Graduate Scheme - Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Medical Research Council

Medical Research Council

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Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Location
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Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire

Contract
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Full time, 23-month fixed term contract

Salary
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Band 5 - £25,298 per annum

Would you like to play a key role in implementing sustainability?

If you are interested in training to allow you to work in a scientific environment, identifying developing and implementing new sustainability initiatives this could be the post for you.

About the MLC Graduate Training Scheme
The MLC's Graduate Training Scheme offers structured training, with a real job with real responsibilities from day one.

It will allow you to use your degree in a dynamic, creative and collaborative culture, while gathering expertise and skills.

The combination of work experience and training, as well as professional development delivered by the core programme provides a high-quality experience for graduates.

We know that you want to use your talent, skill, and dedication to make a difference and at the MLC you will get the opportunity to do just that.

Your work will support world-leading science and innovation and enable ground-breaking research that will inspire, shape and define our future.

About the role
We are recruiting a Graduate Sustainability Officer on the MLC Graduate Scheme.

This an opportunity to be trained to evaluate the sustainability requirements of MRC Harwell, develop projects to monitor and improve environmental issues and, where appropriate, put in place processes to improve sustainability.

Main Duties/Key Responsibilities:

Training provided to identify sustainability future requirements at MLC MRC Harwell in line with the UKRI sustainability plan and current best practice
Information gathering across all departments to support and develop a site wide strategic plan
Work alongside all departments to implement site wide strategic plan and where necessary assist in changing current thinking
With guidance from senior staff identify what sustainability ideas are being considered and implemented across other MRC units and how these could be implemented at MRC Harwell
Assist in maintaining the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF)
Build relationships with all staff across the MRC Harwell facility to encourage the uptake of environmental actions and messages
Support senior staff by facilitating meetings, drafting communications and liaison with internal and external team members
Assist in maintaining the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF)

Person Specification

About you

Essential:

Degree level qualification in science with a proven interest in sustainability issues and/or comparable experience in an environmental science or sustainability field
Knowledge of current sustainability projects
Knowledge of sustainability standards and accreditations
Passion for environmental sustainability
Desire to forge a career in sustainability
Excellent analytical and reporting skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent level of IT literacy and good working knowledge of Microsoft packages
Proactive and flexible approach to work, with a willingness to travel on occasion

Desirable:

Qualification in environmental science, an energy or engineering field
Previous experience in a laboratory environment
Experience of supporting sustainability projects
Knowledge of the LEAF process

Further Information

Benefits

Choosing to join our Graduate Training Programme means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, all bank holidays plus 2.5 privilege days, access to shopping and travel discounts, cycle to work scheme and wellbeing initiatives.

For the full list of benefits, please visit here.

How we support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so.

We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community.

Disability Confident Employer

How to Apply

The MRC is a great place to work and progress your career, be it in scientific research or the support functions.

The MRC is a unique working environment where our researchers are rewarded by world class innovation and collaboration opportunities that the MRC name brings.

The MRC is an excellent place to develop yourself further and a range of training & development opportunities will be available to you, including professional registration with the Science Council.

Choosing to come to work at the MRC (part of UKRI) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme, as well as the chance to put the MRC and