At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead sustainable procurement initiatives and manage climate-related risks for service providers.
- Company: Join one of Australia's largest profit-to-member super funds focused on member outcomes.
- Benefits: Enjoy 5 wellbeing days, paid parental leave, and extensive learning opportunities.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace that values different backgrounds and experiences.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the financial wellbeing of millions while promoting sustainability.
- Qualifications: Experience in vendor management with a focus on sustainability and climate-related data.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
We’ve been around since 1988, and today we’re one of Australia’s largest profit‑to‑member super funds. That means everything we do is focused on delivering better outcomes for our members – not shareholders.
At Rest, we help more than 2 million Australians to build a better financial future. With around $112 billion in funds under management, we focus on delivering strong long‑term outcomes for our members — from their first job through to retirement. Your best at Rest means focusing on what matters, being trusted to get on with it, and knowing your work genuinely makes a difference. That’s how we operate every day, guided by our values: Be Daring, Keep It Simple, Take Action and Have Grit.
Join us as a Manager, Sustainable Service Providers & Operations, where you’ll build Rest's climate‑first sustainable procurement approach for its service provider management. This is your opportunity to make a real contribution to the financial wellbeing of millions of Australians.
Supporting the climate‑related financial disclosures project and working closely with finance and investments, the role aims to assess and formalise Rest's management of climate‑related risks and determine materiality in the context of Rest's workplace.
- Develop and implement a climate‑first sustainability approach for Rest's vendors, including methodologies to identify, assess, monitor and manage climate‑related risks and opportunities including modern slavery risks.
- Integrate climate change considerations into procurement and vendor management processes, including partnering with service provider managers to support them with due diligence, onboarding, contract requirements, and ongoing service provider management.
- Work closely with Finance to lead the measurement, management and reporting of workplace greenhouse gas emissions, particularly scope 3 service provider emissions management.
- Report into and contribute to the deliverables of the climate‑related disclosure project.
Demonstrated experience in a vendor management, procurement or supply chain function focused on sustainability & modern slavery risks.
Experience working in financial services or large corporate organisations - superannuation experience would be highly regarded.
Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing sustainable procurement and vendor management frameworks.
Experience managing sustainability or climate‑related data, including greenhouse gas inventories, emissions reductions programmes and reporting.
Experience supporting regulatory disclosures, assurance processes, and audits.
What you'll find at Rest:
- 5 Rest Days (wellbeing days) each year in addition to annual leave.
- Eligible employees are entitled to 22 weeks paid parental leave (gender neutral).
- Learning and development opportunities, including AI & Data Academy, leadership programs, LinkedIn Learning, study assistance and professional memberships.
- Income Protection Insurance.
- Option to purchase additional leave.
- Recognition through our Rest Excellence Awards.
If you share our values and this sounds like the kind of place you’d do your best work, we’d like to hear from you. Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion – where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best. We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks. We welcome applications from all candidates.
To be considered, you will need the right to work in Australia.
Manager, Sustainable Service Providers & Operations in Sydney employer: Rest
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