NUS: Environmental Research Officer

Ethical & Environmental principles are core to NUS Services culture. These values underpin all of our work and have done since the Company’s inception. The Ethical and Environmental Department takes a leading role in the development and delivery of the ethical and environmental agenda within the students’ union movement. This comprises specific programmes designed to reduce the environmental impact of our member unions, their institutions and the wider community; the ethical and environmental screening of our suppliers and other organisations including constructive engagement; minimising the Company’s own environmental impact, ensuring we are a beacon of good practice; generating sustainable income streams for the Company and our member unions. The department is a small team of people with a broad range of projects to manage.

Objectives:

To conduct qualitative face to face focus groups and teledepth interviews
• To transcribe all focus groups and interviews
• To conduct all first level analysis for the focus groups and interviews
• To conduct semi-structured desk research into education for sustainable development and write up findings
• To clean and analyse quantitative data collection and draft report for insight into student drinking habits

The successful graduate will have opportunities to learn about being a team player, developing communication skills in different mediums and will gain project management and strong researching and reporting skills. Working within the NUS will enable the graduate to be part of a small but progressive team having a real impact on ethical and environmental developments.

This is a 3-month fixed-term position from 16 August 2010 – 12 November 2010. Further work opportunities may arise within the team over the duration of the placement but timing and funding will influence the likelihood of any further opportunities for the graduate within the team.