ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER (f/m/d)

ABOUT COMMON GOAL

With more than three billion fans, football is the largest social phenomenon on the planet.

Common Goal is rooted in the belief that the world’s most popular sport is one of the few cultural forces strong enough to help shift society towards a more sustainable and equitable future for all. We believe that achieving long-lasting change requires collaboration. That’s why we are building a movement that creates opportunities for every stakeholder in football to participate – we embed purpose at the heart of the football industry, leverage football’s reach and culture to inspire fans to act and use football as a catalyst to unlock excellence and opportunities for young people everywhere.

We want to maximise the game’s contribution to people and planet and believe that we are at a true historical milestone. As such, we are creating opportunities to engage new talent with the drive and passion that changing the world requires.

Are you ready?

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Sustainability Manager is a new role at Common Goal that we are creating to maximise football’s contribution to net zero, environmental sustainability and climate resilience.

The focus is to further develop and lead our strategy on environmental sustainability. This includes identifying, establishing and managing meaningful collaborations with expert partners in the field, manage environmental sustainability projects for and with the community organisations, football institutions and football fans worldwide and identify both solutions as well as documentation tools for our own contribution.

The role requires someone who is enthusiastic about environmental sustainability, aims for radical collaboration to accelerate change and is a passionate and convincing communicator.

YOUR TASKS

• Drive the further development and implementation of our environmental sustainability strategy that spans the dimensions of the football for good sector, the world of professional football and wider society.
• Identify, establish and manage meaningful collaborations with key expert partners in the field of environmental sustainability and our engagement in sector-wide approaches and frameworks.
• Monitor, moderate and share solutions and frameworks of actions across the stakeholder groups we work with: football for good organisations and their programme participants, individuals and institutions in professional football and football fans globally. This includes facilitating Common Goal’s thematic working group on environmental sustainability and the activation of a learning and action strategy in partnership with the group.
• Lead projects in the field of environmental sustainability involving stakeholders across the Common Goal movement and create data-driven reports to document their progress.
• Orchestrate internal measures to reduce our environmental impact.
• Coordinate internal efforts to demonstrate our environmental performance (e.g. BCorp Certification, annual sustainability report) in close collaborations with relevant colleagues. · Define an ambitious and achievable sustainability roadmap aligned with our strategy.
• Collaborate with the Partnerships and Industry Leadership teams on managing existing partners and securing additional investment and project funding for our sustainability strategy.
• Support the Brand & Advocacy Team to showcase the importance and progress of environmental sustainability in and through football.
• Support all internal teams and partners to sharpen their senses for and take decisions towards environmental sustainability, as well as team-based measures to contribute to the overall target, translating Common Goal’s service and promise into a meaningful contribution to the planet.

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a minimum of three (3) years of relevant professional work experience in the field of environmental sustainability.
• You have a degree in Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Development or a related field of studies. Alternatively, you have a background of International Development or Project Management with research and professional experience in the area of environmental sustainability.
• You have pro-active project management skills, with the ability and experience to work with multiple stakeholders and respond to their needs.
• You are a strong and empathetic communicator with great presentation and workshop delivery skills.
• You have experience in delivering carbon footprint and sustainability reporting.
• You have a solid understanding of technological and operational interventions designed to meet carbon reduction strategies.
• You are native or fluent in English. Fluency in other languages is an important asset (especially German, Spanish or French).
• You are a great listener and team player who enjoys taking responsibility and working in a diverse, culturally-rich and inclusive workplace.
• You take initiative and responsibility of your work, and solve problems proactively.
• You possess strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and multitask.
• You love to get things done, thrive on challenging the status-quo and have a genuine passion for our cause.

OUR OFFER

• Become part of a vision for football 2030, that aims to enable all stakeholders in the football industry to play their part in accelerating progress towards the Global Goals.
• Lead a motivating work culture with highly talented colleagues and peers and unique personal development opportunities within an internationally recognised social enterprise.
• Play your part in the world’s biggest community into a more sustainable path and join an innovative, experienced, solutions-oriented, and impact-driven team that is passionate about football for good.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements, an inspiring and centrally located office, 30 days annual leave and other great features to enable an optimal balance between work and personal life.
• Benefit from attractive perks for all employees such as visa & relocation support, monthly public transport passes, a gym allowance, home-office equipment and support, as well as other great initiatives to create a fun and exciting workplace.
• Make a full-time position in Berlin your own with attractive conditions.
• Last but not least, join an international squad of 18 nationalities, speaking more than 12 languages, where 100% of your future teammates agreed in the latest staff survey that “fellow team members are committed to doing quality work.”