Details
1079371
Middlesex University
03/06/2024
2 Months
8h 8w
Smart Casual
Pay
£13.15
£1.59
Description
Role
In this varied role, you will work across University functions to assist in driving forward the Carbon Management Plan. This will be an opportunity to enhance and harness your skills working with a professional team that will help you develop your environmental knowledge and with the Environmental and Sustainability Team.
Duties and responsibilities
- Work on the SDG Accord and attend the University Environmental Steering Group
- Create engaging content for our social media channels such as capturing short videos and clips
- Videos for Instragram stories that inspires student to reduce their plastic consumption on and off campus
- Help work on the university’s Carbon Reduction Plan
- Work on the university’s waste strategy
- Run communications campaigns aimed at students on social media to raise awareness of the SDGs and other green initiatives
- Attend environmental steer group once a term to feed in student perspective on environmental sustainability issues
- Work with student union to promote sustainable behaviour at union events and advocate for sustainable solutions on campus
- Organise at least one event during academic year on campus to promote the SDGs or another relevant sustainability initiative (Ie. COP or Earth Day)
- Promote environmental sustainability in your subject area and provide student perspective insight on how environmental sustainability is engaged with in your department and by fellow students
Skills and experience
Essentials (minimum x6 core competencies)
- Knowledge/desire to work to ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 as well as their application in the Higher Education Sector
- Experience of engagement with relevant external bodies for networking and sharing of best practice
- Be proficient in the use of Word, Excel and Outlook for writing reports, analysing data and time/project management
- Ability to work in a reliable, organised, conscientious and methodical manner, following process and where necessary on own initiative
- Ability to use skill, judgment and persistence to solve problems and be able to reach solutions by discussions with others
- Ability to work as part of a team and support colleagues in deliver the wider team / Departmental objectives
Desirable
- Experience of ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 as well as their application in the Higher Education Sector
- Experience of engagement with relevant external bodies for networking and sharing of best practice
Location
Hendon
Benefits
- Valuable work experience in a large organisation promoting widely recognised sustainability initiatives
- Develop skills in engagement, collaboration and advocacy to stand out to employers
- Opportunity to attend university events as an ambassador and network with sustainability professionals
- We are building on Middlesex reputation nationally and globally. There are opportunities for the university to collaborate with a wider community, the Environmental Sustainability Team are looking for someone will can help work in an organised manner, and fulfil a number of fundamental requirements. The university have worked to develop their environmental approach and have done significant progress, as it comes in the shape of our SDG reporting
Additional information
Please address in your Cover Letter and CV how you meet the requirements and how you match the JD. A link to complete digital interview will be sent after you have completed the first stage of CV + Cover Letter. You will have 4 days to complete the digital interview from receiving the link.
Deadline for the CV + CL is 5th May Midnight
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