Senior Property Sustainability Advisor

Job Description

Salary: £50,694 - £57,654The figures above represent the full pay scale for Grade 7, and candidates new to the Civil Service should expect to take up the role at the bottom end of this scale.Job grade: Grade 7Job summaryThe Senior Property Sustainability Advisor is a key role within this high-profile programme of work, providing expertise, advice and leadership to drive forward the sustainability agenda across Government Property.Reporting directly to the Programme Director, Sustainability & Asset Performance, the postholder will play a key role to drive and coordinate activity across Government to deliver against the new Government Property Sustainability Strategy and transformationto a Smaller, Better, Greener estate (specifically focusing on the Greener element).The role has a dual focus in supporting and challenging Departments while delivering specific high-level projects bringing efficiency to department delivery.Cabinet Office operates a hybrid working model and employees are expected to attend the office for part of the week. As this role is advertised in the Cabinet Office growth locations of York and Glasgow any successful applicant would be expected to attendour York or Glasgow offices for at least part of the week.Job descriptionCabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the smooth running of government - from developing policy, to modernising public services. We welcome talented people from all backgrounds with the skills and the commitment to build a career in theCivil Service.The Cabinet Office Purpose is:

• To maintain the integrity of the Union, coordinate the security of the realm and sustain a flourishing democracy
• To support the design and implementation of HM Governments policies and the Prime Ministers priorities
• To ensure the delivery of the finest public service by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government.

The work Cabinet Office delivers is vast and therefore presents opportunities to develop your skills and experience in a variety of critical government agendas.Office of Government Property (OGP): see attached candidate pack for further background information via the apply button.The Office of Government Property leads the Government-wide Property Function, setting the strategy and standards and leading on a number of Government and public sector-wide programmes. We also lead the Property Profession of 7,000+ professionals acrossGovernment, ensuring we have the right skills and rewarding career pathways.The public estate is vast, with a diverse range of assets including offices, hospitals, prisons, courts, warehouses, railways, airways, homes, barracks, ports, job centres, test centres, schools and many more. There are over 300,000 recorded properties,worth over £500 billion. The estate plays an essential role in supporting excellent frontline public services, as well as productive and effective administration.Sustainability & Asset Performance (SAP) TeamThe SAP team enables delivery of sustainability improvements across the government estate, by setting strategy and standards, improving capability while providing guidance, tools and advice to accelerate and assist progress against sustainability commitments.Through this programme of work, we are responsible for providing the leadership, guidance, strategy and coordination for this high profile, complex cross-cutting area. This includes:

• Coordinating delivery of the first ever Government Property Sustainability Strategy
• Creating frameworks, governance, standards, best practices and policies to share with and guide the work of departments
• Provision of high-level support in relation to estate decarbonisation
• Making the case for increased investment to improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of the estate
• Management and communication of a suite of tools and guidance to assist estates teams in decarbonisation, adaptation, and nature recovery
• Enhancing the capability of the property function to deliver against the estate sustainability strategy, and broader, more ambitious Greening Government Commitments
• Assuring performance across Government to enable departments to rapidly progress towards meeting their property sustainability commitments.

Person specificationThe Senior Property Sustainability Advisor is a key role within this high-profile programme of work, providing expertise, advice and leadership to drive forward this priority across Government Property.Reporting directly to the Programme Director, Sustainability & Asset Performance, the postholder will play a key role to drive and coordinate activity across Government ensuring transformation to a Smaller, Better, Greener estate (specifically focusing onthe Greener element).The postholder will be responsible for providing leadership for Property Sustainability across the government-wide Property Function as well as sharing learning and best practice across the wider public sector. The role has a dual focus in supporting andchallenging Departments while delivering specific high level projects bringing efficiency to department delivery.The postholder will be expected to collaborate across government property (and beyond), convening a range of experts, drawing on their specialist expertise to contribute towards government sustainability goals (including the Greening Government Commitments).This will include convening and collaborating with specialist working groups with experts from across industry, government and academia to share and agree best practice approaches to some of the most complex sustainability challenges for estates professionals.The role involves provision of advice, delivery of strategy and plans to assist different parts of the Government estate in making suitable and sufficient progress in all areas of environmental sustainability, including:

• Net Zero, decarbonisation
• Adaptation to climate change
• Biodiversity
• Resource efficiency.

The postholder will also:

Promote the programme of work across government with senior stakeholders, ensuring it remains a high priority for investment and attention

Manage and promote relevant tools and guidance, including the Net Zero Estates Playbook and Adaptation frameworkPosition the programme and project as outward-facing, gaining and sharing insights across the public sector, industry and others; identifyingopportunities to work in partnership; and promoting the programme and achieve