Green Impact Recruitment Officer

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

Background

Change Agents UK is an environmental and educational charity based in Oakham, Rutland. Previously known as Student Force for Sustainability, Change Agents UK has been recruiting, training and supporting graduates into employment in the sustainability sector for 16 years.

For the last 4 years Change Agents UK has been in partnership with the National Union of Students (NUS) to deliver the award winning Green Impact programme. Green Impact is an environmental accreditation scheme that encourages pro-environmental behaviours by staff. It empowers sustainability champions within their workplace, helping them gain recognition for their environmental efforts, whilst playing on the competitive spirit of staff working in teams. It provides people and their departments with a tangible framework for improving their environmental performance, breaking down complex environmental issues into more manageable bite-sized chunks.

Green Impact forms part of the NUS’s wider strategy to support students’ unions by supporting them to green their own operations, their institutions and the wider community. All NUS environmental programmes seek to generate sustainable income for students’ unions by paying them to get involved in local delivery of our central projects. The environmental programmes are also committed to providing volunteering opportunities for students that will help with their employability, especially through skills that support the transition to a low carbon economy.

The scheme is all about practical actions that tackle common bad practice. A number of departments are audited to determine what common bad practices exist across an institution, and then a list of practical actions is developed to address them. These actions are carefully chosen so that any member of staff can do them on behalf of their team or department. From recycling, to investing in more efficient equipment, to encouraging biodiversity, or Fairtrade, the scheme covers a broad range of issues under the sustainability umbrella, all tailored to an individual institution to cover local policy and process.

This year, Green Impact will go beyond Students Unions, Universities and Colleges to be rolled out in local authorities, other public body institutions and the commercial sector. 

The role of Change Agents UK in the Green Impact programme is to work with organisations to recruit, train and support Sustainable Behaviour Assistants (SBAs). These individuals drive forward Green Impact and any related projects or initiatives within an institution. New to this year, Change Agents UK will now be recruiting for SBAs in local authorities, other public body institutions and the commercial sector. 

For more information on Green Impact please go to:

http://www.eauc.org.uk/green_impact

http://www.nus.org.uk/greenimpactpledge

http://www.changeagents.org.uk/current-projects/green-impact

 

 

Objective

Change Agents UK is responsible for the recruitment, selection, induction and on-going support for Sustainable Behaviour Assistants working in universities, colleges and potentially other public body institutions and commercial sector companies in the UK for 2013. This will involve a degree of marketing and outreach to sell the placements to institutions from May-June and then recruitment of the SBAs from July-October. Recruitment will involve shortlisting applicants CVs, telephone interviews,
face-to-face interviews and assistance with their induction and support. Introductory meetings and the first residential training will take place from September-October.

The objective is to ensure this outreach, recruitment, training and support for SBAs across the UK for 2013 is done efficiently, in a way that upholds the reputation of Change Agents UK and meets the expectations of the host organisation or institution.

For more information and to apply please go to: http://www.changeagents.org.uk/green-impact-recruitment-officer