Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/01/2025 23:59
Sustainability & Net Zero Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. In collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust’s values and behaviours. At Alder Hey, we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview
The Sustainability role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the Estates Team at Alder Hey. The post holder will support the development and delivery of the Environment Strategy and action plan, leading on key aspects including the implementation of an organisation-wide Environmental Management System, functioning as a specialist on all mandatory and legal environmental requirements. They will be forward thinking, able to assess potential legal risks and problems, making sound judgments around issues that may have an adverse effect on the business from environment and sustainability perspectives. The post holder will work alongside multiple teams across the site to drive environmental improvements, including alongside our Estates team to design and oversee the organisation’s carbon management plan. They will have excellent communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with others. As a key member of the Estates Team, they will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills to support quantify and report on our environmental impacts to various stakeholders. Main duties of the job
To deliver Greener NHS programme data projects related to delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and Delivering a Net Zero National Health System report commitments. To ensure that quality and outcomes are the focus of all data and analytics work undertaken. Working flexibly across the Greener NHS programme projects to deliver collective requirements. Support the Chief Operating Officer in the development and delivery of the NHSBSA environment strategy, which is aligned to the broader business strategy and corporate goals. Contribute to the creation of and support the delivery of an Environment Action Plan across all aspects of Environment and Sustainability. Work in partnership with the Estates’ Senior Management Team, design and oversee the organisation’s carbon management plan, providing a roadmap to Net Zero. Work alongside relevant senior managers, support the development and implementation of a programme of works aimed at decarbonising NHSBSA Estate and Operations, and develop an approach for quantifying benefits and monitoring impact. Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility. Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies. We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Implementation and development of the NHSBSA’s Environmental Management System (EMS), ensuring its continued alignment and external accreditation to ISO14001, integrating all aspects of the organisation’s environment and sustainability agenda. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, government mandate and procedures, providing technical expertise on Environmental Compliance matters and best practices. Develop and implement environment and sustainability policies, procedures, guidance and systems consistent with legal requirements, government mandates, best practices and the wider business strategies. Oversee the organisation’s reporting regimes, ensuring data sets are created and maintained in line with legal requirements, corporate environment targets, HM Treasury Annual Report requirements, Greening Government Commitments and certification requirements. Develop and implement systems and procedures to proactively measure and monitor performance of NHSBSA Environment targets. Person specification
Educated to degree level IEMA or other equivalent membership of professional body. Demonstrable sustainability management experience in complex estate. Specialist experience and knowledge of NHS energy management and targets. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. In collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust’s values and behaviours. At Alder Hey, we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview
The Sustainability role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the Estates Team at Alder Hey. The post holder will support the development and delivery of the Environment Strategy and action plan, leading on key aspects including the implementation of an organisation-wide Environmental Management System, functioning as a specialist on all mandatory and legal environmental requirements. They will be forward thinking, able to assess potential legal risks and problems, making sound judgments around issues that may have an adverse effect on the business from environment and sustainability perspectives. The post holder will work alongside multiple teams across the site to drive environmental improvements, including alongside our Estates team to design and oversee the organisation’s carbon management plan. They will have excellent communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with others. As a key member of the Estates Team, they will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills to support quantify and report on our environmental impacts to various stakeholders. Main duties of the job
To deliver Greener NHS programme data projects related to delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and Delivering a Net Zero National Health System report commitments. To ensure that quality and outcomes are the focus of all data and analytics work undertaken. Working flexibly across the Greener NHS programme projects to deliver collective requirements. Support the Chief Operating Officer in the development and delivery of the NHSBSA environment strategy, which is aligned to the broader business strategy and corporate goals. Contribute to the creation of and support the delivery of an Environment Action Plan across all aspects of Environment and Sustainability. Work in partnership with the Estates’ Senior Management Team, design and oversee the organisation’s carbon management plan, providing a roadmap to Net Zero. Work alongside relevant senior managers, support the development and implementation of a programme of works aimed at decarbonising NHSBSA Estate and Operations, and develop an approach for quantifying benefits and monitoring impact. Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility. Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies. We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Implementation and development of the NHSBSA’s Environmental Management System (EMS), ensuring its continued alignment and external accreditation to ISO14001, integrating all aspects of the organisation’s environment and sustainability agenda. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, government mandate and procedures, providing technical expertise on Environmental Compliance matters and best practices. Develop and implement environment and sustainability policies, procedures, guidance and systems consistent with legal requirements, government mandates, best practices and the wider business strategies. Oversee the organisation’s reporting regimes, ensuring data sets are created and maintained in line with legal requirements, corporate environment targets, HM Treasury Annual Report requirements, Greening Government Commitments and certification requirements. Develop and implement systems and procedures to proactively measure and monitor performance of NHSBSA Environment targets. Person specification
Educated to degree level IEMA or other equivalent membership of professional body. Demonstrable sustainability management experience in complex estate. Specialist experience and knowledge of NHS energy management and targets. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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