Sustainability Officer at Haco Industries Kenya Limited

The Sustainability Officer will do the following:

• Support in implementing organization’s Sustainability Strategy through identified programmes.
• Regularly collect data on greenhouse gas emissions, water, and waste from manufacturing teams for monitoring and documenting.
• Conducting research to inform the development of sustainability programmes (benchmarking with local and international examples) and identify new partnerships.
• Monitoring local and global changes to environmental legislation and regulation and flagging them for action by the organization
• Assist in coordinating monthly green team meetings, preparing presentations, documenting outcomes and tracking actions.
• Assist in putting together Sustainability report (HACO Sustainability Scorecard) for dissemination.
• Coordinate with HR, Communications, and other colleagues to develop internal campaigns and awareness programmes to support the rollout of the sustainability strategy in the organization.
• Communicating with internal stakeholders to gather feedback on existing programs, encouraging participation in new initiatives, and monitoring program performance and outcomes
• Assist relevant departments in developing plans to reduce the organization’s carbon footprint through recycling programs, use of alternative energy sources
• Assist in developing and implementing educational programs about environmental issues, such as climate change or biodiversity loss

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Superlative and creative problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Thorough and current knowledge of sustainability practices, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Ability to analyze and understand research and to identify relevant and valuable information.
• Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to create, interpret, and execute a budget.
• Presentation skills required to deliver proposals to varying groups of individuals.

Education and Experience:

• 2-5 years of corporate, business and management experience required.
• Possess an environmental degree in a relevant environmental subject i.e., Sustainability / Environmental Management
• Demonstrate an awareness of environmental management systems and environmental tools.
• Experience of collecting data, maintaining and analysing data for inclusion in papers, reports and projects or presentations.