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The Sustainability & Impact Officer is responsible for driving the environmental and social impact strategy across the Athena Sports Group, including the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team and Athena Racing’s America’s Cup team. This role leads the development, execution, and monitoring of sustainability initiatives, ensuring alignment with international standards, partner expectations, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The position also plays a central role in retaining ISO20121 certification and enabling partners such as the 1851 Trust to deliver transformative STEM and climate education at scale.


· Contract: Full-time contract

· Location: Portsmouth Office (min 3/days a week)

· Monday to Friday, 09:00-18:00 (with a 45-minuite lunch break)

· Reporting to the CCO/CMO

· 4-6 years experience


Responsibilities

 

The Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team

Assisting the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team in winning SailGP's Impact League by;

  • Submitting Focus Area Submissions: Race to Zero Waste, Accelerating Inclusion, Climate Action & Breaking Boundaries Women in Sailing. Which requires proactive project management for each area including liaising with commercial partners, charitable partner, the 1851 trust, collaborating with communications and media team and graphic design agency.
  • Working with the MarComms team to integrate purpose-driven initiatives into every SailGP event.
  • Serve as the main contact with the 1851 Trust, supporting climate and STEM education initiatives across event locations and digital platforms.
  • Seasonal carbon footprint reporting to UN Sports for Climate Action.
  • Report sustainability and impact outcomes for post-event summaries.
  • Liaising with team partners about impact initiatives, delivering against contract requirements and innovative idea creation.
  • Identifying local sustainability projects in each race venue for the “60-Second Climate Champion” content series.
  • Producing seasonal highlights reports for external stakeholders.


Athena Racing

  • Lead execution of the AC38 Sustainability Plan and reporting against KPIs.
  • Oversee Life Cycle Assessment activities for the AC38 race boat (with external technical support).
  • Chair Sustainability Committee meetings, setting agendas, priorities, and action plans.
  • Support operational delivery of sustainability initiatives at events and team sites.
  • Collect, analyse, and report data to support annual carbon footprint calculations and reporting under the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework.
  • Prepare sustainability presentations, reports, and communications materials for internal and external audiences such as comprehensive sustainability / ESG reporting support for investors.
  • Develop and maintain knowledge of carbon reduction, offsetting mechanisms, and net-zero pathways.


General

  • Prepare and submit applications for industry awards.
  • Coordinate athlete participation and organisational presence at sustainability and sport industry events.
  • Ensure alignment with UN SDGs and all requirements of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework.
  • Collaborate across all Athena Sports Group teams to ensure alignment and delivery of cross-team sustainability projects including Athena Pathway programme.
  • Retaining ISO 20121 Certification with no non-conformities for the Athena Sports Group. Which includes; organising, preparing and leading audits and maintaining policies, procedures and certification frameworks in alignment with ISO20121:2024.
  • During events, help the wider team with on-ground activations outside of sustainability initiatives, such as hospitality, partner activations and MarComms events.


Benefits

  • Be part of world-class sporting organisations Athena Racing & the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team.
  • Opportunities for development
  • Competitive package with 25 days annual leave (plus public holidays) per annum, Company Pension Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme.