Band 5 Sustainability Programme Support Officer

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Sustainability Programme Support Officer to lead data and operational support for their Green Plan. The role involves collaboration across departments to achieve sustainability goals, and requires a degree or equivalent experience. Candidates should have strong data management and analytical skills. This is a full-time permanent position offering a salary between £37,259 to £45,356 annually.

Benefits

Flexible working

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing CPD activity.
• Experience in using databases.
• Experience working across complex organisational structures.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the tactical rollout of the Green Plan.
• Provide administrative support around governance and reporting.
• Coordinate cross-departmental collaboration for sustainability goals.
• Support the production and reporting of sustainability metrics.

Skills

Data management

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Database systems

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.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head of Sustainability with a focus on the tactical rollout of the Green Plan, with responsibilities around data collation, management and analysis.
• Provide administrative support around governance and reporting activities, supporting the operation of the capability and capacity building activities relating to the green network including arranging meetings and sustainability events.
• Coordinate cross-departmental collaboration to collate regular updates on progress towards sustainability goals across the organisation, maintain an audit trail for policy and procedure updates including sustainability considerations.
• Work to persuade others across the Trust to collect and share data relating to carbon emissions and assist in data analysis towards sustainability goals.
• Work with the Head of Sustainability and other leads to ensure learning from best practices and innovations in sustainability metrics, improving data infrastructure.
• Support the production and reporting of relevant sustainability metrics and project updates regularly.
• Provide ongoing support to a staff Green Champions network to empower staff to become semi-autonomous and self-supporting.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests. We offer opportunities and flexible benefits; information at the Royal Free London jobs site.

Details

• Date posted: 16 September 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £37,259 to £45,356 a year inclusive of HCAS
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 391-RFL-7436105
• Job locations: Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Essential

• Evidence of ongoing CPD activity
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Environmental sustainability training or qualification

Experience

• Essential: Experience in the use of databases
• Essential: Experience of working across complex organisational structures

Disclosure and Sponsorship

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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London NW3 2QG