King's College London

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About us

King’s Estates & Facilities (E&F) manages King’s diverse estate of over 70 buildings across five central London campuses. The directorate ensures the smooth operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of spaces that support teaching, research, and student life.

With over 1,000 staff, E&F is the university’s largest professional services team. It plays a key role in delivering Strategic Vision 2029 while preserving and future-proofing the estate for the future.

The Carbon Reduction Manager will be positioned within the Sustainability Team, which is responsible for leading the delivery of the University’s Sustainability Strategy and progressing its net zero objectives.

About the role

The Carbon Reduction Manager plays a central role in supporting the University’s Net Zero targets and broader sustainability objectives. Working closely with the Energy & Carbon Manager, the role combines analytical, financial, behavioural, and project delivery expertise to reduce energy consumption, water use, and associated carbon emissions across the estate. A key focus is identifying and addressing energy waste, analysing consumption trends, monitoring the effectiveness of implemented measures, and identifying new opportunities to improve efficiency.

A core responsibility is supporting the delivery of the University’s Carbon Management Plan. This involves maintaining and expanding a pipeline of carbon reduction and energy efficiency projects, developing robust business cases with the support of different teams, and assisting with project implementation. The postholder also contributes to wider sustainability initiatives, including Scope 3 emissions reduction and resource efficiency programmes, ensuring a holistic approach to environmental performance.

The role includes providing specialist advice to a wide range of stakeholders such as managers, staff, academics, and students; to improve building performance and encourage proactive energy management behaviours. In addition, the post holder supports the operation and continuous improvement of the Energy Management System to maintain ISO 50001 certification. This includes producing evidence based reports, participating in energy audits, and verifying energy and carbon savings.

Key responsibilities also include identifying funding opportunities, supporting the rollout of sub metering to enhance energy monitoring, analysing energy data to detect inefficiencies, tracking progress against carbon reduction targets, and collaborating with internal teams to co-design initiatives and ensure alignment with sustainability goals.

This is a full time and you will be offered an indefinite  contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria 

1. Qualification in a relevant topic and proven experience: academic degree or vocational qualification in sustainability, energy management or equivalent plus several years of work experience.
2. Project Development: Strong understanding of energy systems and the development of robust business cases to support carbon‑reduction initiatives.
3. Data & Reporting Skills: Ability to interpret and manage complex datasets and produce clear, insightful reports.
4. Collaboration & Partnerships: Proven ability to establish partnerships and lead collaborative initiatives.
5. Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Demonstrated ability to effectively engage and influence diverse stakeholders to ensure alignment within teams and organisations.
6. Communication & Training: Experience developing communication and training materials and presenting to varied audiences.
7. Project Coordination & Time Management: Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with attention to detail.
8. Technical skills: Proficiency in MS applications, including SharePoint and Power BI.

Desirable criteria

1. Membership of an appropriate professional body.
2. Experience working in a higher education or large, complex organisations.
3. Experience organising and leading behavioural change campaigns/initiatives.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description 

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. 

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found here.

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