Sustainability Lead

Location: Rotterdam

Job Type: Full-time

Optimal start date: December 2023

Application deadline: Please submit as soon as possible

Other:

Presence required in the Rotterdam office (60/40 work from office, work from home policy).

🌱 We are an equal-opportunity employer and embrace the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the recruitment process. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. The more inclusive we are, the better we can deliver our mission to shape a more sustainable world. 🌱

Hi, We’re Nexio Projects

At Nexio Projects, we firmly believe that everyone has the power to shape a more sustainable future. As a trusted advisor and partner to clients in a wide range of sectors, we simplify the challenges associated with sustainability and bring clarity and transparency to fuel bold action. We are facilitators and implementors at heart and strongly believe in the power of incremental change to shape a more sustainable future.

As a dynamic team, we form a motivated group of 40+ co-workers headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We have cultivated a unique team spirit that is both impact-driven and purpose-oriented. We are humble, hardworking, and continuous learners.

Everyone’s voice can be heard and promoting an environment where maximum potential can be reached is at our core. Because of this, we continuously look for enthusiastic intrapreneurs who can do things without taking themselves too seriously.

We are a B Corp company since 2019 and a Platinium EcoVadis strategic training partner.

Scope & Role of Impact

Lead and coach the Sustainability Advisory team of 20+ consultants and analysts.
Contribute to the development of the team’s strategy and oversee the execution of the strategic plan, in close collaboration with the COO.
Lead the efforts to develop and optimise the service portfolio and internal processes within the team.
Lead projects and project teams and ensure projects are delivered on budget, on time, within scope and of high quality.
Directly communicate with sales and project planning teams regarding project scopes for future projects and team capacity.

Your Typical Week

It’s Monday morning, and you’re returning to the office refreshed from a great weekend. The week starts with our team meeting, where we reflect on the learnings of the past week and share intentions for the coming one. This creates a space for alignment, awareness, and enthusiasm before stepping into the new week and allows everyone to get the latest updates from different departments while hearing about the organisation’s growth. As a key decision-maker in the organisation, you will lead our sustainability advisory team. You will have an active role in shaping and steering the operational goals & KPIs, while supporting your team’s senior team. The week ends with our Friday Gratitude Award, where we share drinks and close the week with celebrations.

Is this an environment you want to work in? Are you a curious person committed to helping businesses become a force for good? Do you love the buzzing energy of a team striving

Leadership / Supervision

Strategic plan execution and lead process improvement, service development, expertise, and knowledge creation within the team.
Coach, guide and evaluate up to 4 senior direct reports, guiding them in their professional development.
Provide tangible leadership and set a best practice example on project work.
Ensure that performance expectations are clear within the team and that performance is being effectively monitored.
Create a climate of trust and openness in the team and encourage a culture of recognition and constructive feedback.
Support/teach creativity and innovation in teams and act as an inspirational leader.
Collaborate closely with the commercial team on service development, proposals, and other commercial activity.
Participate in focused monthly meetings with management and other department leads as well as annual leadership retreat.

What You Deliver

Support the team in achieving targets for each project and monitor key performance indicators to identify improvement areas.
Support the development of a client focused organization.
Establish senior client relationships.
Lead creativity and innovation in teams.
Develop a deep understanding of market trends, upcoming regulations and lead the improvement of current services in response to market evolution.
Lead research, content creation and marketing efforts of team, including ebooks and digital events.
Responsible for commercial results of the SA team.
Set all aspects of project culture including quality and prioritization of reviews.
Lead appraisal cycle of team members.

How You Deliver

Reconcile detail of project with big picture goals.
Plan and lead change to make it stick and drive scalability in line with Nexio Project’s ambitions.
Collaborate across teams and able to leverage multiple disciplines in Nexio Projects.
Combine bold ambitions and high standards with resilience and tenacity.
Responsible for client care/delivery on specific projects.
Demonstrate Nexio Projects’ values and ethics and act as a strong Nexio Projects ambassador.

Three good reasons to join us:

A good business environment:

A dynamic, international, creative and professional working environment, where entrepreneurialism and creativity are key.
A Private-equity backed organisation with strong growth ambitions, both organically and through M&A activities
Constant learning opportunities that enable you to grow and apply your knowledge on a variety of projects, with a training allowance per year (time and costs covered in part).
A flexible work environment where you are free to work from home for 40% of the time – if desired, with work-from-home equipment.

A good set of benefits:

Transportation allowance, if necessary, although we highly encourage you to bike to work.
Contribution towards wellbeing services (mental or physical health memberships/services).
A free Swapfiets subscription.
Pension Plan.

A good culture:

A gratitude award shared by colleagues sharing appreciation for each other’s work.
A weekly Friday evening drink to wrap up the week and get to know each other more personally.
Quarterly team events.
Fresh fruit and flower delivery every week.
Volunteering opportunities on Earth day.

Some logistics

Job type: Full-time
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Other: Presence required in the Rotterdam office (60/40 work from office, work from home policy).
Optimal start date: December 2023.
Application deadline: Please, submit your application as soon as possible.

Enthusiastic, Communicative, Well-organized, Altruistic, Multitasker, Team-player, Problem-solver, Sense-of-humour

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Benefits and perks

01 Growth budget

Time and budget is available for all employees to upskill & educate themselves throughout the year.

02 Swapfiets

As part of our Dutch DNA, we don’t see a healthier and more conscious way to commute to work then on a bike. Do you?

03 Quarterly Events

We celebrate the new quarter ahead with a team activity. From Casino night to Summer Camps, all themes are welcome!

04 Programmes for well-being

The team’s wellbeing is our first priority at Nexio. Therefore, we offer subscriptions & organise wellbeing events.

05 Volunteering 4 days a year

With abundance being one of our values, we see the importance of giving back and sharing. Therefore, every team member can volunteer for their organization of choice.

06 Friday gratitude award

3 gratitude awards are shared between colleagues to show appreciation for each other’s work.

How we hire

Apply online with your CV, motivation letter & video if requested
Go through a gamified assessment that ensures unbiased hiring
Short call with HR to get to know the people team
Case study interview, group or individual
Final interview
Embark on your Nexio journey!

Ready to apply?

Application checklist

CV
Cover Letter telling us about yourself, why you’d like to be part of our team and your goals at Nexio. Beyond your professional and academic background, we are interested in all the dimensions of your personal development journey, so feel free to share more about your ikigai.
Writing Sample of maximum 500 words. This could be an excerpt from a report you wrote, a research piece, blog/medium article, policy memo or other writing sample that reflects clarity, conciseness and mastery of a sustainability-related topic.

We are an equal opportunity employer and embrace the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion within the recruitment process. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experience. The more inclusive we are, the better we can deliver our mission to shape a more sustainable world.

Apply now