Duties and Responsibilities
Job Description
Job Title:
Head of Environmental Sustainability
School/Dept/Institute Centre/Faculty:
Main duties and responsibilities
Estates and Facilities Directorate
Reports to:
Director of Estates, Facilities & Capital Development
• Develop, implement and maintain energy and environmental strategies for QMUL in order to reduce QMUL’s environmental impact and energy consumption. To professionally advise the Director of Estates and Facilities and Development and other senior staff of existing and emerging environmental legislation and the effect of it on QMUL activity and the opportunities it provides. • Develop an understanding of the environmental impact of QMUL’s goals and priorities in sustainability and develop an annual functional plan. • Develop QMUL policy, procedures and guidelines relating to the effective and efficient use of energy and utility management by actively chairing energy or environmental steering groups set up by QMUL or with other universities. • Research up and coming legislation and prepare relevant documentation for QMUL delivery of environmental changes that will impact campuses or property portfolio. • Ensure we are well prepared to bid for grant funding to help delivr our environmental objectives so that we can submit strong bids to deadline. • Manage the environmental documentation, including policy and procedures. The post holder is responsible for the management of environmental reports and benchmark performance, organising training sessions or seminars to develop staff and student skills and awareness. Produce monthly and annual reports detailing sustainability and other environmental targets as required. • Analyse performance of overall environmental strategy for QMUL buildings or equipment, identify abnormal performance or malfunction and institute remedial investigations individually or with the assistance of other departments. Identify and recommend targets for performance measurement. • Responsible for development of a QMUL, estate wide Sustainability, Biodiversity and De-Carbon design specification for Consultants for feasibility studies or specific design requirements. • Be responsible for the operation of an effective computer based monitoring and targeting system for all QMUL environmental and sustainability targets. • Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports to indicate performance in relation to environmental and sutainable and targets for improvement. • To advise and assist in the renegotiating of energy contracts to achieve best value and selecting best tariff structures in line with the QMUL environmental and sustainability policy. Actively promote the purchase of energy from renewable sources where possible. • Develop, update, maintain and monitor the QMUL’s Carbon Management Plan and the De-Carbon Management Plan.
Hours per week:
Full-time Indefinite
Appointment period: Current Location: Work activity type:
Based at Deaprtment W, Whitechapel but working across all QMUL sites.
Professional Services: Senior Management
The QMUL Environmental Sustainability team forms part of the Estates and Facilities Directorate which in turn is part of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Professional Services covering all non-academic functions of the organisation. The key aims of the Environmental Sustainability team are as follows: To manage QMUL’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy to deliver the required environmental impact, notably reductions in energy usage, carbon emissions, increase biodivefrsity across the estate, and where possible, enhance the local environment whilst still meeting QMUL’s key growth objectives set out in Strategy 2030. Work with local communities and businesses to develop new ways that QMUL and stakeholders can act as a socially aware and sustainable neighbours.
Promote sustainability and biodiversity training and support to QMUL staff, students and stakeholders, working with them to encourage more socially aware and sustainable behaviour
Contribute positively to the development and delivery of Queen Mary’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy and drive resilience through communication and education to staff, stakeholders and students by the provision of more energy efficient, lower carbon services and increased biodiversity across the estate to grow more sustainable campuses.
Job purpose
The Head of Environmental Sustainability is a leadership position in Estates and Facilities with responsibility for leading the development and delivery of QMUL’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy. A key part of the role will be developing key sustainability services and provision whilst ensuring that the above strategy is delivered within the agreed budget envelope, and the team is managed appropriately to deliver these services. The post holder will work closely with the senior leadership team of the university, professional servies and academic staff, students and other stakeholders to ensure that sustainability initiatives are understood, accurately reflected in activities, delivered and that sustainability interests are represented at all levels. The post holder is required to support the QMUL Environmental Sustainability Strategy programmes and initiatives to minimise our social, environmental and economic impacts. Where relevant, the role can influence energy consumption, waste diversion, water use etc., and the post holder will work to ensure that sustainability impacts are addressed, for example in the procurement of goods and services, projects and maintenance programmes across all professional services, residences, education, research and associated activites of the university.
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