Band 5 Sustainability Programme Support Officer | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK seeks a Sustainability Programme Support Officer to assist in the rollout of its Green Plan. This role involves data management, project support, and collaboration across departments to improve sustainability metrics. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational and analytical skills, with experience in environmental initiatives. The position offers flexible hours and generous benefits to support career development.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Career development support

Qualifications

• Experience in data collection and analysis for environmental or sustainability initiatives.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with various leads.

Responsibilities

• Assist in rolling out the Green Plan with data management and analysis.
• Support governance and reporting activities related to sustainability.
• Coordinate updates on sustainability goals across the organization.

Skills

Data management

Collaboration

Project management

Analytical skills

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 particular responsibilities around data collation, management and analysis.
• Provide administrative support around governance and reporting activities, supporting the smooth operation of the capability and capacity building activities relating to the green network, including 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 the Green Plan action, supporting on elements 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 maintaining an audit trail for changes to policies and procedures that include sustainability considerations.
• Encourage and facilitate data collection and sharing of sensitive data relating to carbon emissions; assist in data analysis and measures towards sustainability goals.
• Collaborate with the Head of Sustainability and other leads to ensure the Trust learns from best practices, new innovations and insights in sustainability metrics from leading organisations to improve our data infrastructure.
• Support the production and reporting of relevant sustainability metrics and project updates on a regular basis.
• Provide ongoing support to staff Green Champions to empower staff to become a semi-autonomous, self-supporting network.

About the Trust

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated team 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. Our size, scale and influence offer career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to work that can fit around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to training, we support your career development.

Please note: this advert closes on Monday 6 Oct 2025.