GP Salaried (13.5K per session) or GP Partner

About the role

This role reflects the importance the organization places on the net-zero agenda and signals its intent to take significant steps towards decarbonizing the estate and reducing the impact of its activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage utilities - driving down consumption and costs to reduce carbon emissions.
• Manage utility supplier contracts including supporting the timely validation and processing of invoices to ensure service continuity.
• Manage and analyse consumption of utilities, across complex utilities distribution networks at multiple sites with ageing infrastructure, to monitor trends and target efficiencies in relation to utilities consumption and cost.
• Develop a metering, monitoring and targeting strategy to underpin the Board's decarbonization plan.
• Develop systems and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation/regulations relating to management of utilities, ensuring that these processes and records are auditable.
• Collate and analyse utility consumption, cost and carbon footprint data for submission as part of statutory annual carbon emissions reporting.
• Inform regular reporting on utilities consumption, costs and carbon emissions to senior management groups and other stakeholders.
• Identify "spend to save" projects to support the Board's Cost Improvement plans.
• Lead in development and implementation of decarbonization, impact reduction and sustainability projects.
• Identify funding opportunities for decarbonization/sustainability projects.
• Provide support and analysis for Business Cases.
• Support development and implementation of the Board’s Environmental Management System.
• Develop internal and external communications forums to promote decarbonization, environmental management and the wider sustainability agenda.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will bring:

• A relevant degree, or equivalent experience, in an energy, environmental management, sustainable development or related discipline.
• Experience of energy and environmental management within a public sector or complex estate environment, ideally within the NHS or a similar large-scale environment.
• In-depth technical knowledge of energy, environmental management and sustainable development policies and practice.
• Experience of managing and delivering energy efficiency and environmental improvement projects and developing business cases.

Qualifications

The successful candidate must evidence ability to work well with others, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a well-developed organisational ability.

Skills

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Benefits

NHS Forth Valley may be able to offer sponsorship for certain roles, provided the post meets the minimum salary threshold and any other required criteria.

Pay

For candidates who are currently working in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa, transitional arrangements may apply. Please note that sponsorship is not guaranteed and is assessed on a case-by-case basis following interview and at the commencement of pre-employment checks.

Schedule

As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.