Sustainable Lab Manager Full Time

Job description:

The University is committed to delivering its core mission of delivering life-enhancing research, innovation and education in the most sustainable way possible. Our recently updated Sustainability Strategy set out our ambitious plans to reduce both the direct and indirect impacts of our activities and embed sustainability into our culture.

The impact of the University’s research is significant, for example, our wet labs, which occupy just 7% of our non-residential estate, account for more than half (52%) of the University’s total carbon emissions. In 2018–19, operational costs for these labs exceeded £25 million, with carbon emissions totalling an estimated 63,000 tonnes CO2e.

The Sustainable Lab Manager will play a key role in reducing the environmental impact of our world class research, by:

• Increase pro-environmental behaviour across the faculties through the ongoing management and development of LEAF.
• Embedding sustainability in the organisation’s research culture by contributing to the development of organisational / faculty policies, procedures and standards.
• Identifying opportunities and delivering innovative initiatives and projects.
• Acting a point of expertise and advising design teams and colleagues on best practice during the lab design and development of new and refurbished lab facilities ensuring efficient use of space and resources.

A key focus of this role is to work collaboratively with both environmental professionals in professional services and faculty colleagues to build a network of strong relationships to deliver tangible and continual improvements in the organisation’s environmental performance, and to evaluate and share any learning from activities across the organisation.