Sustainability Behaviour Change & Engagement Officer

University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Sheffield invites applications for a Sustainability Communications & Engagement Officer to support the Environmental Sustainability Strategy and estates projects. You will create engaging content for websites, campaigns and newsletters, helping staff and students understand sustainability priorities and progress on campus.

Working across Estates and Facilities Management and Corporate Communications, you’ll coordinate engagement activities, maintain digital channels and prepare

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience creating content for digital channels such as websites or social media.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• A collaborative approach and confidence working with a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging content for websites, social media, newsletters and campaigns.
• Support sustainability engagement initiatives across schools, faculties and professional services.
• Help coordinate events, campaigns and communications that encourage sustainable behaviours.
• Maintain and update sustainability webpages and digital channels.
• Support governance and reporting by preparing meeting papers, tracking actions and collating progress updates.
• Work with data using spreadsheets to organise, summarise and present information.
• Support communications for wider estates projects linked to sustainability and campus change.

Skills

Communication skills

Content creation

Organization

Collaboration

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

Job description

Sustainability Behaviour Change & Engagement Officer

Sustainability Communications & Engagement Officer

Are you a communications professional with an interest in sustainability, behaviour change and engagement? Do you enjoy turning complex ideas into clear, engaging stories that help people understand what’s changing and why it matters? We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Sustainability Communications & Engagement Officer, supporting sustainability and estates communications at the University of Sheffield.

About the role

You will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day communications and engagement activity that underpins the University’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy and wider estates projects. Working as part of the Sustainability and Estates Communications team, you will help staff and students understand sustainability priorities, see progress being made across campus, and engage with initiatives that support positive change.

This is a varied and collaborative role that sits at the intersection of sustainability, communications and engagement. You will work closely with colleagues across Estates and Facilities Management, Corporate Communications, academic departments and the Students’ Union, helping to ensure sustainability-related activity is communicated clearly, consistently and accessibly.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will:

• Create engaging content for websites, social media, newsletters and campaigns that showcases sustainability and estates activity.
• Support sustainability engagement initiatives across schools, faculties and professional services, helping to share good practice and celebrate success.
• Help coordinate events, campaigns and communications that encourage sustainable behaviours and ways of working.
• Maintain and update sustainability webpages and digital channels.
• Support sustainability governance and reporting by preparing meeting papers, tracking actions and collating information for progress updates.
• Work with data in a practical way, using spreadsheets to organise, summarise and present information clearly.
• Support communications for wider estates projects, particularly those linked to sustainability, decarbonisation and campus change.

About you

You’re someone who enjoys working with people, ideas and information, and you’re motivated by work that has real-world impact. You don’t need to be a sustainability specialist, but you do need a genuine interest in environmental issues and the confidence to communicate clearly and thoughtfully.

You will have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience creating content for digital channels such as websites or social media.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• A collaborative approach and confidence working with a wide range of stakeholders.

It would also be an advantage if you have:

• Experience supporting data reporting or presentations using spreadsheets such as Excel or Google Sheets.
• Awareness of behaviour change or organisational culture, with experience contributing to engagement or communications activity.

About the team

You will join the Sustainability Communications & Engagement team which works as part of a wider team of sustainability, energy and environmental professionals within Estates and Facilities Management. The team works across the University to support sustainability strategy delivery, estates communications and engagement, helping to connect strategic priorities with day-to-day activity on campus. You’ll be part of a supportive, friendly team with a strong sense of purpose and opportunities to develop your skills.

What we offer

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and the University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.