Address
Form of work
SalarySalary
Grade D : £25,138.00 - £28,759.00 p.a
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Region
Permanent - Full time
Job Type
Specialist/Professional
Job reference
R07248
About this role:
Are you passionate about keeping things in use and out of the bin?
Do you want to make a tangible difference in the field of Sustainability?
We are looking for someone who can practically support reuse activity at UWE Bristol. This role ranges from managing our Sustainability Hub on Frenchay Campus (3 days per week) to enabling internal furniture reuse and networking with charities to find a home for items the university no longer needs. We need someone who is organised, detail driven and able to help deliver meaningful Circular Economy activity. This is a varied role with a mix of practical work – dealing with physical items and getting these reused; interacting and communicating with people – both internally and externally; and some desk based work relating to cataloguing and data capture.
The Sustainability Hub is a swap shop on campus where students and staff can exchange quality reused items, including clothes, books, small electricals and kitchen crockery. This role will manage the Hub which is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week; ensuring it is well stocked, recruiting and supporting Hub volunteers and providing excellent customer service.
About you:
You will be interested in reuse and keeping items in use for as long as possible, with the ability to communicate this to staff and students to help enhance perceptions of reused items. You will be able to network effectively to link UWE Bristol to external organisations with the aim of building long term partnerships. Your attention to detail will ensure accurate information on reuse activity e.g. numbers of items, end destination.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic and female candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Joanna Dainton on 07920246546 or email: Joanna.Dainton@uwe.ac.uk
Interviews are scheduled to take place in person at our Frenchay campus in early June.
This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for at least 75% of your time, with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Advice to applicants
We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, and include specific examples wherever possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.
