Green Team Delivery Lead

• Home-based with monthly travel to Oxford
• Full-time or Part-time: 30-37.5 hours per week (0.8-1.0 FTE)
• Salary: £37,500 per annum, pro rata, plus contributory pension
• Fixed term one-year contract (with potential for conversion to a permanent role)
• Apply by: 09.00am on Thursday 1 May 2025
• Expected online interview date: 20 May 2025

About The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) has been leading efforts to incorporate the values of environmental sustainability into the health sector since its establishment in 2008. Our work is underpinned by CSH’s Principles of Sustainable Clinical Practice: prevention; patient empowerment; lean care systems; low carbon alternatives.   

Our vision is for all people in the health system to be able to shape and deliver sustainable healthcare which supports our communities and our natural world; our mission is to inspire and empower people with the knowledge, skills and tools to play their part in the transformation to sustainable healthcare.  

Our Clinical Transformation Programme mainstreams environmental sustainability within clinical areas so that it is integral to the planning of health systems and the practice of healthcare professionals and provides training in sustainable healthcare and planetary health for staff in educational institutions, professional bodies and healthcare organisations. The Green Space for Health Programme works to realise the value of the NHS green estate for physical and mental health, supporting NHS sites to develop their green space for the benefit of patients, staff and communities, while improving biodiversity and combatting climate change. These programmes are supported through the work of our Core team. 

About the role

Join the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) as the Green Team Delivery Lead and be a key player in our mission to integrate sustainability into healthcare systems. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with NHS Trusts and healthcare providers to manage and deliver our flagship Green Team Competition, a clinical engagement programme aimed at driving sustainability through innovative projects. By mentoring teams, organising workshops, and evaluating the competition’s impact, you’ll directly contribute to fostering a culture of sustainability within healthcare organisations. Your expertise in clinical practice and leadership will help healthcare teams plan and implement sustainability projects that not only save resources but also improve long-term outcomes.

As the Green Team Delivery Lead, you will play a critical role in shaping CSH’s Clinical Transformation Programme, working closely with various teams and key individuals, including our Sustainability in Quality Improvement (SusQI) Programme Lead and Sustainability Analyst.

In this fixed-term, one-year position, you will gain the flexibility of remote work with occasional travel to meetings in Oxford, London, and other UK locations. The role offers an excellent opportunity for career development, with the possibility of transitioning to a permanent position. CSH values the well-being of its employees, offering a supportive environment, flexible working patterns, and a range of staff benefits like online yoga classes, a book group, and more. If you are passionate about sustainable healthcare and looking for a rewarding, impactful role, this is your chance to make a difference!

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing strong working relationships with NHS Trusts and other partner organisations
• Making inter-departmental links within the organisation, including with the quality improvement team
• Recruiting teams from within partner healthcare organisations
• Running online and face-to-face workshops with small groups of healthcare staff
• Mentoring teams to plan, implement and measure outcomes of SusQI projects during the competition
• Writing impact reports, containing case studies using SusQI framework
• Organising and hosting high impact Showcase events
• Evaluating the effectiveness of the Green Team Competition programme
• Taking opportunities to write journal articles or prepare posters for presentation at academic conferences
• Using cases from the Green Team Competition to contribute to SusQI training materials
• Where the opportunity arises, working as part of a wider team to integrate SusQI into the working of the host organisation
• Teach large groups on CSH course workshops
• Fund-raising is a collective effort at CSH. All roles have a responsibility for raising revenue through building relationships with funders, donors and partners, contributing to our sales pipeline and/or funding application processes.   

About you

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Experience working in the UK National Health Service as a health professional
• Knowledge and experience of quality improvement in healthcare
• Familiarity with issues surrounding sustainability, climate change and health
• Commitment to environmental sustainability
• Experience of managing successful projects or programmes, running projects to time and responding flexibly to changing circumstances
• Ability to organise and manage own work
• Contribute to strategic sustainability efforts
• Good at building relationships with external people (from diverse teams, including clinicians, managers, QI, sustainability, etc)
• Strong skills in small group facilitation in meetings/workshops (online and in person)
• Creative ways of creating a good thinking space
• Adaptable, flexible and able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Small group facilitation skills with creative ways of creating a good thinking space
• Strong written communication skills. Able to present ideas, arguments and information clearly and in an engaging manner in written format (in English)
• Basic data analysis
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel

Desirable Skills and Attributes

• Knowledge of SusQI methodology
• Able to effectively motivate and inspire others and take them on a journey of change / Empathy and active listening for understanding the needs of diverse teams.
• Experience of delivering presentations (face to face and virtual) to a range of audiences
• Knowledge of and experience implementing behaviour change theory and practice
• Use of online collaboration platforms including Miro, MS Teams, Google drive/docs
• Use of Canva to create visual tools for education and comms
• Facility with social media
• Video-editing and filming
• Use of CSH Sustainable Healthcare Networks

What We Offer

• Competitive salary £37,500 FTE salary – role is between 0.8 FTE and 1.0 FTE
• Flexible, remote working environment with opportunities for in-person collaboration.
• Opportunity to lead a ground-breaking initiative with national and global impact.
• Access to professional development and training in sustainable healthcare practices.
• A supportive, mission-driven team committed to making a difference.

How To Apply  

Please complete and return our application form and voluntary equality and diversity monitoring form along with your CV to recruitment@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

Application form

Equality and diversity monitoring form

Your application will be assessed solely by how well you fit these requirements and to what extent you demonstrate your experience and/or knowledge of the tasks you will be required to complete.  

• Closing date: 09.00 on Thursday 1 May 2025 

For any questions, please contact recruitment@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk  

Location

This is a predominantly home-based role. The role will require some travel within the UK for visits, meetings, and conferences. We encourage the use of sustainable travel wherever feasible. Staff are expected to attend in-person office meeting days in Oxford once a month. Reasonable travel costs for attending these meetings are reimbursed.

Benefits

CSH is a registered charity, and our salary levels are competitive within the charity sector. We aim to increase salaries in line with cost-of-living at least annually. Working with CSH has many additional advantages: CSH cares for every staff member as a whole person and as a valued part of the team; CSH provides support for people working in different circumstances and is flexible in terms of working patterns to accommodate individual needs.

Equal opportunities and eligibility to work in the UK

As an equal opportunities employer, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare aspires to be a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages suitably qualified applicants of the global majority, people with disabilities and men to apply, as these groups are currently under-represented in the organisation.

If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process, please contact recruitment@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk  

Please note, we have a legal responsibility to ensure that all our workers and employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. As such you may be asked to provide proof that you have the right to work in the UK.

Data Protection

CSH is committed to ensuring your data is protected and is only used in line with GDPR guidelines and we do not collect unnecessary personal data from applicants during the recruitment process. Data collected as part of the recruitment process is held securely and accessed by, and disclosed to, individuals only for the purposes of managing the recruitment exercise effectively to decide to whom to offer the job. Please see our privacy policy for more information.