Environmental Advisor

Job Description

As the RSPB's Environmental Advisor you will play leading role in our journey towards making our charity, including its offices, reserves and projects more sustainable. The RSPB’s Strategy has ten key outcomes to 2030, one of which is RSPB Greening. As such, your role will be a significant one in helping us to achieve our significant ambition in this area.

The role will cover the internal workings of the RSPB, its offices and over 200 nature reserves, including its shops and cafes. We have two home-based roles available; one role will support England and Wales, and the other will support Scotland and Northern Ireland. Although you will be primarily working from home, there will be travel to our offices and reserves. You will therefore need to live in the appropriate region for the role.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to join a charity with nature conservation and climate action at its core. The RSPB’s Strategy has ten key outcomes to 2030, one of which is RSPB Greening. As such, your role will be a significant one in helping us to achieve our significant ambition in this area.

What's the role about?

• Work with staff/volunteers/external parties to embed existing and new techniques, processes and systems related to environmental management to enhance efficiency, enable monitoring and reporting, and demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Provide technical expertise and analysis of environmental performance at corporate, programme and project levels to ensure standards/guidance/strategy are developed in line with business need, industry and peer trends and RSPB strategic outcomes.
• Contribute to the definition of, and ensure compliance with, legal, regulatory, organisational policy & frameworks and best practice standards related to environmental and carbon management.
• Contribute to preparing papers and reports for the RSPB's governance and oversee timely reporting of environmental and carbon metrics to enable oversight of work within projects.
• Responsibility for the management and operation of small technical/ research/ marketing projects/programmes of work and contribution to the delivery of larger projects/programmes of work.
• Monitor and review the work of peers and occasionally contractors and external parties, to deliver project/operational work and ensure quality standards and best practices are met.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience:

1. Initiative and judgement to resolve problems independently and/or through a support team.
2. Understanding of relevant environmental and carbon legal requirements, organisational policies and procedures relative to the role, and the quality outputs, standards and accreditations required.
3. Depth or breadth of knowledge in environmental and carbon management and/or organisational sustainability.
4. Effective written and communication skills.
5. Strong people management skills and the ability to work collaboratively with peers and colleagues at all levels and in various functions.
6. Ability to influence others and explain / discuss environmental, carbon and sustainability concepts and ideas.
7. Experience of planning and progressing work activities within industry guidelines or organisational policy, occasionally applying initiative and independent judgement.
8. Bachelor's degree (or equivalent), or equivalent experience in a similar environmental and/or carbon management role.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

1. Expertise with relevant environmental and/or carbon software packages.
2. Experience of personal development in a similar or related role(s).

This is a Permanent, full-time role for 37.5 hours per week. We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from mid-March 2023. For further information please contact heidi.smith@rspb.org.uk

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship. Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.