Job summary
Employer heading
Energy and Sustainability Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
The Trust runs a proactive programme to manage its sustainability performance in support of the wider NHS ambition to deliver a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service by 2040.
This role is essential for driving the Trust's commitment to sustainability while ensuring compliance and operational excellence across various initiatives and projects. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the sustainability strategy (the Green Plan) for the Trust.
This will include supporting the tasks required to ensure compliance with related legislation, regulations, codes of practices and technical guidance, and performance targets for the Trust.
They will also be required to support the future development of the Trust’s Sustainability Strategy, maintenance of the associated Action Plan and completion/use of relevant NHSE tools, guidance, and requests for information.
The role will have responsibility for supporting the breadth of sustainability issues at the Trust, including but not limited to; Workforce and System Leadership, Communication and Engagement, Clinical Practice & Medicines, Estates and Facilities, Travel & Transport, Food & Nutrition, Green Space & Biodiversity, Supply Chain & Procurement, Clinical Transformation, Digital Transformation, Adaptation and Air Quality.
Main duties of the job
- Maintain the Trust’s Energy Management Software/Database. This entails processing, validating and filing of utility invoices. Providing information for reports (such as ERIC returns), keeping track of energy contract renewal dates, compliance with Display Energy Certificates and other regulatory requirements and identifying anomalies or opportunities for energy improvement.
- Assisting with the implementation and monitoring of the Trust’s Green Plan and NHS Net Zero targets.
- Assist with completing Business Cases and other funding applications for Energy and Sustainability opportunities.
- Maintain and update the Estates and Facilities Twitter / Intranet information.
- Submission of KPIs for Accountability Framework (AF)
- Support Enabling Team with general administration, data gathering and support with creating visual dashboards using Power BI (Power BI Training can be provided).
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous administrative role
- Working collaboratively as part of a team
- Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
- Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
- Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Experience within relevant work area
- Experience of working with members of the public
- Supervision/co-ordination of other team members
- Experience with Power BI
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
- NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Confidentiality and Data Protection
- Customer service
- NHS
- Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tim Hewes
- Job title
- Energy and Sustainability Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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