Pay £44,447 to £46,547
If youre someone who can use your experience to drive Synergys sustainability ambition, we want to hear from you. But most importantly, were looking for applications from people who can also demonstrate a passion for our core ambition – delivering a once‑in‑a‑generation, transformed service that Civil Servants will use as a result of the Synergy Programme.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Play a key role in the development of Synergy Programmes approach to sustainability.
* Work closely with team members and key stakeholders across the government community to maximise existing work, ensure effective policy and data collection and sharing, benchmark and track sustainability benefit opportunities, and create road‑maps and partnerships to enable the change required.
* Understand the sustainability ambitions and policies of the four (Synergy) Government Departments, identifying and helping to resolve any potential issues.
* Collate and present sustainability information to embed it into policy and process, programme governance, working groups and to teams within the four cluster Departments.
* Translate Synergy Sustainability blueprints into definitions and interventions and enable the embedding of sustainability in the ERP, Business Process Services (BPS) and Future Shared Service Organisation (FSSO).
* Support the definition and implementation of key performance indicators, based on a scientifically robust evidence base of data.
* Implement appropriate monitoring of the environmental performance of our shared services supplier base.
* Support the development of the Synergy business‑case process by coordinating information on sustainability impacts and benefit opportunities; benchmark, track (quantitative or qualitative) and realise benefits.
* Develop relevant sustainability documentation (e.g., tender documents, specifications).
* Co‑create a Sustainability Knowledge Hub; enabling capture and continuous improvement of Synergy sustainability opportunities.
* Play an active role in the cross‑government community to further the sustainability agenda.
Person Specification
* Essential Criteria
* Experience working in a dedicated environmental sustainability team and integrating it into wider organisational practices.
* Understanding of how sustainability principles can be embedded into new ways of working, while demonstrating responsibility for environmental reporting or policy within your organisation.
* Driving sustainability outcomes through initiative and organisation: self‑motivated, effective organiser who can use initiative in the design and delivery of sustainability outcomes.
* Strategic support for sustainability implementation: previous experience supporting the development and implementation of a sustainability strategy.
* Enabling behavioural and cultural change for sustainability: proven experience supporting and influencing organisational behavioural and cultural change.
* Stakeholder engagement across diverse perspectives: effective stakeholder management skills, including experience working with stakeholders and different levels who have diverse perspectives.
Qualifications / Accreditations
* Candidate must be (or be willing to become) a member (minimum Affiliate) of The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP).
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