Role Purpose and Respon ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Environmental Management System • Work with the University Health & Safety and Energy teams to develop an integrated Environmental Management System which align to ISO14001, ISO45001 and ISO50001. • Ensure ongoing maintenance of the Environmental Management System to the certified standard, through the implementation of document control and regular audits and updates of documents and policies. • Work with colleagues across the institution to ensure that documents and policies sitting outside of the Environmental Management System are compliant (e.g., local evacuation procedures in Halls of Residence). • Feed environmental sustainability risks into respective risk registers e.g., university risk register. Audit and Compliance • Undertake local audits to ensure the University is compliant with the Environmental Management System and other legislation requirements. • Maintain an excellent working knowledge of national regulatory and policy changes, supporting the Head of Energy Services and Environmental Sustainability to return consultation responses to government bodies when required. • Provide feedback to senior managers and relevant University committees where changes in legislation requirements will impact on activities/operations. • Prepare documentation for external audits and act as a point of contact with external auditors to coordinate reviews (e.g., NQA). • Report on environmental sustainability performance via KPI’s, sector benchmarks and other datasets. • Be responsible for non-statutory returns as required, including HESA EMR, People and Planet University League, and THE Impact Rankings. • Contribute to the production of annual reports on environmental sustainability. Project Management • Work with colleagues to develop business cases and funding bids for projects supporting environmental sustainability, i.e., energy efficiency, waste reduction, transport infrastructure. • Work with colleagues to plan and deliver environmental sustainability projects and initiatives across built environment, biodiversity, energy, travel, and waste. • Identify and make recommendations with regards to high level net zero pathways for scope 3 emissions. • Work with the Widening Participation team to run on-campus activities with school age pupils and any other educational workshops and resources, including environmental sustainability lectures. • Liaise with the Guild to deliver to projects which support the delivery of environmental aspects of the University’s sustainability strategy to students. • Provide advice on the university’s sustainability performance, aligning with local and national policy context, and support project managers with actions to deliver against the university’s sustainability ambitions.
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