Senior Manager Sustainable Healthcare Apac

The opportunity:

Reporting to the Head of Sustainability APAC, Bupa’s Senior Manager Sustainable Healthcare(Part Time 0.8FTE) is responsible for developing and deploying strategies, programs and activities that support enviro-socio change and contribute to Bupa APAC’s wider ESG agenda.

Working in collaboration with Bupa Group - including regional and global Clinical and Sustainability teams, and our healthcare provision and funding businesses - the Senior Manager Sustainable Healthcare APAC will be responsible for designing and delivering a strategic and impactful program explicitly focussed on reducing healthcare environmental sustainability impact at Bupa APAC (and ensuring these efforts are integrated and harmonising with pre-existing sustainability plans e.g. sustainable building management and renewable electricity use).

Across Bupa Group, the Sustainable Healthcare priority focus areas are (i) third-party healthcare provider emissions reduction (ii) patient-travel reduction (iii) clinical waste reduction and (iv) anaesthetic gas reduction.

How will I help?

• Reporting to the Head of Sustainability APAC in the Bupa APAC ESG team, and coordinating with the Australian, New Zealand and Hong Kong sustainability leads and clinical/operational leads across the business, lead (including design and delivery) a cohesive Sustainable Healthcare plan targeted at customer, responsible business and community
• Work with and across Bupa APAC business units to accelerate the transition to Sustainable Healthcare in line with existing Group and Bupa APAC priorities 
• Identify, scope and executive opportunities that will contribute to successful achievement of Sustainable Healthcare targets in areas such as waste and emissions
• Head a program of activities and Sustainable Healthcare improvement projects aimed at reducing the environmental sustainability impact of healthcare (including design, delivery and progress reporting)
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to share learnings, best practice and overcome system-wide barriers to Sustainable Healthcare
• Establish and lead internal and external Sustainable Healthcare networks that facilitate sharing of best practice and clinical review of sustainability initiatives

Why work at Bupa?

We keep our people smiling by helping them improve their lives in and outside of the office. 

We’re a welcoming lot, no matter who you are or where you’ve come from. We welcome all talents and backgrounds and embrace our differences, so you can bring your true self to work.

We support our people to be the best version of themselves, physically and mentally. With a healthy work/life balance, leadership support, reduced private health cover, study leave, volunteering options and a commitment to promoting from within.

Our employees can access wide range of benefits: from our own products (incl. health insurance discounts) to many other products and services via our partnerships program (like Apple, Samsung, JB Hi-Fi, plus gym and spa discounts to name a few). We reward our people and celebrate their success, provide initiatives that develop careers and look after our people’s health, wellbeing, and futures.

What do I need?

• Tertiary qualifications or post tertiary study in a discipline related to sustainability and/or health 
• Experience in a sustainability role within a healthcare environment is preferable 
• Experience working in the healthcare sector, with a strong understanding of healthcare landscape across APAC 
• Demonstrable experience in the design and deployment of sustainability strategies and programs that deliver quality healthcare outcomes that support a healthy planet 
• Experience leading multiple projects across diverse range of teams and being able to demonstrate their impact 
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement experience, working with diverse and complex stakeholders
• Charismatic thought leader, comfortable representing organisations externally 
• Experience working with complex datasets and using data-driven insights to guide activity
• Strong understanding of relationship between people and planet health 
• Specific subject matter knowledge in areas relating to health and the environment, including the environmental impacts of healthcare and health impacts of climate change

About Bupa Asia Pacific:

Bupa is an international healthcare group which has been committed to a purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world for more than 70 years.

Bupa Asia Pacific operates in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, supporting about 6.5 million customers through a broad range of health and care services including health insurance, aged care, dental, medical, optical and hearing services. Employing more than 20,000 people in the region, we believe that we can make a real difference to the lives of customers through our values, purpose and the way that we deliver personalised care.

At Bupa, we are striving to create and sustain a safe and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all cultural backgrounds, genders, and abilities. If you require any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know at the time of your application.