Job summary
- Main area
- Sustainability
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 236-NCA-AC138-24-A
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salford
- Town
- Salford
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Sustainability
Band 8b
Job overview
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking applications for our Head of Sustainability, this is an exciting role with the opportunity to make change across the Northern Care Alliance to deliver our sustainability ambitions outlined in the Vision 10 strategy.
You will be part of the senior team in Estates and Facilities with close working with our Board to lead and support our sustainability agenda at the Northern Care Alliance.
Main duties of the job
You will lead, develop and implement the Trust’s approach to environmental sustainability, and provide senior professional management of the Trusts full range of environmental services including energy and water management, waste management, carbon reduction, sustainable and active travel. You will be integral to ensuring the Trust’s environmental legal compliance, embedding sustainable design and construction in our capital programmes, maintain environmental management systems and promote our sustainability ambitions to the wider organisation. You will work closely with clinical teams and proactively embed environmental sustainability and efficiency across the organisation engaging key stakeholders including PFI partners to deliver the Trust’s vision to become a leading NHS Trust for environmental sustainability.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for candidates experienced within the sustainability sector who are able to operate at a strategic and operational level to deliver change. You will bring expertise to the organisation in energy management, environmental sustainability and the legislative frameworks required for trust compliance. You will have experience of working at a senior management level and with a range of stakeholders. You will demonstrate a strong passion for sustainability and excellent interpersonal skills for working with colleagues.
We look forward to your application. If you have any queries about the post please contact Nadine Armitage, Director of Capital, Estates and Facilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Master’s Degree (or equivalent specialist
Desirable criteria
- • Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), or member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) or Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM).
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of relevant British and European legislation and NHS guidance
- • Knowledge of management systems
- • Knowledge of financial systems and financial management
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Use own initiative
- • Demonstrate commitment to sustainability agenda
- • Delivering high standards
- • Flexible approach
- • Ability to assign own priorities and manage workload
- • Organised methodical and professional approach to work
- • Can demonstrate decision making skills
- • Team worker
- • Ability to motivate and provide leadership
Desirable criteria
- • Excellent analytical skills
- • Ability to develop, implement and monitor • policies and procedures to support core areas and disciplines
- • Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with and present to with clinical, technical, and senior managerial staff both inside and outside the organisation regarding a range of technical subject areas
- • Ability to interpret and communicate highly complex technical, financial, and operational information to a range of audiences
- • Problem solving and ability to react to non- routine situations
- • Ability to deal with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nadine Armitage
- Job title
- Director for Capital, Estates and Facilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07742 767 188
- Additional information
Nadine Armitage is the main contact
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