Environmental Efficiency Strategy Lead

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government’s largest public service departments with a sizeable annual budget, serving over 20 million citizens.

The estate spans 1.4 million square metres across 800+ sites and supports around 78,000 colleagues.

Our vision includes DWP colleagues, supply chain, partners and, most fundamentally, the customers the Department exists to serve. They are the reason for our existence.

We are responsible for the day-to-day operation of our vast Estate by managing a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as Security Guarding, Maintenance, Property and Leasehold Management, Construction, Cleaning and Facilities Management.

DWP Estates is not just about maintaining buildings - it’s about transformation. Our strategic goals include:

• Transitioning to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate to meet future needs
• Investing in infrastructure through planned replacement works
• Embedding sustainability in line with Government Greening Commitments (GGCs)
• Delivering cost-effective services while maintaining high standards
• Creating a professional, best-in-class working culture across the Government Property profession

Our Estates strategy ambitions have been refreshed to take us through to 2030:

• OPTIMISE: Continue to transition to a more affordable and adaptable DWP estate that creates productive environments
• INVEST: Investment in an improved environment that better meets the needs of customers and colleagues and minimises service disruption
• SUPPORT the drive for sustainability throughout DWP
• DELIVER: Expertly deliver improving, cost-effective services for DWP
• THRIVE: Continue to develop a working culture for DWP Estates that is best in class across government

There is no better time to join the award winning DWP Estates team.

Reporting to Head of Energy and Sustainability, this role will drive the strategic direction and development of DWPs programme to meet the longer-term Net Zero and Sustainability goals and through influencing major change programmes in DWP. This role will interface closely with cross-government and cross-DWP Estates stakeholders and groups, FM Teams and Energy Managers.

The role will also line manage the Net Zero Manager and other posts to be determined. This role will be critical in positioning the organization as a leader in sustainability. By driving carbon reduction and net zero strategy development, the role will contribute to operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and the achievement of long‑term environmental objectives.

• Job Family – Strategic Asset Management
• Core Role – Property Data Management
• Level – Senior Practitioner

• Responsible for all DWPE Energy & Carbon Reduction strategy development; developing, managing and delivering the estates strategy for Net Zero (all scopes). Develop and implement frameworks to support net zero transition, including energy efficiency, renewable energy adoption, and sustainable resource management.
• Advise the DWP Estates Senior Leadership Team on all aspects of Net Zero ensuring an appropriate level of understanding and providing management and business insight reporting against Net Zero.
• Responsible for ensuring that appropriate policies, standards and targets are in place and communicated across the organisation and suppliers relating to Net Zero and Utilities reduction, building optimisation and engagement.
• Lead and manage the Environmental Efficiency Strategy team.
• Ensure immediate team and supply chain have the right skills, capabilities, objectives and resources to meet objectives and performance manage these to ensure delivery against these objectives.
• Develop, manage and maintain a Net Zero action plan to deliver the strategy including the development of a Net Zero Project Management Office to track delivery establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure progress against carbon reduction and net zero targets.
• Keep abreast of and ensure current and new industry trends, developments, and legislation on carbon, waste and the environment is communicated and…