Sustainability Specialist

3 months ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Department for Education Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 323732**Salary**:

- £39,483**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFE - Strategy Group**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability
- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Manchester, North West England, M1 2WD : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJAbout the job

**Job summary**:
At DfE, we are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active & vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse DfE, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels.

Equality and Diversity - Department for Education

Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? And scientific or research based expertise in this area? Do you enjoy working in a team? Do you want to make a real difference by harnessing the power of education to respond to climate change? Can you see yourself advising policy decisions to ensure the education system is at the forefront of responding to the complex challenges of sustainability ?

Within this important and exciting role, your knowledge and expertise relating to sustainability and the environment will give you the opportunity to influence and shape the delivery of the commitments set out within the Department for Education’s (DfE) Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy.

Your role will be wide ranging, from supporting the delivery of the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan and Net Zero Strategy from a DfE perspective, to leading the development of a new national climate risk assessment framework for education, and advising on specific policies and initiatives led and delivered by DfE. The nature and focus of the role will change to align with DfE and Government priorities.

You will lead the development of DfE’s evidence-base on sustainability and climate change, embedding a response to climate risk within DfE policies, helping co-ordinate sustainability policy across DfE, and working with other government departments, agencies, and research organisations to develop these areas

**Job description**:
You will join a high-performing, ambitious and friendly, multi-disciplinary team of sustainability specialists and analysts. Through your understanding of current legislation and sustainability best practice, you will be critical to the success of the Unit.

You will play a key role in supporting policy teams and project managers to deliver policies and initiatives which align with the evidence, as well as DESNZ and DEFRA-led legislation. Through your understanding of current sustainability-related legislation and good practice, you will be critical to the success of the Unit.

You will be responsible for delivery of the following, and you will get involved in wider team activities and priorities as they arise:

- Developing DfE’s assessment of climate risk to education, currently focussed on three risks of overheating, flooding, and water scarcity as identified by the Climate Change Committee.
- Identifying and managing research opportunities through networking and the development of partnerships to ensure initiatives and policies developed to achieve the strategic aims of DfE’s Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy are built on research-based evidence.
- Building networks and fostering relationships across other government departments, demonstrating and championing sharing of good practice.
- Providing expert advice to senior leaders and ministers representing DfE across Whitehall.
- Ensuring sustainability is successfully embedded within policy development across the Department.
- Holding senior leaders to account and developing solutions with teams across DfE and their delivery partners to ensure genuine claims can be made relating to the environmental impact of activities and policies

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**

You will:

- Have excellent organisational skills or project/programme management experience with the ability to manage a programme of work to deliver successful outcomes.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Interfacing with policy

**Benefits**:
Applicants currently holding a permanent post in the Civil Service should note that, if successful, their salary on appointment would be determined by the Department’s transfer / promotion policies.

As a member of the DfE, you will be entitled to join the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme, which many experts agree is one of the most generous in the UK, wi

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