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Job Title: Sustainability Communications, Reporting & Insights Manager

Location: 100VE

Work-Level: 2B

JOB PURPOSE

• Drive sustainability communications, reporting and insights with a strong focus on Unilever's overall sustainability narrative and the Plastics pillar.
• Bring to life Unilever's more focused, urgent and systemic sustainability approach through communications and reporting.
• Leverage 'always on' insights to drive recall among key audiences.
• Reporting to: Head of Sustainability Communications, Reporting & Insights.
• Line management: 1 direct report (WL1C: Sustainability Communications, Reporting & Insights Assistant Manager).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Sustainability Communications

• Act as single point of contact for all external owned channel communications on Unilever's overall sustainability narrative and the Plastics pillar. Support on communication of other sustainability priorities may be required from time to time, especially on those that intersect with Plastic.
• Lead development of the communication strategy and plan for Unilever's overall sustainability agenda including Plastics, built around a compelling narrative and key messages.
• Work with relevant teams to ensure Unilever's strategic and advocacy agenda provides a platform for proactive communication.
• Collaborate with sustainability experts across the business to source and create content in support of the communication strategy and plan.
• Work in sync with Global Content & Owned Channels team to manage content pipeline up to stakeholder sign off on core content.
• Support Global Content & Owned Channels team as required to deliver impactful communications across a range of formats, amplifying with paid media and sweating assets to their full potential. Content formats could include:
  • long form e.g. thought leadership, expert OpEds, news articles, documentary style video content.
  • short form e.g. social media posts (Unilever and senior leaders), leader/expert soundbite videos, infographics and animations focused on action, impact and performance.
  • strategic narrative e.g. periodic updates to u.com pages and content for Unilever-convened stakeholder events/roundtables.
• Capitalise on communications opportunities with key sustainability influencers to amplify narrative and key messages e.g. through 'on the ground' content.
• Pitch story leads to the Global Media Relations team to amplify narrative across key Tier 1 and Trade Media outlets. Lead response to low-risk media enquiries relating to Plastics and cross cutting sustainability issues (i.e. issue agnostic).

Reputation Insights

• Lead delivery of reputation measurement to support C&CA strategy. Provide actionable insights and tailored briefings to relevant stakeholders.
• Utilise insights on reputation, content, channels and key competitors to inform proactive communications strategy and tactical execution.
• Leverage external network to bring outside in perspective to communication strategy and plan.

Corporate Reporting

• Lead on sustainability narrative in the Strategic Report (part of the Annual Report & Accounts), including Plastics content. Ensure it is a fair, balanced and understandable reflection of the Unilever narrative and key messages.
• Work with sustainability team to proactively manage reputation issues arising from ESRS plastic and packaging-related disclosures e.g. due to restatements or performance and disclosure gaps.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Skills

• Strategic thinking: deep understanding of internal dynamics, commercial drivers and external trends, and ability to turn this into a communication strategy and plans.
• Proactive reputation management: ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on delivering reputation impact.
• Creative, integrated communications: strong content creation and communication skills, with ability to craft compelling narratives.

Expertise

• Subject matter expertise in Big 4 priorities: deep knowledge of Plastics agenda and intersection with other sustainability topics e.g. Livelihoods and Climate.
• Sustainability comms experience: track record of producing high-quality written and audio-visual content with measurable and demonstrable impact.
• Stakeholder management: proven ability to build and maintain internal stakeholder networks as well as leveraging external network.

Behaviours

• Passion for High Performance: hungry to win together, prioritises ruthlessly and owns the outcome.
• Purposeful Impact: cares deeply about delivering positive impact for the business, people and the business.
• Personal Mastery: brings out the best, whatever the challenge.

Key interfaces

• C&CA: Global Media Relations, Global Content & Channels, BGs, Functions and key market teams.
• Global Sustainability Team and sustainability subject matter experts e.g. in Supply Chain, R&D, Procurement/Business Operations.

NOTES

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Chris Carr on [email protected]

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).

Location

In 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London to house the employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars ("100VE"), Lever House in Kingston and Graze in Richmond, the build is due to be complete in early 2025. Most recently, in August 2024, we announced our intention to retain our premises in 100VE until our lease expires in 2027.

We are due to consult with our existing workforce on the new proposal to retain 100VE for the duration of our lease. Therefore, until such a time consultation has concluded as to the retention of our 100VE office, this role will be based in 100 Victoria Embankment until early 2025 and then will move to the Kingston Campus.

Relocation to the UK

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.