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Job summary

Main area
Environmental Sustainability
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
Job ref
391-RFL-7436105
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 5 Sustainability Programme Support Officer

NHS AfC: Band 5

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job 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.

The Sustainability Programme Support Officer will assist the Head of Sustainability with a focus mainly on the tactical rollout of the Green Plan,
with particular responsibilities around data collation, management and analysis. This role will provide administrative support around governance
and reporting activities, supporting the smooth operation of the capability and capacity building activities relating the green network including other administrative tasks such as organising meetings and other sustainability related events.

Main duties of the job

Work with the Head of Sustainability, working group leads and clinical leads in the Sustainability governance structure to support the overall implementation of our Green Plan action, supporting on a
number of elements of the Plan 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 keeping an audit trail for changes to policies and procedures that have been updated in ways that begin to include sustainability considerations
Persuading others across the Trust to collect and share sensitive data relating to carbon emissions and assist in the data analysis and
measures towards sustainability goals. Working with the Head of Sustainability and other leads to ensure that the Trust is learning from best practices and new innovation and insights in sustainability metrics from leading organisations around the world, with the aim of
improving our data infrastructure.
Support on the production and reporting of relevant sustainability metrics and project updates on a regular basis
Provide on-going support to a staff Green Champions to empower staff to become a semi-autonomous self-supporting network

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow  link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust

Person specification

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD activity
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • Environmental sustainability training or qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in the use of databases
  • Experience of working across complex organisational structures

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Renuka Umasuthan
Job title
Head of Sustainability and Green Plan
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07597958745
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