Impact and Sustainability Management Analyst

💼 Impact and Sustainability Management Analyst

📍 Hybrid | 💼 Permanent      

At Unity Trust Bank, we’re bold in our ambitions, straightforward in our approach, and inclusive in our thinking. Guided by integrity and collaboration, we believe banking should serve the common good — starting with a deep understanding of our customers and what matters most to them. Our values, along with our commitment to Consumer Duty, shape how we work and ensure our security practices protect both our organisation and our customers.

We are looking for an Impact & Sustainability Management Analyst (ISMA) to join our growing Impact & Sustainability team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to combine analytical rigour, purpose-led work, and cross‑bank collaboration to help shape the future of impact banking.

🔑 What You’ll Be Doing

Impact & Sustainability Reporting

• Produce high-quality impact and sustainability reporting with the Head of Impact & Sustainability Management.
• Support internal and external reporting, including committee papers, shareholder updates, and the annual impact report.
• Improve impact data processes to enhance usability and insight across the Bank.
• Deliver climate-risk and impact-risk reporting aligned to Unity’s risk framework.
• Help evolve Unity’s impact frameworks in line with market standards.
• Explore ethical uses of AI and automation to improve impact reporting and customer experience.

Impact Assessments & Framework Development

• Assess the impact of potential lending in collaboration with Relationship Managers.
• Review impact assessments for all lending and support assessments for larger loans.
• Contribute to impact assessment activities within the treasury portfolio.
• Promote Unity’s impact management approach and build capability across teams.
• Support cross-bank initiatives such as Unity & Me, including grant-making and volunteer activities.

Carbon Footprint & Climate-Risk

• Use PCAF methodologies, GHG Protocol tools, and Unity data to deliver carbon footprint reporting.
• Support the development of Unity’s climate-risk management and net zero strategy.

Impact Assurance & Development

• Provide submissions to membership and standards bodies and supply impact data for marketing.
• Work with customer and credit teams to inform sector appetite for lending.

Learning & Engagement

• Engage across the Bank to understand how Unity delivers positive impact.
• Participate in shadowing and learning opportunities across teams.
• Contribute to Unity & Me to support workplace culture and community impact

Working closely with the Impact & Sustainability team and stakeholders across the Bank, you will contribute to high‑quality data management, reporting, and continuous improvement of Unity’s impact frameworks.

The full job description is available on request.

We are proud to have an inclusive recruitment process, which we pride ourselves on flexing to be accessible to all. We believe that inclusive and accessible recruitment opens our doors to a broader, more diverse talent pool—bringing in candidates with varied backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We strive for this diversity to strengthen our decision-making, fuel creativity, and to drive innovation across the bank.

If you are interested in joining the bank, we are committed to creating a process that meets your individual needs. We want to help you in whatever way you need to put your best, true self forward in our recruitment process, please reach out to Recruitment@unity.co.uk to discuss how we can collaborate with you on this.

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