Location
Hull

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per year

About the Role
Working with our Estates, Facilities and Sustainability team, you'll lead important work that helps reduce environmental impact and supports a healthier future for our communities. You will play a key role in delivering our Green Plan, helping the organisation achieve its sustainability and net zero goals while ensuring services continue to meet the needs of patients and colleagues. This varied role involves working with teams across the organisation and external partners to turn sustainability ambitions into practical action. You will provide expert advice, lead improvement projects, monitor environmental performance and help embed sustainable ways of working.

Main Duties
- Lead the development and delivery of the organisation's Green Plan and sustainability programme
- Provide specialist advice on sustainability, environmental management and net zero initiatives
- Analyse environmental data and produce reports to support informed decision-making
- Work with stakeholders to deliver carbon reduction, energy efficiency and waste improvement projects
- Manage and support sustainability team members while promoting a positive learning culture

About Us
At City Health Care Partnership CIC, we are passionate about people and delivering high quality care through a team of nearly 2,500 colleagues. We value and support our staff, giving everyone the chance to shine and have a real voice. As the 13th largest social enterprise in the UK, we are pioneering independent service delivery and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to contribute.

Experience
- Significant relevant experience in sustainability, energy, environmental management, waste management or a closely related field
- Experience delivering sustainability initiatives within a complex organisation
- Experience of applying specialist sustainability procedures and practices
- Experience producing reports, presentations and managing data using spreadsheets
- Experience developing or implementing organisational policies, strategies or plans
- Experience analysing complex environmental or sustainability information and developing recommendations
- Experience working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience leading organisational change or service improvement involving multiple teams
- Experience developing and monitoring performance indicators and reporting progress
- Experience contributing to project costing, benefits analysis, business cases or return-on-investment assessments

About You
You will have strong communication skills with the ability to influence and engage a wide range of people. A proactive approach and the ability to analyse information and drive positive change are essential. You should be committed to sustainability and environmental management and motivated to support the organisation’s net zero goals.

Qualifications
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through education, training and substantial relevant experience
- Specialist sustainability, environmental or energy management training, qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Membership of a relevant professional body such as IEMA, the Energy Managers Association, CIWM or willingness to attain
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to sustainability, energy, waste management or environmental management

Desirable Qualifications and Knowledge
- Relevant postgraduate qualification
- Relevant project or programme management qualification
- In-depth knowledge of UK environmental and energy legislation
- Knowledge of NHS sustainability agenda, national net zero requirements and NHS contractual expectations
- Knowledge of carbon accounting, environmental performance monitoring and sustainability reporting principles
- Knowledge of energy management and efficiency principles
- Knowledge of project and programme management principles
- Knowledge of financial appraisal, project costing, benefits assessment and return-on-investment principles
- Knowledge of climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Knowledge of sustainability considerations within construction, estates and refurbishment activity
- Knowledge of relevant environmental management systems or accreditation standards
- Track record of successfully delivering sustainability projects with demonstrable service, quality improvement and financial benefits
- Knowledge of sustainability targets and reporting requirements such as Delivering a Net Zero NHS, Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy, Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme and Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting
- Knowledge of NHS Health Technical Memoranda (e.g. HTM 07-01)

Additional Experience (Desirable)
- Experience undertaking or coordinating energy, environmental or sustainability surveys and producing action plans
- Experience developing and delivering sustainability, energy or carbon-reduction programmes
- Experience working with budgets
- Experience in performance management and achievement of challenging targets

Other Requirements
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.