Sustainability Project Officer

Salary: Grade 6(£29,762 - £35,308 p.a. depending on experience)

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Can you work confidently with a range of stakeholders to take forward impactful sustainability projects? Do you want to join a dynamic and committed team to help drive forward sustainability at the University?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 135 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

Sustainability sits at the heart of the University’s overarching strategy, Enabling Strategy and Climate Plan. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Sustainability Service who support the University to deliver on our sustainability commitments. Delivering this requires significant engagement and collaboration with the whole University community, and externally, to facilitate behaviour and process change and generate impact.

We are looking for a sustainability professional who has passion and energy to drive and manage key sustainability project activity, is able to balance priorities and succeed through collaboration with others. You will be an effective communicator and experienced in collaborating and co-designing initiatives with a diverse range of stakeholders. Project management capabilities including the ability to organise, evaluate, plan and implement improvements will be critical to the success of the role. As an effective team player, with strong influencing skills, you will work with others to drive forward actions to achieve successful project outcomes.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Clare Jackson, Sustainability Programme Officer

Email: [email protected]