Head of Environmental Sustainability Candidate Information Pack
Contents Introduction About LSE LSE Estates Division and Capital Development The Role – Head of Environmental Sustainability Person Specification Working at LSE Application Process
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Introduction
The LSE was founded in 1895 and has grown to become one of the foremost social science universities in the world. A specialist university with an international intake, LSE’s reach extends from its Central London campus to around the world. The School has a cosmopolitan student body, with around 11,000 full time students from 148 countries and staff of just over 3,000, with about 46 per cent drawn from countries outside the UK. The LSE Estates Division is responsible for development and implementation of the LSE Estates Strategy supporting the School’s strategic objectives, and environmental sustainability forms a crucial part of this. The Head of Environmental Sustainability will lead the development and delivery of the School’s Environmental Sustainability Policy and promoting sustainability through the development and implementation of School wide environmental and sustainability policies and management systems. You will lead a team of 4 environmental sustainability professional across a broad portfolio of activities. The role offers an individual the opportunity to lead the environmental sustainability agenda for a world-renowned organisation on a prestigious estate portfolio in the heart of London.
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About LSE LSE is one of the foremost social science universities in the world. A specialist university with an international intake, LSE’s reach extends from its Central London campus to around the world. The School has a cosmopolitan student body, with around 11,000 full time students from 148 countries and staff of just over 3,000, with about 46 per cent drawn from countries outside the UK. LSE opened its doors in 1895 with three rooms and 200 students.
Today more than 11,000 students study for degrees at our central London campus, while more than 40,000 more learn on campus or remotely. But while much has changed, one thing remains constant: our commitment to the original vision of LSE, as ‘a community of people and ideas, founded to know the causes of things, for the betterment of society’. As we look to the future, we do it as an internationally renowned institution, with a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and public engagement in the social sciences. What happens at the School has the potential to be world-changing – and in these turbulent times, the social sciences are needed more than ever.
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Facts & Figures
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The Estates Division is responsible for development and implementation of the LSE’s Estates Strategy, providing world class buildings and facilities for teaching, learning and research. The Estates Division are committed to creating a higher quality built environment, commensurate with LSE’s academic standing. Strategic projects are developed and delivered by the Capital Development team, responsible for the planning and implementation of major capital projects, long term maintenance and carbon management in progress at the School. LSE Estates Division and Capital Development
“Improving the student experience lies at the heart of what we do. We are focussed on providing world class buildings and facilities and through excellent customer service we aim to ensure the safe, secure and environmentally sound operation and
maintenance of LSE assets.” LSE Estates Division Mission
Notable recent projects include:
- LSE’s Centre Building Redevelopment project, which creates a state of the art flexible and highly sustainable
- The Saw Swee Hock Student Centre. The striking building design received praise from students, staff and architecture critics alike, and has been nominated, shortlisted and presented with numerous awards including being shortlisted for the prestigious Stirling Prize. Swa Swee H
academic and teaching building. CBR project
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Looking to the future we have ambitious plans including the delivery of three projects each with budgets in excess of £100m: - The Marshall Building. An academic-led mixed use building in the heart of the campus that will house a sports centre, teaching and learning hub, arts facilities, several academic departments and the The Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship. The Marshall Building
- A major new development, that will be the subject of an international design competition, to create an Executive Education facility for LSE. - A major project with a development partner to deliver a large-scale increase in high-quality student accommodation provision at LSE.
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The Role - Head of Environmental Sustai
Job title: Head of Environmental Sustainability Department/Division: Estates Accountable to: Director of Facilities Job Description This form summarises the purpose of the job and lists its key tasks. It is not a definitive list of all the tasks to be undertaken as those can be varied from time to time at the discretion of the School, in consultation with the postholder.
Job Summary The post holder will be a member of the fm management team within the Estates Division and will be responsible for managing the environment and sustainability function across LSE. They will work closely with the Estates Division teams to ensure the overall smooth running and
The post holder will liaise daily with staff at all levels across the school, as well as students and other stakeholders, acting as the initial point of contact in all matters concerning the environment. Duties and Responsibilities Knowledge and Experience • To provide specialist expertise, support and advice on sustainable development as it relates to all areas of major work. • Ability to deal efficiently and professionally with a wide range of staff, students and stakeholders, many at senior levels.
efficiency of the service. The post holder will be
responsible for ensuring delivery of the School’s Environmental
Sustainability Policy and promoting sustainability
through the development and implementation of School wide environmental and sustainability policies and management systems.
