Overview
Can you support delivery of flagship low carbon fuel policies through technical analysis, coordination, and stakeholder engagement?
Do you have a passion for sustainable fuels and the skills to help regulate complex, high-impact schemes?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
We are looking for a highly motivated sustainability specialist, with knowledge of sustainability, climate change, and renewable fuels, to join the Low Carbon Fuels (LCF) Delivery Unit as a Sustainability Specialist.
Climate change is one of the biggest and most pressing challenges facing Governments across the world. In this role you will be at the heart of the Department’s strategy to accelerate the shift to greener transport, and drive more sustainable travel behaviours, to ensure that transport plays its part in meeting this challenge. The Environment Strategy directorate leads on policy to move the nation’s transport onto a more sustainable footing while maximising the economic opportunities for the UK.
The Role
As the UK’s renewable transport fuels regulator, The LCF Delivery Unit is a world-leading centre of expertise on the environmental sustainability of low carbon fuels. The LCF Delivery Unit oversees the operation of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), which had a value of £ 2.7bn in 2022 and provided greenhouse gas savings of 7.18 million tonnes CO2e, equivalent to taking over 2.5 million cars off UK roads for the whole of 2022. The Delivery Unit also delivers the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate, which came into force in 1 January 2025.
You will play a critical role in helping to ensure the successful delivery of both the RTFO and the SAF Mandate. These flagship policies are two of the Government’s most important routes for reducing emissions from transport.
This is a challenging and exciting area of work, combining technical knowledge associated with low carbon fuels and controversy with a strong international dimension. Biofuels and other low carbon alternatives to petrol, diesel, and kerosene are key technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
- Support in the delivery of technical projects. Work collaboratively with colleagues in the Low Carbon Fuels policy teams supporting delivery by taking on defined tasks such as research, reviewing life cycle assessments, or drafting technical content, helping to keep the project moving forward.
- Support the effective operation of the RTFO and SAF Mandate schemes. Assist in managing team inboxes, triaging queries from industry, and ensuring that stakeholder questions are allocated and resolved efficiently.
- Contribute to technical Support colleagues in reviewing standard low carbon fuel pathways and sustainability evidence, developing your understanding of lifecycle assessment (LCA) and scheme requirements.
- Assist in stakeholder communication. Provide accurate information and process advice to fuel suppliers and other external stakeholders including international regulators, technical support partners and other relevant organisations, helping them to understand the application and verification processes and addressing emerging challenges to the sustainability and integrity of the scheme, ensuring that the UK remains at the forefront of low carbon fuels regulation.
- Coordinate administrative processes. Maintain records of queries and feedstock assessments, ensuring documentation is up to date and accessible to the team.
- Develop knowledge and Work closely with technical managers to build understanding of low carbon fuel feedstocks, production processes and eligibility criteria.
Person specification
You will need to be able to demonstrate the following:
- Degree in Engineering, Science or Environmental Science, and/or relevant professional experience.
- Knowledge of sustainable aviation fuels/biofuels/low carbon fuels and/or life cycle analysis/carbon accounting.
- Experience of supporting technical projects or workstreams, including coordinating tasks, tracking progress, or maintaining records to help ensure timely delivery.
- Experience of communicating information clearly and professionally to a range of stakeholders.
- Experience of gathering and organising evidence to inform recommendations or decisions, demonstrating attention to detail when interpreting technical information.
Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.
Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 22 hours per week.
This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.
