Department
The University’s Sustainability team is growing, including an exciting new opportunity for a Sustainability Engagement Manager to join.
Reporting to the Sustainability Manager and working within the sustainability team, you will lead on the University’s sustainability engagement and behavioural change work, assisting the University’s c.20,000 community of students and staff to contribute to and play a fundamental part in delivering the Sustainability Sub Strategy and reducing the University’s environmental impact.
Duties of the Role
You will provide operational and professional leadership of the sustainability engagement and behavioural change function, develop and lead on the delivery of the Sustainability Engagement Plan and create innovative, meaningful ways to engage and achieve behavioural change with staff and students on all aspects of sustainability. You will encourage and facilitate change with sections, teams and departments by gaining a significant understanding of their challenges and opportunities, creating strong, long-lasting relationships and networks across the University to educate and empower others to make changes and contribute to the University’s sustainability aspirations.
Maximising touch points through the entire student/staff lifecycle, including recruitment, pre-arrivals and inductions you will engage with staff and students to create lasting sustainability and environmental behavioural change. You will create carbon literacy and sustainability training for all new and existing staff and students and lead the implementation and development of the Sustainable Essex Awards programme, the University’s staff engagement scheme to support the University’s community to normalise sustainability and embed environmentally-conscious behaviours.
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About you
You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to engage, encourage and motivate others to achieve change and create strong relationships and networks. You will have knowledge of environmental and sustainability challenges and their impact and experience achieving behavioural change across large businesses/institutions.
At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.
To support this commitment we have our Global Forum, a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives.
Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please contact resourcing@essex.ac.uk
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