University College London
Job title:
Sustainable Research Officer
Company
University College London
Job description
About usYou will be joining the UCL Sustainable Research Team, a small group of collaborative people who are dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of research. We are part of the wider UCL Sustainability Team, who work with the UCL community to embed sustainability into research, buildings and behaviours at UCL, and beyond.In this job you’ll play a key part in supporting UCL’s groundbreaking LEAF programme. Designed at UCL to improve laboratory sustainability, LEAF has now been adopted by over 100 research institutions in the UK and globally. As membership of the programme grows and new frameworks are developed, support is needed for the growing range of activities related to its delivery.About the roleAs a Sustainable Research Officer you will be responsible for providing support to our community of external LEAF users. This includes providing information on the programme to potential customers, on-boarding and training new users in how to use the LEAF platform and working with them to establish sustainable laboratory practices within their organisations. You’ll also develop the international community of LEAF users, developing networking opportunities and programmes of events to support LEAF users to collaborate to achieve their sustainability objectives.The LEAF programme undergoes continual improvement and you will play a key role in understanding the needs of non-UCL LEAF users to enable opportunities for new research assessment frameworks to be identified, working with the wider team to develop and deliver the schemes.Please note we have two of these posts currently available.A full range of duties can be found on the attached job description.About youThe appointee to this key post will be an integral part of the Sustainable Research Team supporting their delivery of the LEAF programme. To be successful, we are looking for candidates who:
- Are passionate about reducing the environmental impact of research and keen to work with a broad range of people to achieve this.
- Have extensive knowledge of the LEAF programme, having been involved in supporting the successful completion of all three LEAF levels (bronze, silver and gold).
- Are friendly and personable, with the ability to persuade people to take up new ways of working to deliver more sustainable research, sometimes overcoming ingrained behaviours.
- Can adapt their training style to support the onboarding and ongoing education of LEAF users in a wide range of international organisations.
- Are willing to travel around the UK to support users to implement and audit the LEAF programme, and are able to work flexibly to provide online support to users in different time zones.
Please read our job description before applying, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered off in your application.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Available documents
Expected salary
Location
North West London
Job date
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 07:21:16 GMT
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