249107- Energy and Sustainability Manager

Job Description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

Developing and delivering initiatives, tools and technical managerial guidance to support NHSL to meet the Scottish Government’s sustainability expectations, and NHS Scotland mandatory requirements and policy commitments.

This will involve driving forward a change and improvement agenda for sustainability and climate change to ensure delivery of the key objectives of the Board’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. There is an emphasis on energy management and the post will be key to delivering initiatives that improve energy efficiency across our estate.

Success requires working with key stakeholders including Directors and senior managers, our staff, partners and the communities we service to develop and implement work programmes that have clear, measurable outcomes.

This will be delivered through:

• Provision of expert advice on interpretation of sustainability & climate change data and trends, evidence-based practice and national policy,
• Developing and delivering initiatives, tools and technical and managerial guidance to support the meeting of Scottish Government’s sustainability expectations. Influence and advise NHSL Property & Estates Strategies on all sustainable development and environmental matters.
• Deliver specialist support to colleagues and partners, including workstream management and project management to achieve sustainability outcomes. Provide support and advice, on the impact of different clinical and operational practices, on the overall sustainability requirements and expectations of NHSL.

In this key role, you will:

The role of the Sustainability and Environment team within NHS Lanarkshire is to have oversight and provide expert advice in the areas of sustainability, net zero and climate change with regard to the following key work streams;

• Capital Assets, Energy & Water Management
• Transport & Active Travel
• Waste Management
• Greenspace & Biodiversity
• Clinical
• Procurement

In addition to providing expert advice and support to other functions within NHS Lanarkshire in regards to sustainability, net zero and climate change, the Sustainability and Environmental team is responsible for reporting on sustainability performance to;

• NHS Assure
• Scottish Government

The team also have the responsibility of managing the utilities portfolio, this ranges from the day to day enquiries, to arranging meter replacements and providing data to internal and external users.

The team also managing any on going improvement carbon reduction projects, working along side other key stakeholders.

What You’ll Bring:

• Educated to degree level in an environment or sustainability-related subject, or with extensive relevant equivalent experience.
• Further qualification or equivalent work experience or knowledge in a subject related to sustainability, planning or programme management at masters level;
• Membership or Fellowship of one or more Professional Institutes would be advantageous (IEMA, EI, EMA etc.)

Specialist knowledge of EU, UK and Scottish government policy, legislation and regulation in sustainable development and environmental management, gained through extensive experience at senior level in the public sector (e.g. NHS, local authority or environmental regulatory body), or private sector, including sustainability or environmental consultancy.

What we Offer

• Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.