Job Description

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Short Description

Function: General Counsel

Reports to: ESG Director

Location: Spain, Romania, Portugal, Italy

Set up: Hybrid

Why we need this role

The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) team supports and facilitates the development of a robust ESG strategy, as well as ensuring that our sustainability activities go beyond just compliance.

We want to deliver an industry-leading ESG programme as well as raise awareness of all Colt employees, customers and partners. As a global leader in digital infrastructure, we are taking ownership of reducing our environmental impact as well as strengthening our social and governance responsibilities. We are committed to helping our customers, suppliers and strategic partners achieve this also.

This role plays a key part in advancing our ESG strategy and vision by leading Colt’s Circular Economy initiatives.

As Circular Economy & Sustainable Product Business you will partner which relevant teams such as Product, Sales, Innovation and Procurement to embed ESG by Design principles throughout our Portfolio and within Colt’s organisation.

In addition, this position will be instrumental in driving the success of Colt’s decarbonisation program as this role has a significant impact on our ability to reduce Colt’s carbon footprint.

What you will do

• Lead and further develop additional ESG workstreams to advance Colt’s Circular Economy and Sustainable Product Design Strategy
• Serve as Colt’s subject matter expert on Circular Economy and ESG by Design, with a strong focus on Life Cycle Assessment
• Lead the engagement with Product, Commercial, Operations, Procurement and other internal teams to strengthen Colt’s ESG Value Proposition to our customers while improving our position as Sustainability Industry Leaders.
• Play a pivotal role in the implementation and ongoing monitoring of Colt’s Decarbonisation Roadmap.
• Act as the link between the ESG team and Sales colleagues to drive the ESG value proposition for customers as well as assisting with ad hoc bid support requests
• Stay abreast of industry changes and best practice, conducting research on sustainable product design, circular economy, sustainable supply chains and translate into meaningful business action
• Partnering and liaising with relevant external bodies to strengthen our approach and share best practice (i.e. UNGC, TechUK, Consultants)
• Work with business leads, Carbon Accounting Lead and external consultants to develop metrics and dashboards which provide meaningful insights for all levels and functions
• Assist in the development of policies, processes, guidelines and schedules aimed at promoting circular economy, sustainable product design, decarbonisation
• Link with the ESG Executive and the Commercial team to define and drive internal and external ESG communications requirements, promoting the sustainability value proposition

What we look for

• Prior working experience in designing and implementing Circular Economy strategies and Sustainable Product Design frameworks within international organisations following main international standards (ISO 59010, ISO 14067, EU Directives, ITU, etc.)
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in Life Cycle Assessment and Product Carbon Footprint quantification, ideally within the IT sector, in alignment with recognized standards
• Proven experience and knowledge in defining and implementing decarbonisation roadmaps
• Bring your passion for telco and sustainability to tackle real-world challenges and drive impactful solutions
• Excellent communication skills and English business level, we want to bring the sustainability narrative to life
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills.
• Collaborative approach to sometimes complex sustainability solutions
• Prior experience researching and writing reports and briefing notes accessible to a wide and varied audience
• Proven experience of proactively leading workstreams across a global organisation

Desirable:

• Sustainability qualification
• Understanding of EU Taxonomy, CSRD requirements
• Previous experience in global function and business would be advantageous – matrixed environment

Skills

NegotiationInformation ReportingEnvironmental ComplianceEthicsInfluencingEnvironmental Regulation

Education

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, human resources, or related field

What we offer you:

Looking to make a mark?

At Colt, you’ll make a difference. Because around here, we empower people. We don’t tell you what to do.

Instead, we employ people we trust, who come together across the globe to create intelligent solutions.

Our global teams are full of ambitious, driven people, all working together towards one shared purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of our customers wherever, whenever and however they want.

We give our people the opportunity to inspire and lead teams, and work on projects that connect people, cities, businesses, and ideas. We want you to help us change the world, for the better.

Diversity and inclusion

• Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that’s what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth.

Most recently we have:

• Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan
• Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders
• Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages

Benefits

Our benefits support you through all parts of life, for both physical and mental health.

• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies.
• Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
• Global Family Leave Policy.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.

A global network

• When you join Colt you become part of our global network. We are proud of our colleagues and the stories and experience they bring – take a look at ‘Our People’ site including our Empowered Women in Tech.