Sustainability and Environmental Manager

Sustainability and Environmental Manager
Directorate: Finance and Corporate – Assurance, Facilities & Risk Grade: SEO Location: Contacted location base of Liverpool or Darlington, but roles can be worked remotely Reports to: Grade 7 – Head of Workplace & Facilities Line Management: Yes Security clearance level required: SC
About the Disclosure & Barring Service
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was established under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 on 1 December 2012, operating from two sites, Liverpool and Darlington. We provide disclosure functions in England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, and barring functions for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, on behalf of government.
DBS operates within the safeguarding arena alongside our multi-agency partners. Safeguarding means protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.
Job Purpose
As a Sustainability and Environmental Manager, you will provide DBS with subject matter expertise in the fast-developing specialism of Sustainability, to enable DBS to deliver its Green agenda. You will support the Head of Workplace and Facilities to collate and verify DBS sustainability data, performance and provide recommendations for continuous improvement. DBS is committed to becoming recognised as a ‘sustainable and green organisation’ in the way they do their business and deliver the government’s Greening Commitment (GGC) targets.
You will also develop and manage the Environmental strategy to enable the DBS to meet its carbon reduction target and its environmental performance requirements, as well as develop an action plan for the delivery of the DBS sustainability targets and driving delivery of it through collaboration with other key stakeholders across the DBS, including Commercial, IT and Estates.
Essential Criteria

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  Working towards Practitioner level with IEMA or relevant professional body (e.g. RICS, Energy Institute, Energy Managers Association, CIEEM, ICE or CIOB) with a preference if already held or equivalent experience

OR A relevant degree in sustainability, ecology, natural resource management or a related topic

• Adaptability to manage changing priorities and tight deadlines
• Clear demonstration of FM skills in both meeting customer needs and managing supplier relationships
• Use of Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Excel, Teams etc) to support work outputs
• Ability to work on initiative within a wide ranging but structured environment;
• Undertake physical tasks such as assessments, audits and inspections and risk inspections of buildings and premises
• Experience in an energy or environmental role
• Experience of applying environmental and sustainability legislation, strategies, principles and processes in a complex environment
• Understanding workplace analytics & data; translating it into insights when making decisions about the workplace
• Understanding and complying with statutory, regulatory and professional requirements
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Providing sustainability advisory support to commercial tendering processes
• Skills and experience in the following areas: - Commercial Acumen; Sustainable Practice, Technology & Innovation; Stakeholder Engagement; Strategy & Business Planning

Desirable Criteria

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  Influential and able to lead key senior stakeholders, colleagues and customers towards commercial solutions that give a balance of optimal performance and environmentally sustainable solutions that support the business strategy
• Experience in environmental aspects of risk and impact assessments
• Chartered Environmentalist or equivalent experience

OR Full membership of relevant professional body (eg RICS, Energy Institute, Energy Managers Association, CIEEM, ICE or CIOB)
The closing date for applications is Sunday 4th June 2023