams to improve data quality and embed sustainability into decision-making
• Support supplier engagement and Scope 3 emissions analysis, including improving data coverage and methodologies
• Develop and deliver internal sustainability training and awareness initiatives. Including creative ideas to maximise internal engagement.
• Contribute to client-facing sustainability activity, including inputs to bids, credentials and thought leadership
• Provide regular reporting and updates to senior leadership and governance groups (including the Responsible Business Executive)

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Manage ongoing data collection, validation, and analysis for carbon emissions reporting
• Maintain and improve reporting models and methodologies (primarily Excel-based)
• Coordinate inputs across internal stakeholders and external partners
• Prepare reports, dashboards and executive updates on sustainability performance
• Track progress against key targets (e.g. emissions reduction goals)
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting processes and efficiency
• Support delivery of sustainability-related projects across the firm

What are we looking for:

• Sustainability Expertise - Experience in sustainability, ESG or climate-related roles, including emissions data and reporting
• Experience leading or supporting delivery of carbon reduction or sustainability initiatives
• Strong analytical skills, with experience working with large and complex datasets
• Advanced Excel capability (or equivalent) for data analysis and modelling
• Understanding of relevant frameworks and standards (e.g. TCFD, SBTi, CDP or similar)
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across a business, including senior stakeholders
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear insights and with the ability to influence internal stakeholders
• Legal Sector Awareness – experience in professional services or a regulated industry is highly advantageous
• Commerciality and Change Management – an understanding of delivering a strategy that makes commercial sense, always considering the needs of the firm, is a must together with the ability to influence and embed behaviours and processes across an organisation

If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.