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Communication • Lead the development of an engagement and training programme to ensure students, staff and other stakeholders have a good understanding of sustainability issues, LSE’s progress in addressing these, and how they can contribute to supporting LSE’s sustainability goals. • To independently plan, conduct and report orally and in writing on research and surveys relating to the School and external bodies in relation to the environment and sustainability for the purpose of strategic decision making.
• Ability to undertake a varied workload, including servicing of meetings and financial and personnel procedures. • Able to prioritising tasks and develop or improve systems to ensure the effective delivery of a substantial sustainability agenda. • Take forward in conjunction with Carbon Reduction Manager the draft Carbon Management Strategy and Implementation Plan, obtain institutional approval and support for implementation phases.
• Communicate key information clearly to staff within the service and the School, ensuring that information and developments are conveyed and received effectively. • Provide advice, information and assistance, in person, via email and phone to a wide range of stakeholders with the ability to deal with colleagues at senior levels. • Communicate regularly with a variety of key employees and stakeholders on behalf of the School. • Encourage through dialogue and correspondence better communication throughout the Estates Division.
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The Role - Head of Environmental Susta
• Promote awareness sustainability and the role of the Sustainability Team throughout the School. • Organise, promote and undertake awareness campaigns internally and externally. • Represent the School at external environmental stakeholder groups. • Provide written reports to LSE’s management and governance committees on sustainability performance. • Engage with students and staff and other stakeholders to ensure their feedback is factored into sustainability service delivery and decision-making as appropriate. Leadership • Take the lead role in agreeing and achieving the School’s aims in improving its environmental performance and sustainability. • Take the lead in embedding sustainability into LSE’s day to day operations. • Lead implementation of the School’s ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. • Provide leadership and support to the external community on matters of sustainability. Liaison and Networking • Liaise with students, staff, alumni and external partners to communicate the work of the sustainability team and deliver collaborative projects.
• Maintain good communication links with students and staff to facilitate effective collaborative working. • Liaise with the wider external HE sector and other stakeholders for example local government, professional bodies, local community groups on all areas of environment and sustainability, and share best practice. Service Delivery • Develop policies and procedures, guidance in all areas of environment and sustainability. • To manage the School’s sustainability and environmental related monitoring and audit records, and lead reporting to external benchmarking frameworks and awards, as well as internally. • To independently set and managing overall standards for service across the area of responsibility, creating a professional service for the Division, setting and monitoring service delivery against set performance targets. • React appropriately and promptly to requests for information from staff, students and other stakeholders. • In conjunction with team members, actively promote the environment team to members of the school and other stakeholders. • Contribute to the strategic planning of the Estates Division.
• To practically implement sustainability and environmental policies and requirements across the School. • To develop and maintain a legal register of relevant local, regional, national and international environmental regulations for the School. • Keep up-to-date with environmental issues and UK legislation and provide advice to Environmental/Facilities team and to the School in terms of its regulatory duties. • Support the implementation of ISO 14001 EMS including collating evidence of compliance. • Ensure auditable documentation system on all environmental impacts. • Identify external sources of funding available and submit the appropriate funding applications. Planning and Organising Resources • Manage and supervise the members of the sustainability team. Responsible for their training and development and their appraisals. • Oversee the planning and coordination and service all Estates/Facilities meetings internally and externally, ensuring meetings are properly recorded. Monitor agreed action points where appropriate.
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Teamwork • To be the overall leader of the sustainability team, setting the overall goals and objectives, directing the team and identifying what needs to be done, by when. • To be responsible for allocating work, monitoring its achievement by team members and providing feedback to them. • To identify the training and development needs of the members of the work team, by analysing achievement of team objectives and identifying learning needs arising from shortfalls and conducting regular staff appraisals and performance reviews and agreeing what needs to be done to satisfy any training or development needs. • Play a key role in the smooth running of the Estates Division. • Be an active member of the LSE Estates Division; motivate other members of the team to provide a quality information and advice service to all stakeholders. • Ensure effective prioritisation of work, knowing when to refer to other members of the team. • Be an active member of the wider School community playing a key role in promoting sustainability.
Note The LSE has a progressive pay structure that rewards you with annual pay increases up to a certain level as you develop in your role. We also provide for further reward past this point in the form of further pay increases based on exceptional performance. Flexibility To deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed, and the post holder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. Equality and Diversity To uphold the School’s commitment to equality of respect and opportunity, as set out in the Ethics Code, we will treat all people with dignity and respect, and ensure that no one will be treated less favourably because of their role at the School, age, sex, disability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or social and economic background. For the full Equity, Diversity and Inclusion policy statement, please see the EDI website Environmental Sustainability The post holder is required to minimise environmental impact in the performance of the role, and actively contribute to the delivery of the LSE Environmental Policy.
