Evaluation and Sustainability Adviser

Energy Vault; England; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Vault is seeking an Evaluation and Sustainability Advisor to enhance its corporate strategy. This role requires an individual with strong project management and communication skills to work with various stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. The position offers competitive benefits, including hybrid work flexibility and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Flexible working policy

Generous pension scheme

High street discounts via Perkbox

Internal training and development

Subsidised gym and café

Ex-gratia bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Knowledge of equalities legislation applicable in business context.
• Experience in project management and organisational sustainability.
• Excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor metrics for UCAS’s corporate strategy.
• Engage with UCAS Board and Senior Management for strategy alignment.
• Promote 'employer of choice' and sustainable practices.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Organisational Skills

Leadership Skills

Job description

General information

Reference

000500

Publication start date

24/01/2022

Post Description

Evaluation and Sustainability Advisor

Location

South West, Gloucestershire, Rosehill - Hybrid

Job Profile

Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs - Strategy and Reform

Title

Evaluation and Sustainability Adviser

Contract Type

Full Time

About us

About UCAS

UCAS is at the heart of connecting people to higher education.

UCAS is the world’s leading shared admissions service for higher education. We provide application services for UK universities and colleges as well as delivering a wide range of research, consultancy and advisory services to schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies and employers.

We’re a successful and fast-growing organisation, which helps hundreds of thousands of people every year. We're committed to delivering a first-class service to all of our customers — they're at the heart of everything we do.

About the role

Contractual Hours

35.00

About the role

To work as a key part of the Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs team, responsible for developing, articulating, and monitoring metrics to support UCAS’s corporate strategy to put students at the heart of all activity. This role will work closely with the UCAS Board, Council, Executive, and the Senior Management Group (SMG) to bring those strategies to life, through visible and transparent objectives and results, tracking progress against them, and ensuring that the business is aligned on what it is trying to achieve.

This role also plays a key part in ensuring the achievement of UCAS Strategic Objective ‘Be an employer of choice where people belong, flourish, perform, and achieve’ as well as positioning UCAS externally as a sustainable and socially responsible charity.

Success in this role will be a live UCAS strategy with real time metrics that shape UCAS’ strategic decisions, with
EDI embedded into all internal processes, frameworks and metrics

For more information about the role please see the role profile attached

Skills, qualifications, and experience

• Knowledge of equalities legislation with the ability to apply it practically within a business context.
• Good working knowledge of project management approaches and methodology, as well as experience of
  delivering organisational sustainability, cultural and people change.
• Experience of equality related event organisation and management.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to influence and persuade people at all
  levels within and external to the business.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate and present clear and convincing
  findings.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a complex portfolio of projects simultaneously; ability
  to balance competing demands and manage expectations, bearing in mind the needs of colleagues and strategic priorities.
• Demonstrate initiative, confidence, and personal responsibility for action.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to represent a complex area, broader than a direct management
  role through a matrix management approach.
• Sensitivity to issues of diversity and cultural difference and a commitment to equality of opportunity.
• Ability to confidently collaborate with and influence a diverse range of stakeholders, including UCAS
  Board, Council, and Executive members.
• Ability to compile and confidently present high-quality corporate materials.
• Demonstrable project management skills

Please detail role specific benefits such as sales incentive scheme

Salary - up to £35000

• 30(!)days annual leave (plus 3 concessionary days over Christmas and your bank holidays!)
• Flexibility – UCAS positively supports Hybrid working for its employees, meaning you can work between home and the office in a way that suits you and the business and also has a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy
• A generous pension scheme
• Hundreds of high street discounts and offers with Perkbox
• Internal training and development
• Subsidised gym and café
• Be rewarded for going above and beyond with our ex-gratia bonus scheme and Celebrating U, our quarterly employee recognition scheme

Working Arrangements

Is fully remote working an option?

Yes