Sustainability Risk DirectorSustainability Risk Director

The Sustainability Risk Director at The Crown Estate will develop a robust control framework for sustainability risk management, collaborating with various teams. Responsibilities include leading sustainability risk initiatives, supporting internal and external reporting, and ensuring effective risk management processes. The role requires technical knowledge of TCFD and TNFD frameworks, climate data analysis, and facilitating a strong risk and control environment. The position is hybrid, based in London.
Operations · The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market · Hybrid

Sustainability Risk Director

Advert Close date: 3rd June 2025

Purpose of Role:

The focus of the role is to devise and deliver the embedding of a robust control framework across within various areas of TCE business. With a particular focus on leading sustainability risk management and control and working with Sustainability team and SBU sustainability teams to build capability in the business on sustainability risk and opportunities.

The role is responsible for driving risk and control ownership in the first line of defence, supporting second line assurance over controls to senior management and where applicable assuring these risks across the business. The role acts as a point of contact between the Risk Team and the front-line business functions and leaders in the business and will encompass training, liaison and support elements. The role will also work closely with the Head of Internal Audit, Risk and Assurance, Chief Sustainability Officer, other GLT members, SBU Directors of Sustainability and others owning and managing risk across the business and will demonstrate how intelligent risk management and appropriate controls can enhance business effectiveness across the wider enterprise. The role will include reporting to Sustainability and Audit Committees where required.

Main accountabilities:

The risk director will be primarily responsible for leading and supporting the business in managing its sustainability risks, actioning controls to mitigate the risks, and support reporting of sustainability risks in both external and internal reporting. Understand and address long term sustainability risks and opportunities to maintain the value of our assets, through producing a 3-year resilience and adaptation plan and supporting delivery of year one of our 3-year TCFD roadmap.

Sustainability Risk Understanding:

· Technical knowledge of TCFD framework - Ability to analyse climate risks and opportunities, understand their impact on TCE assets, operations and value creation framework.

· Understand climate data, metrics, and tools (including stress testing and climate scenarios) and climate scenario analysis. Ability to assess decarbonisation plans and provide subject matter guidance & expertise.

· Knowledge of quant universe, methods & models including MSCI Real Assets, ability to bridge the gap between business units and available quant tools & research.

· Technical knowledge of TNFD framework and LEAP assessment - Ability to analyse nature risks and opportunities, understand their interlinks to climate and impact on TCE assets, operations and value creation framework.

Driving maturity through supporting and facilitating the delivery and ongoing support for a robust risk and control environment:

· Work with teams in identification, scoring and management of risk - driving clear accountabilities in line with our operational excellence, compliance, safety first and customer experience programmes

· Play a key role, working with the Sustainability Reporting team, to prepare disclosures in relation to TCFD, TNFD and other relevant frameworks

· Creation and oversight of a clear risk escalation process

· Creation of control standards and working with other governance teams to ensure that those standards are embedded

Attend and contribute to Quarterly Business Reviews, Audit and Sustainability Committees:

· Supporting the Head of IA, Risk and Assurance in the wider delivery of effective risk management at TCE at both operational and strategic levels.

· Supporting the Head of IA, Risk and Assurance in the development of TCE-wide risk registers as live documents with clear information flows up and down the organisation and well understood risk and control ownership hand-offs between teams.

· Inputting into work led by Group Sustainability to monitor emerging sustainability-related risks and determine when and how to escalate within the business.

Most important skills based requirements:

· Risk management experience in relation to sustainability

· Business partnering experience

· Risk and control reporting

· Senior level exposure & Committee (non executive) exposure

· Proven influencing skills

· Ability to build effective partnerships with key senior stakeholders

· Clear communicator: ability to present information and ideas logically and succinctly

· Clear and methodical planning approach

· Clear, comprehensive and actionable understanding of how risk management can enhance the effectiveness of an organisation - an analytical consultant perspective combined with knowledge to deliver long-lasting change.

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

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Department

Operations

Locations

The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market

Remote status

Hybrid

Employment type

Full-time

The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market

Our Perks & Benefits
• 28 days paid holiday

We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday.
• Flexible working

We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies.
• Market leading family friendly policies

We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life.

Workplace, Culture & Diversity

It's our ambition to be an inclusive organisation that reflects our society, one where all feel welcome, able to be themselves and belong.

A workplace where you're empowered to be yourself, diverse thinking is encouraged, and a place where you can realise your potential.

Operations · The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market · Hybrid

Sustainability Risk Director