Sustainability and Innovation Coordinator

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Vacancy: Sustainability and Innovation Coordinator

Location: Royston/ Paddington - Hybrid

Job Family: Project Management

Together for a cleaner, healthier world.

Johnson Matthey, a FTSE 100 company, is a global leader in sustainable technologies specialising in catalysis, precious metal products, chemicals and process technology. With operations in over 30 countries, we employ more than 13,000 people. Johnson Matthey uses science to make the world cleaner and healthier. Over the past two centuries we have built our reputation and place as a global leader through quality, integrity, and innovation. Today, more than 93% of the group’s sales come from products and services which provide sustainability benefits through the positive impact they have on the environment, resource efficiency and human health, but that’s not enough. We have ambitious plans for growth and need talented individuals to help shape and lead us into our next century.

The role supports the Business by ensuring that CT’s sustainability (and innovation) activities are well organised, tracked in accordance with Project Management guidelines and that key stakeholders are engaged with the relevant parts of the programme. The role coordinates activities from sustainability through to innovation, ensuring product and service development activities incorporate sustainability and are tracked and measured.

This role is an integrated member of the CT sustainability and innovation teams and is offered as either a part-time role (focussed in sustainability) or full-time role across both sustainability and innovation.

Catalyst Technologies (CT) is a market leader in the syngas value chain. It develops and supplies high-value, specialty process technology and catalysts for chemicals and fuels processing to enable our customers to operate efficiently, profitably and sustainably. With CT at the forefront of the transition to sustainable chemicals and fuels, the transition to net zero is creating exciting new opportunities in this sector.

Your responsibilities:

• Sets out the required resources, clarifies role and involvement level of team members, and acquires approval ensuring that the project plans, budgets and required resources are approved.
• Defines scope, outputs and activities for the programme/project and ensures execution.
• Manages changes to scope and timings following appropriate governance procedures to ensure project delivery.
• Identifies and analyses business needs, stakeholders and linkages to the wider CT and defines project scope and objectives so that they are clear, attainable, and approved.
• Builds, maintains, and utilises a network of internal and external stakeholders ensuring that they contribute to the project success.
• Is able to collect and use feedback from relevant stakeholders to measure and ensure effective stakeholder management.
• Coordinates, monitors, and drives project activities, managing project risks, issues, changes and resources and takes corrective actions when necessary to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.
  
  

Requirements for the role:

• A university degree with a number of years’ relevant experience is desirable; or may have obtained a relevant business/technical professional qualification; or have relevant experience developed in JM or externally
• Has experience of applying project management methodology tools, techniques, and terminology.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and is able to ensure a common understanding by clearly setting expectations in accordance with the project plan.
• Has a good understanding of the chemical and energy industry and demonstrable experience and/or enthusiasm for sustainability and innovation
  
  

How you will be rewarded:

We offer a competitive compensation and JM Elements benefits package including bonus, excellent pension contributions and 25 days annual leave (varies for shift-based roles). Our JM Elements Benefits programme helps our employees understand and manage the JM benefits, as well as helping you focus on your overall wellbeing – for you and your family.

We use our inspiring science and technology to enhance lives. For those who are passionate about sustainable solutions and shaping our markets, we offer stretch and a wealth of diverse opportunities.

We’ll give you freedom to bring your whole self to work and be part of a team where difference matters and all voices are heard, that genuinely cares for you and where your contribution is appreciated. We’ll empower you to lean in and make things happen, to create solutions and value for our customers. United by our values and vision, we’re self-starters sharing the same values and accountability and always with a shared commitment to doing the right thing. We’re passionate about making a difference and delivering a better tomorrow for us and for you – a cleaner and healthier world, today and for future generations.

Johnson Matthey is open for discussion on part time, job share and flexible working patterns

Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks, early application is advised

For any queries or should you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact UKRecruit@matthey.com.

How to apply:

If you have the necessary skills and experience to join our team, please apply online. For any queries or should you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application please let your recruiter know when they contact you.

If you are already a Johnson Matthey Employee, please visit the internal careers site to apply: Find Jobs - Workday (myworkday.com)

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