Manager, Sustainability Jobs in Edison at Hackensack Meridian Health

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Manager, Sustainability is responsible for fostering a culture of sustainability by identifying, managing, and implementing sustainability programs, while engaging with executive campus leadership and team members to foster sustainability broadly across HMH.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Manager, Sustainability at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Provide VP, Sustainability with management and oversight of day-to-day operations of sustainability programs.
• Manage tracking all sustainability data that is to be reported out through Practice Greenhealth Application, including Key Green, ESG plan, Healthcare Anchor Network and other platforms.
• Manage Joint Commission Sustainability Certification process.
• Evaluate and propose policy enhancements to align with organizational goals and ensure regulatory compliance
• Develop actionable procedures to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, ensure accuracy, and mitigate operational risks.
• Work with site application leads to ensure timely collection of information.
• Serve as a primary point of contact and subject matter expert for sustainability, connecting team members and departments throughout the network.
• Collaborate with outsourced partners for waste, environmental services and food services to ensure alignment with sustainability priorities.
• Lead Sustainability Committee networkwide.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Facilities, and other operational teams to advance strategies for waste reduction, diversion, and sustainable procurement.
• Collaborate with the Healthy Interiors Team, ensuring up to date tracking of healthy interiors (flooring, furnishings).
• Develop campus education and training components of sustainability programs and services.
• Serve as a resource to each hospital Sustainability lead for sustainability initiatives and serve as a liaison with the Practice Greenhealth support team.
• Manage and lead the Purchasing Department Green Team.
• Manage awareness of sustainability goals and practices; waste diversion, safer chemicals, energy reduction, healthy foods, climate action, and other programs in development.
• Manage all Award applications network wide including data collection/reporting, narrative requirements, submissions.
• Work with site application leads to ensure timely collection of information.
• Ensure HMH Green Building Standards are up to date with industry wide best practices.
• Represent Sustainability program on the network wide hazardous waste committee.
• Review sustainability presentations and develop master decks to pull content from.
• Maintain thorough and current knowledge of sustainability practices, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Masters in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or other related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience in sustainability program management.
• Working knowledge of Joint Commission Sustainability Certification.
• Working knowledge of Practice Greenhealth Award Applications.
• Ability to foster teamwork.
• Decision-making skills.
• Management skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Problem/situation analysis.
• Analytical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Strong preference for prior experience within the healthcare sector.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!   

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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