Overview

We are seeking a Sustainability Co-ordinator to join our technical and policy team.

This role is ideal for an individual at either early career, or a career change, stage, seeking to rapidly grow their skills and extend their network. The wide ranging, supportive position offers the opportunity to enhance skills in a range of areas, including project management, stakeholder engagement, and multi-disciplinary research. The successful candidate will support the delivery of UKGBC’s technical and policy work, while developing their own broad insight and knowledge through working with a dynamic and diverse team of colleagues, and also with businesses across the entire built environment value chain.

Key responsibilities

  • Support the delivery of UKGBC technical and policy guidance and outputs via desktop research, analysis, and content drafting etc.
  • Support key stakeholder management and engagement with relevant professional institutions, industry bodies, and UKGBC members and other groups via email, online, and in-person
  • Input into and support UKGBC’s Solutions and Innovations work
  • Basic graphic / visual design to ensure clear and engaging content creation, including creating learning materials, slide decks for presentations and events, website content etc.
  • Responding to queries and maintaining information packs / slide decks / FAQ documents and guidance
  • Assist in running meetings, roundtables, workshops, and other UKGBC activities and events
  • Engage in regular organisational wide meetings related to the UKGBC culture and operations and / or other projects and workstreams
  • Take accountability for your own contribution towards your personal and professional development; including regular 1-1s, objective setting, performance and development conversations; and soliciting and providing feedback, including for those outside your core work area and upward for managers

Key qualities, competencies, experience, and qualifications

  • Mission: A passion for tackling the climate, nature and cost of living crises, and a commitment to UKGBC’s mission.
  • Integrity: An inclusive approach that conveys and embeds honesty and transparency as standard
  • Attitude: A positive, proactive, problem-solving approach with demonstrable agility to perform duties that may be outside core accountabilities
  • Teamwork: Consistent and collaborative communication and engagement to help drive your team’s and the wider organisation’s success
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills, excellent listening skills
  • Project management: Efficient planning, organisational, and time management skills
  • Administration: Strong administrative and computer literacy skills (standard software packages, mainly Microsoft Office)
  • Critical thinking: supported by good research skills
  • Knowledge: High level knowledge of climate and biodiversity breakdown, familiarity with the breadth of the built environment industry, and appreciation of how these interact
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