Carbon and Energy Manager

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Full time
Location: Liverpool
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Job offered by: NHS
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Category:
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Carbon and Energy Manager will be the Trust lead specialist with an overall responsibility for establishing, monitoring and overseeing energy management and policy across the Trust. The post-holder will lead on and co-ordinate the Trust's strategic approach to energy management and carbon reduction, embedding the approach across the Trust's policies and practices. Working within the wider sustainability team to support the organisations net zero transition. Main Duties of the Job

Managing the annual energy budgets, maintaining an audit trail, ensuring compliance with the Trust's standing financial instructions. Managing the outsourced energy management contracts at all sites, ensuring contractors meet their contractual requirements. Developing systems and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and ensure adoption of these procedures across the Trust. Audit and review relevant procedures. Producing regular reports on energy and carbon reduction performance to the Committees and the Trust Board. Programme managing the implementation of energy and carbon reduction schemes. Person Specification

Qualifications

Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience within an environmental discipline. Master's Degree or equivalent experience in relevant area. Membership of relevant professional body such as the Energy Institute or equivalent. Formal Project Management/auditing training qualification. Experience

A robust track record of delivering an environmental or sustainability role within a complex organisation. Experience of working collaboratively with other organisations. Negotiating and influencing experience on a wide range of issues. Demonstrable financial management experience. Demonstrable operational experience. Experienced project management of a diverse portfolio of schemes including deadlines, standards and budget constraints. Experience of designing and implementing new systems and processes for managing and reporting information. Experience within a pressured change-oriented environment with the ability to plan and prioritise work effectively. Knowledge

Specialist knowledge of national and local environmental and sustainability policies. Knowledge of relevant NHS guidance. Working knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant British legislation and good practice in respect of energy and environmental issues. Knowledge of NHS procedures and structures. Evidence of continuous professional development. Skills

Ability to work across all levels both within the organisation including at senior management level and outside the organisation. Excellent communication skills in order to communicate complex information effectively to a range of technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organisation. Ability to develop, implement and monitor policies, procedures and systems to support core areas and disciplines. Excellent report writing, strategy development, consultation and presentational skills. Good negotiation skills, excellent influencing skills, raising the profile and commitment to energy and environmental issues. Procurement and contract negotiation with suppliers including performance and contract management. Strong interpersonal skills to enable development of good working relationships with personnel outside the direct control of the individual. Able to establish credibility and good relationships and manage those relations with sensitivity and diplomacy. Innovator and decision-maker with the ability to communicate new and controversial ideas. Good computer skills to develop or create reports, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. High levels of computer literacy are required in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail and internet. Facilitation skills and Train the Trainer qualification. Able to think strategically and contribute to the management of the organisation as a whole, and to the development of the organisational culture and management of change. Statistical analysis skills. Excellent leadership skills with an open and participative management style and an ability to motivate others and work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Use of Microsoft Project. Other

Highly self-motivated with a demonstrated ability and confidence to work on own initiative. Good team player. Able to plan and prioritise own workload independently. Very organised with attention to detail. Able to demonstrate a strong commitment to equal opportunities and fair access. Multi-tasking and management of competing priorities. Able to work quickly, accurately and under pressure to multiple deadlines. Works best in a challenging environment. Ability and confidence to challenge current working practices. Innovative and creative in problem solving. Strong networking with other NHS and non-NHS energy and environmental managers. Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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