Sustainability Officer

Salary: £29,605 to £30,487 with progression to £32,982 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 30 June 2024

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sustainability Officer to join our dynamic, friendly, and supportive Sustainability Team. The team is made up of several experienced and specialist professionals who have a broad range of expertise and who are passionate about embedding and delivering sustainability at Newcastle University.

The Sustainability Team works across all areas of environmental sustainability, energy management and waste management across our varied estate. This includes academic and accommodation buildings, sports grounds and two farms. This means you will have the opportunity to deal with a wide range of interesting and diverse colleagues and places – no two days are the same!

Newcastle University is committed to taking action to address the climate and ecological crises and has a range of ambitious targets including Net Zero by 2030.  To find out more about sustainability at the University, click here.

We are looking for a confident, personable, and adaptable professional with a passion for sustainability and experience of communicating with a range of stakeholders and handling complex data.  We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who have work experience in the fields of energy and carbon, sustainable travel and/or biodiversity.

There are opportunities for funded training and qualifications in environmental auditing, monitoring and targeting, and other sustainability-related courses to support your learning journey with us. You will also be supported by one of our experienced managers and have access to a wide range of internal learning and development opportunities.

We work in a hybrid way, with some home and place-based working.

We will be holding interviews, including an assessment, on Monday 15th July for shortlisted candidates.

If this role excites you and you want to learn more, reach out to Luke Whittaker (Energy and Carbon Manager) at Luke.Whittaker@newcastle.ac.uk.

To apply, please upload a CV and letter of application that outlines why you are a fit for this role based on the job description found here.

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 27166