Chief People Office - Corporate Sustainability Senior Manager

Creating value through diversity. Be yourself. Be different.
At PwC, we respect and value differences. We know that when people from different backgrounds and with different points of view work together, we create the most value – for our clients, our people and society.
As part of our commitment to individuality we are pleased to hear from candidates from diverse backgrounds, with a mixture of skills, capabilities and experience from the below Job Description.
• Work closely with the Chief People Officer (CPO) to drive the firm’s Corporate Sustainability (CS) agenda in the Middle East (ME).
• Constantly review, update and develop the regional CS strategy and strategic priorities to remain true to the global and regional strategy, and to external market needs. Engage with key leadership stakeholders to ensure this is in line with their vision for the region.
• Create a network of external stakeholders to ensure alignment on shared agendas.
• Lead and project manage the end of year reporting and audit requirements that PwC ME has to comply with for the Global CR team. This involves setting up methodology for regular data collection for reporting, and coordinating with the internal audit team to drive both financial and non-financial audit for CS.
• Lead the regional network of champions and ensure that they are aligned with the regional CS narrative and are running projects that create impact.
• Ensure internal compliance of CS projects – ex.: work with the risk, quality and independence teams to assess viability of working with external stakeholders.
• Work with the regional communications team to ensure that our CS agenda is being shared internally and externally.
• Ensure external compliance of CS projects – ex.: work with our internal lawyers to keep track of regulatory changes in the region that impact our social impact and environmental initiatives.
• Stay up to date with PwC Global and EMEA CR requirements (reporting and otherwise) by attending network calls, and by communicating with the Global teams regularly.
• Ensure best practice sharing across the ME champions’ network by creating a platform where these can be shared. Use this platform for sharing PwC Global and EMEA updates with the regional network.
• Explore the scope of expanding and upscaling country initiatives across the region, where applicable.
• Represent PwC ME on all PwC Global and EMEA conferences and forums and share best practices and challenges with the wider group.
• Work with the regional Net Zero and ESG leaders to ensure alignment.