• Manage the recurring Sustainability budget. Ensuring all relevant sustainability initiatives are fully costed and funded, and that any services procured provide the best value for money, ensuring all activities are in accordance with LSE financial procedures. • Propose initiatives to continually improve LSE’s environmental performance, evaluating options to ensure feasibility and cost effectiveness, and present clear recommendations to enable senior management to make appropriate decisions. • Able to work under pressure using available resources efficiently and meeting a wide range deadlines and timescales. • Good project management skills to deliver the School sustainability agenda. Initiative and Problem Solving • To evaluate strengths and weaknesses of alternative courses of action and to contribute to the formulation of policy objectives and problem- solving options for consideration by the Estates Management Team • Responsible for identifying ways to improve sustainability within the service, working closely with Estates staff to develop and introduce new systems.
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Person Specification This form lists the essential and desirable requirements needed in order to do the job. Applicants will be shortlisted solely on the extent to which they meet these requirements. Department/Division: Estates Division Accountable to: Director of Facilities
Competency Evidence
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Knowledge and Experience
Experience in leading organisational policy on sustainability.
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Experience developing and leading implementation of procedures to achieve improved environmental performance Experience of leading a programme of initiatives to drive organisational improvements in sustainability. Experience of leading an Environmental Management System, and developing it to achieve strategic sustainability goals. Understanding of local and global sustainability trends, and ability to act on this to develop appropriate organisational strategy, managing risks and taking advantage of opportunities. Understanding of applicable environmental regulation, and experience of managing organisational regulatory compliance.
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Experience or understanding of the Higher Education sector.
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Membership of relevant professional body.
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Service Delivery
Experience of delivering customer services that meet and exceed expectations whilst enhancing environmental impacts. Experience leading sustainability engagement and training programmes to raise awareness and improve environmental outcomes.
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Communication Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with excellent command of English (written and verbal).
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Ability to effectively communicate complex information to non-specialists and to a wide range of stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for sustainability at LSE to internal and external stakeholders. Experience reporting on performance to senior management and governance, orally and in writing, including via formal committees. Ability to gain buy-in for sustainability projects from a range of stakeholders, managing competing priorities to deliver agreed objectives.
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Competency Evidence
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Planning and Organising
Use strong project management skills to lead the delivery of a programme of initiatives within agreed budgets, timescales and quality standards.
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Manage budgets and comply with financial procedures.
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Teamwork and Motivation
Experience of managing and motivating a team, allocating workloads and responsibilities to deliver agreed objectives.
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Encourage staff development through appropriate training or coaching.
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Manage individual and team performance to deliver agreed individual, team and organisational objectives, including through informal means and via annual appraisals.
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Liaison and Networking
Ability to work effectively and collegiately with staff, students and other stakeholders, building buy-in and developing internal networks to deliver collaborative projects. Ability to build internal networks of senior staff to gain buy-in for sustainability initiatives, both informally and by convening and supporting formal governance structures. Ability to build and lead networks with external partners to share best practice and deliver collaborative projects.
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Analysis and Research
Ensure appropriate environmental data is collected, and is accurate and complete.
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Interpret qualitative and quantitative data, and present it clearly and accurately to support strategic decision making.
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Lead reporting to external benchmarking frameworks.
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E – Essential: Requirements without which the job could not be done. D – Desirable: Requirements that would enable the candidate to perform the job well.
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Working at LSE As a member of LSE staff, you’ll be provided with a competitive salary and pension scheme, generous annual leave (41 days p.a. including bank holidays) as well as benefiting from excellent training and development opportunities. However, we are acutely aware that there are other considerations important to you. With this in mind, we provide numerous other attractive benefits to help actively encourage a positive, diverse, healthy and family friendly culture in our workplace. Benefits include: • Childcare vouchers • Cyclescheme • Eyesight tests for VDU users • Season ticket loans • LSE gym membership • Give as you earn • Fee remission • Senior common room Further information can be viewed at https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/ divisions/Human-Resources/Working-for-LSE/Staff-Benefits
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Application Process LSE is being supported on this recruitment campaign by the search consultancy The Management Recruitment Group (MRG). To arrange a confidential briefing conversation please contact our advisor Michael Hewlett (michael.hewlett@mrgpeople.co.uk) of MRG on 020 8892 0115. Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV (of not more than 4 pages) and a covering letter (of not more than 2 pages). Applications should be sent to michael.hewlett@mrgpeople.co.uk. LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. With students and staff from over 140 countries around the world, diversity is integral to LSE. The School’s dynamic mix of people and ideas underpins our global reputation for excellence in the social sciences, and makes studying and working at LSE a unique and enriching experience. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community. https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/equity-diversity-and-inclusion
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