Sustainability Implementation Manager (Research & Innovation Practice)
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Sustainability Implementation Manager (Research & Innovation Practice)
UE07 £37,099 - £44,263
Full Time - 35 hours per week
Contract Type - Open Ended
Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 12 January 2024
The University of Edinburgh aims to deliver positive impact for society. This means we want to improve peoples’ lives and protect the planet. Our commitments include being a zero carbon and zero waste University; promoting, protecting and respecting human rights; and critically engaging with and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Opportunity:
The Sustainability Implementation Manager (Research & Innovation Practice) is and important role in the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS). The role is being appointed to embed sustainability into research & innovation practice in a way that upholds and advances the corporate sustainability commitments of the University, and its partners and funders. The postholder will work closely with academics and professional services colleagues to improve the sustainability of research & innovation projects by embedding sustainability thinking at the earliest stage (i.e. pre-award proposal) and through the full project lifecycle.
Your Skills and Attributes for Success:
- High levels of organisation and motivation, with a solid understanding of sustainability impacts and interventions as they relate to the conduct of research & innovation projects.
- Experience of working collaboratively, as part of cross-disciplinary teams.
- Understanding of research & innovation project lifecycles.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.
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What Working at Edinburgh University Offers:
We offer an exciting,
positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give
you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit
from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits,
which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff
discounts, family friendly initiatives ,
flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits
page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value
of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh
holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to
advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the
Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity
Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Interviews will be held in January 2024.
Right to Work
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.