Sustainability Engagement and Communications Officer

Job title: Sustainability Engagement and Communications Officer

Department: Vice-Chancellor’s Office

Salary: Starting from £29,605, rising to £36,024

Closing date: Friday 30 August 2024 

At the University of Bath, we have an engaged and active community of staff and students keen
to take action on climate change and sustainability. This new role will provide vital support
and resources to enable and empower our community to accelerate and increase action. This will
support carbon reduction, drive institutional efficiencies, and increase collegiality around a
vibrant sustainability community culture. 

You will take the lead role in developing and delivering a University-wide climate and
sustainability engagement programme for staff and students. Your role sits in the
Sustainability and Climate Action team and you’ll report to the Climate Action Engagement &
Training Manager. The team are dynamic and fun, committed to delivering on our Sustainability
and Climate Action commitments as a ‘whole institution’ approach, and making University of Bath
a sustainable university. We have an open and collaborative team culture, welcoming new ideas
and ways of working. 

We are open to part time and flexible working arrangements. Please confirm your preferences
within your application form. 

About you 

Our ideal candidate will have experience of working in an engagement and/or communications
role. You will have developed and delivered training and engagement programmes across different
levels within an organisation, including one-off events, reward and recognition campaigns and
behaviour change interventions. 

You will have excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills – including both
verbal and written communication and the ability to adapt communication style to suit the
audience. In addition, you’ll have confident networking skills; experienced in influencing and
motivating others to action. 

Further information 

Fifty years of achievement have seen the University of Bath grow into a globally recognised
institution with over 20,000 students from 153 countries. The focus is on offering our students
a well-rounded education; delivering impactful research; and creating engaging and supportive
local, national and global partnerships. The result: we were named the ‘University of the Year’
in 2023 and ranked 8th best university in the UK by The Times and The Sunday Times Good
University Guide 2024. 

In 2020, the Institution established a ground-breaking Climate Action Framework with the focus
on addressing the climate crisis through our operations; our education: our research; and our
partnerships. A core part of the Framework is to create the culture and environment to engage
our staff and students and enable individuals to take action. 

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy
  a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to
  flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of
  some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa
  Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits on our website. 

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected
and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different
nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality
receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience,
perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students,
so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from
under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. We are
committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community
by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability
Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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