Senior Environment Officer

The University of Oxford is a world leading institution whose research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges such as reducing our carbon emissions or developing vaccines during Covid-19 pandemic.

Estates Services is responsible for the management and strategic direction of Oxford University’s functional and commercial estate within Oxfordshire. This comprises some 450 buildings and the infrastructure associated with them.

The Compliance team is responsible for overseeing health and safety, and environmental matters across Estates Services activities. The Senior Environment Officer is an important role within the Compliance team and will be responsible for supporting the strategic direction of all aspects of Health and Safety, with a particular focus on environmental issues.

What We Offer

Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:

• Flexible hybrid working

• An excellent contributory pension scheme

• 38 days annual leave

• A comprehensive range of childcare services

• Family leave schemes

• Cycle loan scheme

• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

About The Role

You will take the lead in the Estates Services on all environmental protection matters, providing specialist advice to Estates Services staff and the wider University.

You will lead the development of an environmental management system for Estates Services, in step with the wider University.

You will also collaborate and support the compliance team and estates leadership in the delivery of the Estates Services vision and strategy, providing assurance that Estates Services is meeting its environmental obligations and working with others to develop solutions where non-compliance is identified.

Long-term planning and foresight is essential, along with monitoring changes in legislation or other obligations.

This is a new role so there is opportunity for someone with strong experience to really shape and develop the position over time.

About You

You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic person with experience of, and a firm commitment to, maintaining high standards for health, safety and environmental matters. A strong experience of environmental and health and safety legislation, best practise approaches, and management is therefore essential.

Excellent written communication skills are key, along with the ability to produce high quality reports, often for non-specialist audiences.

First class inter-personal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with tact, diplomacy and openness is also essential to your success.

You will also have a proven ability to plan, prioritise workload and be comfortable contributing as part of a mixed discipline team.

The willingness to contribute to team building and team development is crucial.

Further details are available in the job description.

Application Process

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

Previous Applicants do not need to re-apply for the position.

Applications are to be made online by the closing date, midday on 11 November.

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 14 November.