Opportunity ends on 7 Mar, 2025

Regenerative Places Advisor

Join our Regenerative Places Programme and help accelerate the shift to a sustainable built environment.
Future opportunity
Salary£36,000 – £45,000 pro rated for 0.6 FTE (dependent on experience)
Length of ContractFixed-term contract, expected end of date 31st March 2026.
Hours of work22.5 hours per week
LocationLondon based Head Office with hybrid working in place
Benefits28 days holidays plus Bank holidays
3 days closure between Christmas and New Year
Enhanced Pension
BUPA Cashback Scheme

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Places Advisor to lead projects within our Regenerative Places programme, which takes a place-based approach to accelerating the shift to a sustainable built environment.  

The role would suit someone with proven experience in the following: Planning, Urban design/Master planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Community-focused/led Development or innovative Regeneration projects, etc.  

Key Responsibilities

  • Support our Local Area Retrofit Accelerator (“LARA”) pilot projects with the MCS Foundation, that takes a systems-led approach to working with Local Authorities and key stakeholders in the co-creation of Local Retrofit Strategies that accelerate home retrofit
  • Coordinate Places research deepening our understanding of what constitutes ‘place’ at different scales across UKGBC’s impact areas (Climate Change, Resilience & Adaptation, Nature & Biodiversity, Health, Wellbeing & Social Value), engage with key stakeholders and consider what voices may be underrepresented
  • Build broader awareness and understanding of UKGBC’s emerging definition of ‘Regenerative’ as a process, rather than a metrics-based standard, and sharing insights with UKGBC’s membership and stakeholders, fostering and maintaining relationships across industry, local government, community groups, NGOs and academia. Keep up-to-date records of stakeholder engagement through Salesforce to support organisation-wide coordination and reporting
  • Lead the development of case studies that explore and showcase ‘how to’ take a more regenerative approach to retrofitting our homes and communities, working with other members of the team, including those working on learning and development and systems change
  • Promote the agenda – speaking at industry meetings, conferences and member events etc, and work closely with the communications team writing opinion pieces and blogs
  • Project manage the full life-cycle of projects – from vision, clear objectives and timelines to monitoring and reporting on outcomes
  • Contribute to team-wide strategy and planning, reporting and skills sharing
  • Input into and support UKGBC’s Solutions and Innovations work
  • Take accountability for your own contribution towards your personal and professional development; including regular 1-1s, objective setting, performance and development conversations; and soliciting and providing feedback, including for those outside your core work area and upward for managers.
  • Engage in regular organisational wide meetings related to the UKGBC culture and operations and / or other projects and workstreams

This is a Fixed-term contract aligned with financial years / partner funding cycles, with an expected end of date 31st March 2026.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we get a suitable amount of vacancies, so early applications are encouraged. 

Learn more and apply here