Job summary
The Senior Energy Officer is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Trust's strategic approach to Energy Management including, but not limited to; environmental legal compliance, Energy Efficiency, sustainable design and construction, carbon strategy, energy efficiency auditing monitoring and evaluation and promoting corporate sustainability campaigns and staff engagement programmes. S/he will proactively manage and monitor energy consumption throughout the Trust's estate and ensure that the Trust fulfils its statutory & best practice obligations in relation to energy management. S/he will work with energy suppliers and the PFI Partners to identify and drive forward opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption and costs.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of MFTs Energy and Sustainability Team, you will play a key role in delivering energy and carbons savings across MFTs largest site at Oxford Role. The post holder will work closer with our PFI partner to deliver energy efficiency projects and identify and act on any energy wastage across the extensive estate.
The full list of duties can be found in the attached job description.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent specialist knowledge) in an engineering or environmental discipline.
- Good general education
Desirable
- Formal Project Management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge - sustainability, energy management and environmental management including strategic awareness, business case preparation and presentations
- Significant post qualification experience in a similar role.
- Demonstrate financial management experience
Desirable
- Demonstrable operational and HR experience
- Membership of a professional body
- Experience working with PFI contracts
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to deal with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives
- Knowledge of relevant British and European legislation and NHS guidance
- Ability to communicate with clinical, technical and senior managerial staff both inside and outside the organisation regarding a range of technical subject areas
- Ability to develop, implement and monitor policies and procedures to support core areas and disciplines.
- Knowledge of management systems, BMS etc.,
- Knowledge of financial systems and the preparation of annual budget assessments and on going financial monitoring
- IT literate
- Good analytical skills
- Ability to establish an effective Q.A. Management system
Aptitudes
Essential
- Initiative
- Commitment
- High standards
- Flexible
- Ability to assign priority to own work
- Organized, methodical and professional approach to work
- Good time management
- Decisive
- Team worker
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent specialist knowledge) in an engineering or environmental discipline.
- Good general education
Desirable
- Formal Project Management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge - sustainability, energy management and environmental management including strategic awareness, business case preparation and presentations
- Significant post qualification experience in a similar role.
- Demonstrate financial management experience
Desirable
- Demonstrable operational and HR experience
- Membership of a professional body
- Experience working with PFI contracts
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to deal with highly complicated situations and the delivery of challenging corporate objectives
- Knowledge of relevant British and European legislation and NHS guidance
- Ability to communicate with clinical, technical and senior managerial staff both inside and outside the organisation regarding a range of technical subject areas
- Ability to develop, implement and monitor policies and procedures to support core areas and disciplines.
- Knowledge of management systems, BMS etc.,
- Knowledge of financial systems and the preparation of annual budget assessments and on going financial monitoring
- IT literate
- Good analytical skills
- Ability to establish an effective Q.A. Management system
Aptitudes
Essential
- Initiative
- Commitment
- High standards
- Flexible
- Ability to assign priority to own work
- Organized, methodical and professional approach to work
- Good time management
- Decisive
- Team worker
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
