Vacant job

Uppsalahem is Uppsala's leading housing company and has approximately 300 dedicated employees managing our portfolio of around 18,000 apartments. With us, you will work on something of great significance to people: their homes. We are now looking for a Sustainability Specialist who wants to take a central role in developing our ecological sustainability work – with a special focus on reduced climate impact, sustainability reporting, and regulatory compliance.

Your Role

As a Sustainability Specialist, you will be a central support function responsible for driving, coordinating, and monitoring sustainability work within the ecological field across the entire organization. You will work both strategically and operationally, playing a key role in ensuring quality, structure, and transparency in our sustainability reporting.

You will drive the development towards reduced climate impact and ensure that sustainability efforts are integrated into governance, monitoring, and decision-making – in line with increasing requirements from legislation, owners, and other stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities:

• Drive, develop, and ensure the quality of sustainability reporting, including data collection, analysis, and monitoring
• Ensure that environmental and climate data are integrated into annual and sustainability reports
• Coordinate and further develop reporting according to CSRD, ESRS, and the EU Taxonomy
• Develop, monitor, and analyze climate goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and metrics
• Ensure structure, traceability, and internal control in sustainability data
• Drive, develop, and support work to reduce the organization's climate impact
• Drive, develop, and support audit processes, including supplier audits as well as internal and external audits
• Manage and develop the environmental management system according to ISO 14001
• Report sustainability outcomes to management, the board, and external parties
• Participate in risk management and internal control related to environmental and climate issues
• Participate in and lead internal and external development projects

Who Are You?

We are looking for someone who:

• holds a university or college degree in sustainable development with a focus on environmental issues
• has experience with sustainability reporting and monitoring
• has a good understanding of sustainability regulations (e.g., CSRD/ESRS)
• has experience with emission calculation frameworks, such as the GHG Protocol
• is analytical and accustomed to working structured with data, figures, and quality assurance
• expresses yourself very well verbally and in writing in Swedish

Merits

• Experience from the real estate or urban development sector
• Experience with environmental management and ISO 14001
• Experience in procurement and environmental or climate requirements
• Project management experience

Personal Attributes

To thrive in this role, we see that you are structured, analytical, and have a good holistic perspective. You are a good collaborator who thrives in a supporting role with many contact areas. You are driven by creating structure, developing methods, and contributing to real change. You are pedagogical and communicative, and have the ability to make complex information understandable.

Us at Uppsalahem

At Uppsalahem, courage, curiosity, and a strong desire to make a difference meet. Here, we work together to shape future housing – with ideas that dare to challenge and solutions that make everyday life better for the people of Uppsala. With us, you have the opportunity to influence Uppsala's development together with engaged colleagues who are proud of what we create. Together, we work for a vibrant and sustainable Uppsala where people can live and thrive, today and in the future. Read more about us, our history, and our values at www.uppsalahem.se (https://www.uppsalahem.se).

You can also read more about the benefits we offer here.

About the Position

Scope: 100%
Working Hours: 08:00-17:00 (Mon-Fri)
Employment Type: Permanent
Start Date: According to agreement
Location: Cykelfabriken

Curious?

Do you want to know more about the position? Then please contact Jenny Ångman, Sustainability Manager, at [email protected]. Due to summer and holiday periods, responses in the recruitment process may be delayed. We plan to begin interviews in August.

We warmly welcome your application by 2026-08-14. We look forward to hearing from you!