Overview
Sustainability Coordinator Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Talent Blueprint FZ LLC
Position: Sustainability Assurance Coordinator
Contract Duration: November 2026 – February 2027
Role Purpose
The Sustainability Assurance Coordinator is responsible for the on-ground execution, monitoring, and assurance of sustainability commitments during tournament-time operations. The role ensures compliance with the established sustainability strategy, policies, and event management systems while enabling effective coordination across venues, operational teams, and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary sustainability focal point at venue level during event-time operations.
- Monitor and ensure real-time compliance with the tournament’s sustainability standards, policies, and operating procedures across assigned venues.
- Conduct on-site inspections and assurance checks relating to:
Waste management, Energy consumption, Water stewardship, Accessibility requirements, Environmental compliance measures. - Verify that contractors, service providers, suppliers, and venue teams adhere to sustainability requirements embedded within their scopes of work.
- Identify non-compliance risks and elevate issues in line with established governance and reporting protocols.
- Provide guidance and clarification on sustainability requirements to operational teams and stakeholders.
- Support the Sustainability team during engagement with auditors, certification bodies, and external stakeholders as required.
- Supervise and coordinate sustainability volunteers deployed across venues.
- Ensure volunteers are appropriately briefed, deployed, and effectively utilized, including support for fan engagement activities and sustainability awareness initiatives.
- Liaise with internal functional areas including Operations, Facilities, Commercial, Workforce, Transport, and Venue Management teams to ensure alignment on sustainability implementation.
- Coordinate with external stakeholders, including service providers, municipalities, waste management contractors, and recycling partners.
- Execute accurate and timely collection of sustainability performance data, including:
Waste volumes and diversion rates, Energy consumption, Water usage, Other sustainability KPIs. - Maintain daily logs, reporting trackers, and compliance records for assigned venues.
- Identify, record, and monitor operational sustainability issues in real time.
- Implement immediate corrective actions within the scope of authority.
- Escalate critical risks, incidents, or systemic issues through defined escalation channels.
- Daily venue-level sustainability compliance reports
- Verified operational data sets supporting sustainability KPIs
- Issue logs with resolution tracking and closure reporting
- Effective volunteer deployment and performance oversight
- Contributions to tournament sustainability reporting and post-event reporting activities
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 3–6 years of experience in sustainability, event operations, venue operations, environmental management, or related fields.
- Experience working on major events, sports tournaments, exhibitions, festivals, or large-scale public events is preferred.
- Familiarity with sustainable event management frameworks, including ISO 20121, is advantageous.
- Experience operating in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Operational execution and attention to detail
- Sustainability compliance monitoring
- Stakeholder coordination in high-pressure environments
- Problem-solving and rapid decision-making
- Data collection, accuracy, and reporting discipline
- Team leadership and volunteer supervision
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively under tight timelines and operational demands
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Title: Sustainability Coordinator
Company: Talent Blueprint FZ LLC
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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