Job Description:

Job information Sustainability Champions (Student Only Role) from the Company University of Bristol, this latest Sustainability Champions (Student Only Role) job vacancy is located in the city Bristol BS located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Sustainability field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Bristol SU is recruiting student-staff Sustainability Champions to work within their academic departments. In this role, you will work with academics and professional services staff, Students' Union (SU) teams, the university Sustainability team and your fellow students to embed sustainability and climate justice into the curriculum and academic experience at Bristol.

We are recruiting Sustainability Champions for the following academic departments:

• Any postgraduate (ESD Network): a postgraduate student from any department with experience of qualitative research and a desire to work with the university's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Network on pan-university initiatives

• Biological Sciences

• Business School (1x UG and 1x PG)

• Cabot Institute for the Environment

• Civil, Aerospace & Design Engineering (CADE)

• Chemistry

• Cellular & Molecular Medicine (CMM)

• Computer Science

• Education

• Engineering Mathematics

• Law

• Mathematics

• Medical School (job share): two Sustainability Champions sharing the role (reduced hours each)

• Physics

• Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience (PPN)

• Vet School (half time): Vet is funding a 'half-time' Sustainability Champion to work 3 hours per week

What's the job?

Role: Sustainability Champion

Hours: 6 hours per week (term time and through June)

Contract: Fixed Term until 30 June 2025

Pay: £12 per hour, plus holiday pay

Closing date: Monday 16 September, 9am

Interview date: TBC, tentatively 25 and 27 September

Who are we?

Part business, part charity, part membership body - Bristol SU is a seriously fun place to work. We support student leaders to give people a voice in their education, help people get the most out of their student experience and help people make the change they want in the world. We have over 25,000 members, 350 clubs and societies, a huge range of professional services, and a bold strategy to inspire pride in the Union.

What will you bring?

• You have (or be seeking to build) experience working, volunteering, or campaigning on sustainability issues.

• You have a good understanding of sustainability and climate justice and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as wellbeing, community and fun (the SU's values).

• You know how sustainability (including environmental and social aspects) relates to your discipline specifically, and you have ideas about how this could be reflected in the curriculum.

• You're comfortable working with and influencing stakeholders to achieve a set of aims.

• You are willing to learn and to unlearn, to make space for everyone to contribute, and to be bold, diplomatic and persistent in the face the face of barriers, changes and bureaucracy.

• You are a current student at any level of study. Please note if you are an undergraduate, you need to be in second year or beyond to ensure you have university-level study experience.

Why apply?

Because you're excited by the challenge!

We are a Living Wage accredited organisation. We offer the flexibility for work-study balance. What's more, you will get 20 days of paid annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, pro-rata depending on your hours worked. You are eligible to opt-in to our contributory pension scheme. Working at Bristol SU will give you access to a range of opportunities including the chance to shadow members of staff to learn more about what they do as well as excellent training and development opportunities to help you pursue your chosen career.

We are proud to have been recognised through numerous accreditations and awards that demonstrate our commitment to creating a positive and supportive culture. We have appeared in the Inclusive Companies top 100 list and have won a number of awards for our commitment to diversity, including best Students' Union. We also won a Third Sector Excellence Award at the 2018 Investors in People Awards.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to life at Bristol SU. We approach our work with positivity and celebrate our diverse and unique communities. Our people are proud of our values and care about creating diverse and supportive communities that are inclusive of age, disability, gender, identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and experience.

Be yourself, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

Please visit our website to apply and find out more aboutthe Sustainability Champion programme.

For general enquiries, please contact us at bristolsu-people@bristol.ac.uk

For enquiries regarding the role, please contact shandin.rickard-hughes@bristol.ac.uk

JOB NUMBER

EXTERNAL00357

CONTRACT TYPE/WORK PATTERN

POSTING END DATE

16 Sep 2024

FACULTY/DIVISION

SALARY

£12 per hour, plus holiday pay

Keywords : Bristol jobs

Closed Date : 2025-03-02