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Main area
Director, Environment and Sustainability
Grade
ESM1
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
990-NHP-10011-IE
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
London
Town
London
Salary
£100,000 - £131,300 per annum plus inner HCAs where applicable
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/08/2024 23:59

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Director, Environment and Sustainability

ESM1

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are in the process of establishing long-term capability to deliver the New Hospital Programme - the 3rd largest programme on the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio enabling the delivery of NHS’s Health Infrastructure Plan. 

Main duties of the job

Leadership: 

  • Represent the NHP as an expert and thought leader for Environment and Sustainability. 

  • Set, own, and lead the delivery of the Environment and Sustainability national level purpose, vision, strategic objectives and plans ensuring alignment to the overarching NHP Strategy which will directly impact the National Healthcare System

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Bachelors level or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in large and complex organisations.
  • Relevant professional qualification commensurate with experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant professional qualification commensurate with experience
  • Extensive knowledge of environment and sustainability principles, including CSR and ESG practices.
  • Significant experience of environment and sustainability strategy development and standards setting .

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Technical expertise in environment and sustainability standards; Net Zero Carbon, whole life building standards; statutory requirements; reference design; industrialisation processes; utilities; logistics; technical and operational standards.
  • Leadership, vision, strategic thinking , and planning with highly developed political skills .
  • A skilled influencer who is committed to promoting personal, cultural and organsiational development.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committed

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

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People team
Job title
People team
Email address
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