Internship'24 - Sustainability (Built Environment)

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Useful Simple Trust Full time

Location:
London (office based)

Salary:
£26K £28K (pro-rata)

Duration: 6-8 Weeks

Hours:
Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

The Role

We are seeking talented and enthusiastic
undergraduates in their final year, or postgraduates, to join the Trust for a 6-8 week internship.


We have two sustainability internships available:
one focused on
sustainability consultancy for masterplans and buildings, and one focused on
sustainability consultancy for organisations.
We have plenty of work that you will get the chance to be involved with, look at our website and LinkedIn to get an idea what we do

Who We Are

The Useful Simple Trust (UST) is an award-winning group of professional design and consultancy practices driving change in the building environment through our four brands; Expedition Engineering, Useful Projects, Useful Studio and Thomas.

Matthews.


Certified as a B Corp, Social Enterprise and Employee Benefit Organisation, our experienced engineers, architects, designers, consultants, and strategists are dedicated to business and environmental goals, transparency and accountability.

As pioneers for sustainable design and consultancy, we are addressing the major issues of our time, including Net Zero carbon, circular economy, biodiversity gain, and social impact.

Through our naturally collaborative approach, we engage our clients to deliver BOLD, valuable projects with positive impact.

UST believe in investing and growing our people as much as we do our business. We foster talent, equal opportunity, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing to develop a high performing and sustainable workforce.

Useful Projects is a sustainability consultancy driving positive change for our clients and society.

Our mission is to help organisations tackle the significant challenges they are facing spanning net zero carbon, circular economy and social value creation, to biodiversity net gain.

We help our clients find added value in delivering sustainable development, by providing expert independent insight in an engaging manner.


The Attributes
Professional qualifications and core knowledge are expected to include:

  • A passion for sustainability
  • Drive, initiative, and enterprise
  • Enthusiastic person, who takes pride in his/ her work
  • Great eye for detail
  • Proactive person who enjoys working on challenging jobs
  • Committed and hardworking
  • Flexible, organised and good communicator
  • Happy to contribute and get involved in different things
  • Ability to support teams across the Trust
  • Proactive approach

Personal Attributes

  • Team player, we encourage our people to work together
  • Good sense of humour
  • Passionate about building a better future

Diversity statement
UST strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can all be ourselves.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups and are particularly keen to hear from anyone with relevant skills and experience who feels they are underrepresented in the industry.


We encourage people from culturally diverse backgrounds, women, people with different abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, all age groups, and those with intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics to apply.

We know that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and ensures everyone can be heard and valued for their contributions.


What we offer

  • An entrepreneurial environment; we're open to new ideas.
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (prorata).
  • Company Pension Scheme (grade dependant, minimum of 6%).
  • Free access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family.
  • Thriving Trustwide social scene, including charitable activities and regular team events.

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