Job Description

Affinity Water is seeking an Environmental Performance Analyst to join our team on a 15-month fixed-term contract. This is an exciting opportunity for a data-driven professional who is passionate about sustainability and environmental performance.

Working closely with the Performance & Insight Lead (Environment), you will help ensure environmental data is accurately collected, validated and reported to internal teams, customers and external stakeholders. You will provide valuable insights that support informed decision-making and help shape future environmental performance. The role is expected to have an initial focus on operational greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity, with opportunities to broaden your scope as the team develops.

Key Responsibilities

• Collate and validate primary data used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions across Affinity Water.
• Use the Water Sector Carbon Accounting Workbook to estimate and report greenhouse gas emissions.
• Support the Ecology Team in collating and reporting biodiversity data.
• Ensure accurate and timely regulatory reporting and compliance with external standards.
• Contribute to third-party assurance activities.
• Drive continual improvements in reporting quality and implement innovative solutions.
• Create dashboards and visualisations to communicate environmental performance effectively.
• Produce accurate and timely internal performance reports.
• Monitor the delivery of environmental performance improvement plans.
• Engage with regulators, Water UK and industry groups to help shape future approaches to greenhouse gas accounting.
• Provide administrative support to governance groups overseeing emissions reduction initiatives.
• Represent Affinity Water at industry conferences, events and forums where appropriate.

About You

We are looking for a proactive and analytical individual with a passion for environmental performance and data-driven decision-making.

Essential Criteria

• Degree educated in a relevant discipline.
• Experience in data collation, validation and analysis.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical ability with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams.

Desirable Criteria

• Membership of, or affiliation with, a recognised environmental management body.
• Ability to summarise and communicate technical information clearly.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme
• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.