Sustainability Rankings People and Planet League and Sustainability Leadership Score Card. • Act as an intelligent client in relation to the delivery of sustainability operations and contracts – including ensuring that we achieve our targets around waste recycling reduction, sustainable food and biodiversity • Provide internal advice, expertise and consultancy on sustainability to other professional services areas as required • Support the development and execution of a new business travel policy, associated procurement and future of video conferencing work • Ensure the commissioning of regular travel surveys and establishment of annual active and sustainable commuting targets • Reduce vehicle emissions through the development and maintenance of progressive parking policies, employee and student active and sustainable travel offers • Work with key colleagues and partners to ensure that the correct sustainable transport infrastructure is in place to support the roll-out of ultra-low emission vehicles • Ensure a step change in recycling at Sussex – including the production of a new project waste policy, ensuring regular compositional analysis and audits are undertaken to recommend improvements in performance and lead on annual target setting for all our waste streams • Undertake additional work on taking forward the outputs of the big biodiversity conversation to achieve a sustained biodiversity net gain • Deputise for the Head of Sustainability as and when required. • Carry out any other duties that are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed. This Job Description sets out current duties of the post that may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed.
documentation maintained commensurate with policy and procedure. are • Provide reports and other communication media internally and externally as appropriate. To undertake analysis, interpretation and presentation of complex information to inform decisions related to subject area • Identify critical issues when resolving problems particularly where there is complex or competing information and use University policy and objectives to make decisions. 3. Policy and Procedure • Based on a broad and deep set of knowledge and experience, interpret policy and procedure, providing advice on the application of policy as required. • Contribute to the shaping of policy decisions and improvement in area of expertise. • Ensure appropriate governance is in place for area of expertise. 4. Customers and Stakeholders • Proactively work with internal and external stakeholders, colleagues or students to ensure the effective service delivery, initiate and develop relationships, providing data and information to inform decisions as necessary, showing appropriate sensitivity when needed. • Persuade, influence and negotiate as appropriate to further the objectives of the University 5. Details of the key responsibilities Support the Head of Sustainability to: • Manage all aspects of sustainability policy development (other than the decarbonisation of energy and building infrastructure) and data and performance • Manage all aspects of sustainability data and performance reporting and improvement planning, including the publication of the annual sustainability report, relative aspects of the HESA EMR return, THE Impact Rankings, QS
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