Sustainability Co-Ordinator

South Yorkshire Police; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading police force is seeking a Sustainability Co-Ordinator to implement their sustainability strategy. This role involves project management, stakeholder engagement, and developing innovative solutions to enhance sustainability across the organization. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and a commitment to sustainability.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive development courses

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Commitment to complete Level 4 Apprenticeship in sustainability.
• Experience in project and change management.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of sustainability strategy.
• Manage sustainability projects and stakeholder engagement.
• Analyze data to identify efficiency opportunities.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Self-Motivation

Attention to Detail

Education

4 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

Role: Sustainability Co-Ordinator

Department: Estates & Facilities Management

Location: Carbrook

Salary: £27,747 - £30,468

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Temporary for 12 months

We are looking for a Sustainability Co-Ordinator to work within our Estates & Facilities Management Team. In this role you will plan, coordinate and to support the implementation of the Sustainability Strategy and embed sustainability across the force and to lead on engagement activity for sustainability and deliver the sustainability comms and engagement plan

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Sustainability Manager in implementing, monitoring, and measuring the force’s comprehensive sustainability programme to deliver the sustainability strategy and embed sustainability “in all that we do”.
• Actively assist and contribute to decision making to support the Sustainability Manger in the day-to-day delivery, planning, monitoring, and reporting of the sustainability programme.
• Use initiative on a daily basis to make appropriate decisions, manage own time to ensure prioritisation of tasks, while maintaining a high level of professionalism.
• Ensure continuous improvement by developing ideas and creating new content to inspire SILS and to cover all areas of the strategy; identify gaps and opportunities for improvement across strategy delivery and develop innovative ways to address these.
• Work independently on all aspects of the role, exercising maximum autonomy and control, whilst recognising when it is appropriate to seek advice or assistance from a colleague or manager.
• Manage the Sustainability Impact Lead (SIL) and Sponsor network.
• Manage the online bespoke sustainability action planning tool, including managing the dashboard, the usage of the tool, updating the tool content and extracting and analysing data to produce performance reports for all areas of the force. =
• Deliver the sustainability comms and engagement plan working together with Corporate Comms.
• Develop and deliver a programme to achieve regular planned engagement across all levels of the force, including the provision of communication materials, case studies and newsletters
• Manage the sustainability website and update content; circulate updates to Sustainability Impact Leads and stakeholders across the force.
• Provide support for sustainability projects, including stakeholder engagement, business administration, procurement, and finance administrative tasks, developing and monitoring project plans and providing progress reports.
• Assist with the preparation of sustainability progress reports including SCT and annual reports.
• Manage the utility billing process. Take ownership of issues and work with suppliers to resolve queries and billing discrepancies to achieve resolution, and report on outcomes.
• Undertake proactive analysis of data and costs to highlight anomalies, identify opportunities to enhance efficiency. Develop plans to generate efficiency savings and produce reports to evidence reductions in cost and consumption.
• Manage the SYP waste inbox - deal with day to enquiries relating to various waste streams; make decisions regarding disposal options; deal with contamination and breaches of waste legislation; and provide solutions.
• Assist Finance in producing budgetary forecasts in line with contract rates and consumption data; and provide data for benchmarking and carbon reporting purposes.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders and waste contractors to achieve effective, legally compliant and contract compliant resolutions to all waste queries and issues. Provide support in arranging disposal solutions for EFM projects to the Waste and Carbon Officer.
• Keep abreast of developments in sustainability by carrying out research and reporting findings.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• A commitment and willingness to complete the Level 4 Apprenticeship: corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner.
• Evidence of a good level of education including 4 GCSE’s at Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including Maths and English Language.
• Experience of project management, change management or engagement.
• Knowledge and interest in sustainability issues.
• A good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail and comfortable managing multiple tasks.
• Self-motivated with an ability to organise themselves, use initiative and make decisions.
• Continuous improvement mind-set with an ability to work to a high standard.
• Proven ability in windows-based computer packages including outlook, excel, word and PowerPoint.
  
  

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview

For more detailed information relating to the role, skills and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile

What We Offer

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks
  
  

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Smarter Ways Of Working

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables South Yorkshire Police to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Contact Details

For further information about the role, please contact: Danielle Taylor on 07833 237549

Closing Date: 29 th May 2025

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

How To Apply

Please click ‘Apply’

Candidate Information

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on [e-mail]

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Internal Candidates

This vacancy is temporary therefore, you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Talent Acquisition Team before applying.

Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form. Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.

The decision to make all adverts temporary for a fixed term of 12 months is due to the financial position. As the financial position becomes clearer, it may be that we can make some of these posts permanent without the need to run a second recruitment process, equally they could be ended sooner than the 12 months.

Documents To Review

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

For Secondment Approval - Please Click Here

View Our Recruitment Video

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