Energy and Data Officer

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £31,236 - £34,610 per annum (SS4)

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

UCB is an equal opportunities employer. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.

Responsibilities

Are you highly organised, information driven and collaborative with the ability to work independently on various projects?

The Energy and Data Officer will support the Head of Sustainability and Campus Services and wider Estates Team in delivering a high quality and safe teaching and learning environment to our students, staff, and visitors through improving and introducing innovative ways to manage utility operations, costs, data management and returns.

The postholder will act as the University's dedicated lead for utilities and facilities supplier liaison, with responsibility for managing data‑intensive, regulatory, billing, and service‑level matters within the University's multi‑million‑pound utilities budget. The Energy and Data Officer will also participate in supporting capital projects and compliance improvements across the estate.

The postholder will be the lead for the Sustainability and Estates teams in collating related data for our internal and external reporting requirements and identifying and delivering ways to improve data capture and quality. They will report back to the Sustainability Steering Board on utilities, data returns and carbon management (inclusive of decarbonisation efforts) amongst others.

Qualifications

Candidates with experience of: Facilities Officer, Sustainability Officer, Utilities and Suppliers Coordinator, Sustainability Coordinator may also be considered for this role.

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service prior to commencement.

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Benefits

Generous allocation of annual leave: 29 days paid leave per year + 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days.

Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme: Employer Contributions - 20.9%.

Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.

Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support.

Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse.

Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship.

A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including technology and cycle.

Heavily‑subsidised on‑site car parking in central Birmingham.

Hybrid working opportunities.

Free on‑site gym membership.

Additional Information

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service prior to commencement.

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - 30th November 2025.

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