St George's University of London
Sustainability Coordinator
Job Location
Tooting, United Kingdom
Job Description
Sustainability Coordinator
City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.
Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.
The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.
Background
The Sustainability team is responsible for the management and improvement of institutional environmental performance across four workstreams: Education, Research, Operations and Engagement. The team works across all areas of environmental and social sustainability, using the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development as a framework. As part of the Property and Facilities department, the team collaborates with colleagues across Professional Services and the Schools to embed sustainability in the University’s activities and implement low carbon initiatives to support City St George’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Responsibilities
The Sustainability Coordinator will be responsible for creating, developing and supporting delivery against new objectives to be launched during 2024-25, in cooperation with colleagues in the Sustainability team and across the University. There will be a focus on supplier engagement to reduce scope 3 emissions and internal stakeholder engagement (colleagues and students) to embed the new sustainability strategy.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be passionate and knowledgeable about sustainability and its context within a business environment. They will be competent in working across various environmental and sustainability workstreams at a large and complex organisation and possess the motivation to learn new areas of expertise. The individual will need to be highly ambitious and organised, with the ability to manage their workload across competing priorities. Excellent teamwork and communication skills will be essential for this role and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate both their analytical thinking and creativity, as the situation requires.
Additional Information
Closing date: 21st November 2024 at 11:59pm.
City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
At City St George’s, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week.
Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities.
Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.
The University of business, practice and the professions
Location: Tooting, GB
Posted Date: 11/24/2024
City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.
Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.
The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.
Background
The Sustainability team is responsible for the management and improvement of institutional environmental performance across four workstreams: Education, Research, Operations and Engagement. The team works across all areas of environmental and social sustainability, using the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development as a framework. As part of the Property and Facilities department, the team collaborates with colleagues across Professional Services and the Schools to embed sustainability in the University’s activities and implement low carbon initiatives to support City St George’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Responsibilities
The Sustainability Coordinator will be responsible for creating, developing and supporting delivery against new objectives to be launched during 2024-25, in cooperation with colleagues in the Sustainability team and across the University. There will be a focus on supplier engagement to reduce scope 3 emissions and internal stakeholder engagement (colleagues and students) to embed the new sustainability strategy.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be passionate and knowledgeable about sustainability and its context within a business environment. They will be competent in working across various environmental and sustainability workstreams at a large and complex organisation and possess the motivation to learn new areas of expertise. The individual will need to be highly ambitious and organised, with the ability to manage their workload across competing priorities. Excellent teamwork and communication skills will be essential for this role and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate both their analytical thinking and creativity, as the situation requires.
Additional Information
Closing date: 21st November 2024 at 11:59pm.
City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
At City St George’s, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week.
Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities.
Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.
The University of business, practice and the professions
Location: Tooting, GB
Posted Date: 11/24/2024
Contact Information
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