Band 5 Sustainability Programme Support Officer

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Westminster is seeking a Sustainability Programme Support Officer to provide data and operational support for its Green Plan. The role involves data collation, governance support, and organizing sustainability-related events. Ideal candidates will have strong data management and analytical skills, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to sustainable practices in a leading healthcare institution.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Training opportunities

Generous benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in data management, reporting and governance support is desirable.
• Ability to coordinate cross-departmental collaboration and manage multiple tasks in a governance setting.
• Strong analytical skills and a willingness to learn and apply improvement methods in a sustainability context.

Responsibilities

• Lead data collation, management and analysis to support the implementation of the Green Plan.
• Provide administrative support around governance and reporting activities for sustainability programs.
• Organise meetings and other sustainability-related events.
• Collaborate with the Head of Sustainability and clinical leads to support project elements.
• Maintain an audit trail of policy changes with sustainability considerations.

Skills

Data management

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Job description

Overview

The Sustainability Programme Support Officer is the data and operational support role in the Sustainability and Green Plan Team. The post-holder will report directly to the Head of Sustainability. This role will take lead responsibility for the data and operational support needed to implement our Green Plan and will also support on bringing improvement methods into the heart of the Trust's ambition to becoming a sustainable net-zero organisation. The role will help us to deliver our ambitions around being an anchor institution, and embraces our commitment to continuous improvement, user insight and learning, collaboration and partnerships, and inclusion for all our staff, patients and population in bringing about better health, for all.

The Sustainability Programme Support Officer will assist the Head of Sustainability with a focus mainly on the tactical rollout of the Green Plan, with particular responsibilities around data collation, management and analysis. This role will provide administrative support around governance and reporting activities, supporting the smooth operation of the capability and capacity building activities relating the green network including other administrative tasks such as organising meetings and other sustainability related events. Work with the Head of Sustainability, working group leads and clinical leads in the Sustainability governance structure to support the overall implementation of our Green Plan action, supporting on a number of elements of the Plan that require strong project, data management and / or improvement support.

Coordinate cross-departmental collaboration to collate regular updates on progress towards sustainability goals across the organisation, including keeping an audit trail for changes to policies and procedures that have been updated in ways that begin to include sustainability considerations. Persuading others across the Trust to collect and share sensitive data relating to carbon emissions and assist in the data analysis and measures towards sustainability goals. Working with the Head of Sustainability and other leads to ensure that the Trust is learning from best practices and new innovation and insights in sustainability metrics from leading organisations around the world, with the aim of improving our data infrastructure.

Support on the production and reporting of relevant sustainability metrics and project updates on a regular basis. Provide on-going support to a staff Green Champions to empower staff to become a semi-autonomous self-supporting network.

Responsibilities

• Lead data collation, management and analysis to support the implementation of the Green Plan.
• Provide administrative support around governance and reporting activities for sustainability programs.
• Organise meetings and other sustainability-related events; support capability and capacity building activities relating to the green network.
• Collaborate with the Head of Sustainability, working group leads and clinical leads to support plan implementation and project elements requiring data management or improvement support.
• Coordinate cross-departmental updates on progress toward sustainability goals and maintain an audit trail of policy and procedure changes with sustainability considerations.
• Encourage and support data collection and sharing related to carbon emissions and assist in data analysis toward sustainability goals.
• Support learning from best practices and innovations in sustainability metrics to improve data infrastructure.
• Produce and report relevant sustainability metrics and project updates regularly.
• Provide ongoing support to a staff Green Champions network.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in data management, reporting and governance support is desirable.
• Ability to coordinate cross-departmental collaboration and manage multiple tasks in a governance setting.
• Strong analytical skills and a willingness to learn and apply improvement methods in a sustainability context.

Application and Recruitment Notes

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
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Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers\' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We\'re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK\'s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top