Back to search results

Sustainability & Energy Manager

Birkbeck, University of London

Location: London
Salary: £49,745 to £58,554 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 9th September 2024
Closes: 6th October 2024
Job Ref: 567885

Are you passionate about sustainability and energy management? Join Birkbeck, University of London, as our new Sustainability and Energy Manager. This pivotal role will lead our efforts to reduce carbon footprints, enhance energy efficiency, and promote sustainable resource management within our esteemed institution.

Reporting to the Director of Estates, the role of the Sustainability Manager and Energy Manager has been created to lead policy development and strategic planning for sustainability initiatives in conjunction with promoting sustainable working practices and cultural change within the University. A main deliverable will include developing and implementing the University's Energy and Carbon Management Plan (ECMP).

This is a newly created, exciting role, that underscores Birkbeck’s commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable development. As a leading educational institution dedicated to fostering innovative research and education, Birkbeck recognises the need to address global energy challenges, and work to implement sustainable practices across all facets of operations as part of a phased approach.

The successful candidate will possess an excellent working knowledge of sustainability issues and climate change. You will have demonstrable expertise in carbon accounting and emissions reporting and have strong knowledge using an environment management system.

You will also possess strong communication skills with the ability to succeed in a highly collaborative and collegiate environment that rely on extensive stakeholder engagement.

The role will suit professionals with a proven track record in a similar role with success in managing high-level and complex projects across multiple workstreams and priorities, ideally in a stakeholder facing sustainability context.

This opportunity comes at an exciting point in Birkbeck’s history, as we recently celebrated our 200th anniversary. We are a world-class research and teaching institution with a tradition of providing higher education to people in work.

Whilst the majority of our classes are in the evening, we are introducing daytime teaching for some programmes and HyFlex technology that allows students to participate fully in teaching sessions online simultaneously with those in classrooms.

If you have experience or interest in roles such as Energy Manager, Sustainability Officer, Environmental Manager, Carbon Reduction Manager, or Green Initiatives Coordinator, this opportunity at Birkbeck, University of London, could be perfect for you.

Salary and benefits:

£49,745 rising to £58,554, Grade 8 of the College's London Pay Scale which includes a consolidated Weighting/Allowance that applies only to staff whose normal contractual place of work is in the London area.

Birkbeck offers a competitive salary and generous pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements and some of the most generous benefits in the HE sector, all while being located right in the heart of Bloomsbury, Euston, London.

Contract:

Open-ended, permanent contract. Full-time (35 hours a week). Hybrid working.

Interview dates: 16 & 17 October 2024 at Birkbeck University.

The candidate brochure can be viewed at: Sustainability and Energy Manager

Enquiries:

To arrange a confidential briefing discussion, please contact Hannah Searle, The Management Recruitment Group, on 07966827413, or hannah.searle@mrgglobal.com

Applications should consist of a CV and Cover Letter and sent to hannah.searle@mrgglobal.com

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award and operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

Job tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
More jobs from Birkbeck, University of London

Show all jobs for this employer …

More jobs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge