At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead sustainability projects to drive carbon reduction and improve resource efficiency.
- Company: Join Moorfields Eye Hospital, a leader in sustainable healthcare.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Collaborative team environment with opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Why this job: Shape the future of healthcare by embedding sustainability in clinical practices.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management and sustainability in healthcare settings.
The predicted salary is between 59646 - 80865 £ per year.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Sustainability Project Manager to lead the delivery of the Green Plan (2025-2028) across Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will play a key role in driving forward carbon reduction initiatives, improving resource efficiency, and embedding sustainable practices across clinical and non-clinical services. The role requires strong project management skills, stakeholder engagement, and a solid understanding of sustainability within a healthcare setting. Applicants should have demonstrable experience delivering complex projects, ideally within the NHS or a similarly regulated environment, with a focus on environmental sustainability and organisational change. The successful applicant will join a collaborative and forward-thinking team, working closely with estates, procurement, clinical services, and corporate departments to deliver measurable environmental improvements.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading specialist NHS Trust, supporting innovation, education, and research while advancing sustainability across hospital and community settings. Moorfields is committed to delivering high-quality patient care alongside its environmental responsibilities, and this role will be instrumental in shaping and implementing sustainable healthcare practices across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
- To lead the delivery of sustainability projects across the Trust, ensuring alignment with the Moorfields Green Plan and wider NHS Net Zero targets.
- To identify, develop and implement initiatives that reduce carbon emissions, improve resource efficiency, and embed environmentally sustainable practices across clinical and non-clinical services.
- To support the development and monitoring of sustainability programmes, including data collection, analysis, and reporting on environmental performance.
- To ensure robust governance of projects, including risk management, financial oversight, and delivery against agreed timelines and outcomes.
- To provide expert advice and guidance on sustainability to colleagues across the organisation, promoting best practice and supporting behaviour change initiatives.
- To contribute to staff engagement, education and training to embed a culture of sustainability throughout the Trust.
- To represent the Trust in regional and national sustainability networks, contributing to the development of NHS-wide initiatives and sharing learning and innovation.
- To support the Trust's reputation as a leader in sustainable healthcare through collaboration, research, and continuous improvement.
Person specification
- Education / Qualifications
- Higher education qualification / masters degree
- Proven project management experience
- Sustainability-related qualifications
- Experience
- Project management experience managing multiple complex projects within the NHS or a comparable large organisation
- Experience in delivering sustainability programmes in a healthcare setting
- Proven experience of managing major transformational change projects to a successful conclusion including realising objectives and benefits delivery within the project deadline and costs
- Experience of managing and delivering projects using an accepted project methodology.
- Effective supervision of a project team where you do not have direct line management responsibility.
- Working with operational managers, frontline operational and clinical staff and third party contractors.
- Experience of business process mapping to identify and deliver change.
- Effective analytical and problem solving skills.
- Experience of report development and writing; ensuring the accuracy of information and effective translation for different audiences.
- Must have experience of managing internal and external stakeholder engagement, including managing relationships and coordinating work between cross-functional teams.
- Skills/abilities
- Able to manage and influence stakeholders internally and externally at all levels.
- Good presentation and communications skills both verbal and written.
- Proven ability to build and develop a successful team for each project, drawn from multiple teams across the Trust.
- Able to refer decisions appropriately, taking into account the needs of the situation, constraints and the availability of information.
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- Personal qualities
- Be proactive, forward thinking and comfortable working on own initiative.
- Exhibit the necessary level of drive, independence and objectivity required to perform the role effectively.
- Flexible attitude and approach to work; willing, conscientious and adaptable.
- Encourage trust through own actions.
- Enthusiastic self-starter with a positive committed and determined approach.
- Professional and positive approach.
- Be honest in dealing with others.
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