Job Title 05 Accountable to
Energy Manager Professional Service Operations
• Advise on legislative compliance for utility, energy, and carbon related matters, including horizon scanning for possible legislative changes. Manage the University’s responsibilities under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive including the provision of Display Energy Certificates, Energy Performance Certificates, including managing relationships and compliance with external bodies and partner organisations. • Oversight and lead on the short-, medium-, and long-term approach to energy management risk strategy. To be the University’s leading specialist on energy management and purchasing, advising and guiding Estates and Facilities technical teams and the University Executive as and when required. • Lead on energy procurement matters including providing advice to the Head of Procurement and executive decision makers about utility procurement. • Responsible for managing a multi-million-pound utility budget including regularly reporting to the Associate Director (Sustainable Operations) and the Finance Business Partner on spend against budget. Apply specialist knowledge and skills to provide energy and water annual budgets, quarterly forecasting, and ad hoc cost and consumption data for specific scenarios. Ensure bills are validated and errors rectified. • Responsible for carbon/energy reporting both internally and externally, including for consideration at board level, legislative compliance, HESA EMR, the Annual Environmental Report, and freedom of information requests. The role requires the use of expertise to model potential future costs and consumption, set baseline and targets, develop benchmarking, and monitor KPIs to assist with executive decision making. The Energy Manager is expected to innovate, improving reporting capabilities using new tools as they become available and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to improve data driven decision making. Management responsibilities • Manage the Energy and Data Officer, working together to improve utilities management, identify
utilities savings and improve carbon data capture to support our net zero carbon targets and environmental reporting. Key working relationships • Director of Estates • Associate Director (Facilities Management) • Associate Director (Estate Development) • Programme Director (Major Capital Projects) • Chief Social Purpose Officer • Social Purpose Lab • SALIX • Kings Cross Knowledge Quarter • LLDC • Energy Purchasing Consortia and Suppliers General duties • These duties below are in addition to the duties and responsibilities listed above: • Perform duties and tasks consistent within the scope and grade of your role as reasonably may be expected and assigned to you from anywhere within the university. • Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the role. • Work in accordance with the University’s Staff Charter and Dignity at Work Policy and anti- racism plans, promoting equality diversity and inclusion in your work. • Undertake continuous personal and professional development, and to support it for any staff you manage through effective use of the University’s Planning, Review and Appraisal (PRA) scheme and staff development opportunities. • Make full use of all information and communication technologies to meet the requirements of the role and to promote organisational effectiveness. • Conduct all financial matters associated with the role in accordance with the University’s policies and procedures, as laid down in the Financial Regulations. • Contribute to the University’s Climate Action Plan and Social Purpose Strategy which sets out our principles, commitments and goals towards climate justice and our socio-environmental purpose.
the Facilities Managers to ensure buildings are well-controlled and obtaining regular reports on alterations made to the system. Lead on utilities data capture and sub-metering, energy management system functionality, and ensure that data is exported to other appropriate systems. • Lead on the implementation of Energy Management software. Working with communications colleagues to develop public dashboards for each of UAL’s buildings and working with building Facilities Management teams to develop appropriate dashboards for their use. Work with Facilities Management to integrate alerts from the EMS with UAL’s CAFM system. • Communicate complex data and ideas across the organisation and to board level to inform decision making for the future development of UAL about utilities, energy, and carbon. The role will also advise communications colleagues about energy and carbon reduction communication campaigns and engagements. • Lead on UAL’s ISO50001 accreditation. Work with the Sustainability Team to conduct energy audits and desk top data analysis using the energy management system and building management systems (BMS), identifying, developing and delivering opportunities to minimise energy and water use and carbon emissions. Use skills and knowledge to prioritise project delivery, collaborating with Estates colleagues to solve energy and water-related problems, develop specifications, project briefs, and tendering documents. • Provide technical advice on utilities, energy, and carbon for refurbishment and new build projects. Develop and deliver measurement and verification plans for projects for robust quantification of project benefits. • Work with the Associate Director (Sustainable Operations) to write business cases and calculate the kWh, tCO2e and cost/ benefits for energy and carbon reduction projects and providing calculations to colleagues for projects with an energy/carbon reduction element. Work with Associate Director (Sustainable Operations) on applications for grant funding.
Department/Team Estates Accountable to
Associate Director (Sustainable Operations) Fixed Term - 14 months
Contract Length Weeks per year
52
Competitive
Salary Location
Hybrid – CSM King’s Cross/Home
Grade 6
Grade
Purpose of Role The Energy Manager has responsibility for developing and delivering on University of the Arts London (UAL)’s approach to utility, energy, and carbon management. The role focuses on improving building energy and water performance, developing and delivering energy and water projects, managing utilities suppliers, and delivering UAL’s operations net zero strategy for achieving whole organisation net zero carbon by 2030. To inform decision making on utility, energy, and carbon issues the Energy Manager will produce well-written and researched briefings and reports for the executive team. The role will also involve developing policies, practices, and projects that are in line with local, national, and global best practice. The role works within the Estates Team and reports into the Associate Director (Sustainable Operations), supporting the delivery of the University’s wider environmental agenda and strategy. Key duties and responsibilities • Lead utility management and carbon emissions reduction activity across our sites, working with colleagues and other stakeholders to embed and realise net zero carbon targets across the organisation, including the delivery of the net zero carbon operations strategy. • Lead the monitoring of building energy performance and identify issues that impact on utility consumption, working closely with
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