Sustainable Futures Investigator

Job description:

GreenWatch is our project to identify, examine and where appropriate call out, greenwash claims made by organisations, about their products, services and operations.

Your role will be to identify product claims and news stories that are in the current public consciousness and work with Grantham Centre colleagues, the wider University of Sheffield research community and where appropriate other institutions to examine the claims made.

You’ll be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex concepts and research findings into accessible and impactful materials for a wide range of audiences and
stakeholders.

The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures conducts world class research on theintractable problems of our times, influencing, persuading and providing the evidence that policy and decision makers need to be able to act on those challenges, and in doing so trains the sustainability leaders of the future.

Our Vision is to develop solutions that will deliver a fair and sustainable future for all.

We combine the following elements to ensure our work is bold, timely and necessary:

• Pragmatism - We are evidence based and rooted in the need for systemic change, we have a healthy scepticism, but no cynicism. 
• Optimism - Our research comes from a place of curiosity and enthusiasm, is solution based, aimed at delivering hopeful, practical answers, not restating the problems.
• Activism - We campaign for a sustainable future for all, we actively call out that which we see as working against that aim.
• Co-Production - We actively work across the institution, and with external individuals and organisations.

We are looking for someone initially on a 6 month fixed term basis, but are open to exploring flexible working patterns to secure the right person for this important role.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities,a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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