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Title | Environmental Sustainability Project Manager |
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ROLE SUMMARY Salary: £30,000 with potential to increase over time based on performance Reporting to: ACE Programme Manager and Consultancy Lead Start Date: ASAP Location: New Wing, Somerset House, London. Please note our office is only accessible via a short staircase Contract type: Fixed term until April 2019 (possibility to become permanent) Normal hours: Full time. Office hours are 9.30 - 5.30pm, Monday - Friday Other: Annual Leave is 25 days plus standard bank holidays Cultural entitlement of £250 (pro rata) to spend on arts/ cultural events In addition all employees are able to claim 1 hour a week for personal wellbeing Julie’s Bicycle is a charity founded by the music industry in 2007 and now working across the arts, culture and broader creative community. Our vision is a creative community powering action on climate change. We work with more than 2,000 arts and cultural organisations across the UK and internationally to embed environmental sustainability into their operations, creative work and business practice. We provide the creative community with the skills to act, using their creativity to influence one another, audiences and the wider movement. We are a team of 10 full timers and 10 associates who, together, represent a unique mix of arts, culture, scientific and environmental expertise. Julie’s Bicycle is looking for an Environmental Sustainability Project Manager for two of our core activity programmes: * Our partnership with Arts Council England (ACE), developing and delivering an environmental programme involving ~850 National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs). The programme’s aims are: o Help Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) to meet their funding requirements around impact measurement and action-planning. o Support and champion the sector’s sustainable development. o Deepen understanding of the sector’s environmental performance. o Support the development of Arts Council England’s approach to environmental sustainability. * Carry out the necessary research to respond to specific organisational/sector challenges. * Analyse environmental data. * Design surveys and analyse attitudinal data. * Produce reports, strategy, policies, action plans, tools and resources. * Design and facilitate participative focused groups, workshops, etc. * Produce a full project evaluation. * Present findings to the Julie’s Bicycle’s team, board and to organisations. * Provide advice around how clients can meet environmental regulations. * Recommend new technologies, sustainable materials and cost-effective routes to sustainable practice e.g. switching to alternative energy sources to lower energy costs, smarter water usage, reducing waste, reusing materials, etc. * Keep up to date with current research and legislation via specialist publications, following relevant social media groups or by attending conferences. * Support the team delivering Julie’s Bicycle’s Creative Green certification scheme. * Understand and articulate the relationship between the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals and how these might be translated across the cultural sector.
* Writing proposals, relationship management with high profile organisations, project management from beginning to end, including project evaluation. * Working in and/or demonstrable knowledge of new, sustainable materials, circular economy business, LCAs, innovation, new technologies, green procurement, energy efficiencies, renewable energy, waste and recycling. * Carbon footprinting calculation, conversion factors and analysis. * Undertaking consultation and information gathering with organisations from which to develop. strategy, policy and action plans. * Stakeholders’ engagement strategies. * Designing and facilitating workshops, roundtables, focused group discussions, etc. * Customer service and support, troubleshooting and problem solving. * A degree in environmental science/studies/management/sustainability and/or other relevant academic discipline area, or evidence of the equivalent knowledge/expertise. Desirable * Large audiences’ engagement and communications strategies.)Research experience. * Writing reports, guides and communication materials for non-academic audience. * Knowledge of environmental certification schemes. * Knowledge of and/or strong interest in how environmental sustainability issues impact the arts, culture and creative sector. * IEMA membership or similar. * Strategic thinking * Excellent written skills * Excellent presentation skills * Scientific and numerical skills * Project management skills * Ability to work well in a small team. * Ability to think creatively * Excellent attention to detail * Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment * Ability to work to deadlines * Ability to work independently and demonstrate initiative * Keen and active interest in the environment and in the arts and culture and creative sector * Good judgement * Commitment to Julie’s Bicycle’s core values * a cover letter telling us what attracts you to this position and, using the Person Specification, demonstrating how your skills and experience qualify you for the post. This should not exceed 2 pages * a CV * a monitoring form, to help us understanding whether we are succeeding in encouraging diversity (voluntary) |