This executive role turns airport-wide environmental, social and governance information into reliable performance evidence. The person will coordinate data from across London Luton Airport, support reporting to leadership and shareholders, and help track commitments such as Net Zero and climate adaptation. The work connects detailed analysis with decisions in a live airport operation.
At an airport, sustainability performance depends on many teams and partners, while accurate, evidenced information is needed for external frameworks and internal oversight. This role gives data quality and reporting a direct part in measuring progress toward the airport’s 2040 Net Zero goal and informing its responsible business strategy. It also supports improvement through better reporting tools and data-led insight.
This suits someone with analytical experience in an operational setting, strong Excel and Power BI skills, and care for audit-ready information, who can translate reporting requirements into clear collaboration across a complex organization.
Job FAQs
What are the main missions and responsibilities of this role?
The role coordinates environmental, social and other non-financial information from airport data owners, checking that submissions are accurate, evidenced and ready for reporting. It supports recurring internal and external reports, shareholder and board requests, and frameworks such as GRESB and ISO standards.
It also monitors sustainability commitments, including Net Zero and decarbonisation, contributes to climate adaptation reporting, and uses analysis to identify performance improvements. Longer term, the aim is to make sustainability information useful for decisions across the airport.
Key learning opportunities for this job
The position could deepen practical knowledge of ESG disclosure and verification, including how frameworks such as GRESB, GRI, the GHG Protocol and TCFD apply in an airport setting. It also offers experience connecting performance data to climate targets and operational decisions.
Working with large datasets, dashboards and reporting processes may build skills in Power BI, automation and data governance. Regular engagement with airport teams, senior colleagues and shareholders could also develop the ability to explain technical results to varied audiences.
How does the ideal candidate look like (experience, skills)?
A strong candidate would bring at least two years of experience in data, performance management or analytics in an operational environment. Sustainability or environmental experience would be useful, alongside a relevant analytical, financial or sustainability qualification.
The posting emphasizes advanced Excel and Power BI or PowerApps capability, numerical accuracy, and experience handling information subject to audit or verification. Familiarity with ESG rules and frameworks, including ESRS, UK SRS, TCFD, GRESB or the GHG Protocol, would help. Clear communication, organization and sound judgment under deadlines are also important.
Advice to stand out and make a successful application
Use specific examples to show how you have managed large operational datasets, checked evidence and met reporting deadlines. Explain the controls you used to keep figures traceable, and how your analysis helped colleagues make a decision or improve a process.
For this airport role, connect your experience to emissions tracking, climate adaptation or complex stakeholder data where applicable. Be precise about your experience with Excel, Power BI, audit processes and reporting frameworks, and describe how you communicate findings to non-specialists.
What aspects of the company's sustainability is this role likely to focus on?
The role is likely to focus on measuring and reporting the airport’s environmental and social performance, with a clear emphasis on Net Zero by 2040, decarbonisation and climate change adaptation. It also supports the airport’s Responsible Business Strategy through framework submissions and performance monitoring.
Because airport-wide information and partner journeys are part of the brief, the work may help clarify performance across teams and relationships beyond the sustainability department. The posting does not identify specific biodiversity or community projects, so these should not be assumed to be core responsibilities.
What are the main challenges someone in this role might face?
A central challenge could be gathering consistent, verifiable information from many data owners across a busy operational business. Different systems, definitions and submission schedules can make accurate reporting difficult, especially when information is needed for several audiences and frameworks.
The role must also balance recurring deadlines with improvements to reporting tools and processes. Turning detailed performance figures into useful insight, while keeping claims supported by evidence, may require careful coordination and clear communication.
How could a typical day look like for someone in this position?
A day could include reviewing incoming environmental or social data, checking calculations and supporting evidence, and following up with airport colleagues where information is missing or unclear. The executive may then update reporting materials or a performance dashboard and prepare outputs for a scheduled internal or external request.
Other days may involve discussing reporting requirements with data owners, researching framework changes, or working with sustainability colleagues on Net Zero tracking and climate adaptation reporting. Priorities are likely to shift around reporting cycles and operational deadlines.
What are the opportunities for professional growth and development in this role?
The role could build a strong specialism in ESG data, assurance and sustainability reporting, while providing exposure to airport operations and climate planning. Experience with reporting frameworks, dashboards and emissions performance may support future work in sustainability analytics, disclosure or environmental management.
As confidence grows, the executive could take ownership of larger reporting cycles or lead improvements to data systems and cross-team processes. The posting does not state a defined promotion route, so progression would depend on experience and opportunities within the wider sustainability function.
The main stakeholders you might be interacting with
Likely internal contacts include the ESG Performance Manager, the wider sustainability team, and colleagues who own environmental, social and operational data. The role would need to agree definitions, timings and evidence with those contributors.
The posting also names shareholders Aena and Infrabridge, the Board, the Local Planning Committee and senior airport colleagues as reporting audiences. External framework and standards bodies may shape the information requested, while airport partners could be involved in sustainability performance discussions.
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