Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Lead

An exceptional opportunity has arisen to join Cotswold District Council as Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Lead. You’ll be spearheading multiple significant Climate Change and environmental projects, ensuring that everything the Council does is aligned with our Climate Change and sustainable priorities. Now is the time for action. We want a passionate individual with project management experience to deliver our Climate Change and Carbon Reduction strategy through a transformative and innovative approach.

  

Strategy: Cotswold District Council was one of the Councils that declared a Climate Emergency early on, reflecting our view that Carbon Reduction is fundamental to the success of the council’s ambition for a sustainable future. Our focus is to enable our communities in the Cotswolds and beyond to thrive, create great places for people to live, work, learn and enjoy in our ever-evolving communities. We want our future generations to thrive too and are serious in tackling the climate and environmental emergencies. Now is a fantastic time to be joining us. 

Delivery: Strive to ensure that there is a collective and unified approach to climate action across Cotswold District Council, by developing our network with key organisations, decision-makers and individuals and facilitating a cross sector approach. As a Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Lead, you will be an integral member of the team in implementing strategic priorities, whilst being the focal point on driving initiatives aimed at reducing the organisation's carbon footprint and promoting Carbon Reduction and sustainability across the council and district. 

Expertise: In managing complex climate and environmental projects, you will need to have both technical expertise and strong leadership qualities. You will be working at a high specialist level and the responsibilities in the role profile reflect this. You will be key in the planning, implementing, and overseeing climate-related projects across the organisation, delivering through a timely and transparent process.

Team Working: You will need strong interpersonal skills, collaborating and coordinating key partners to guide cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners to achieve project goals and contribute to the council's overall commitment to environmental responsibility. Your insights will shape key decisions and drive positive action; you’ll provide a hands-on and collaborative approach to driving change.

This role is suitable for candidates who can demonstrate career progression and professional development in a similar field. Part time job share considered- we want the best people for our roles and we recognised that sometimes those people aren’t available full time.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant profession.  

• Five years’ experience in the relevant field

• Successful track record of designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on projects within specified time/budget, working across a variety of stakeholders and partners at all levels.

• Passion for Climate Change and Sustainability, with a good knowledge of sustainability principles.

• Deliver commitments and take ownership of own caseload, reshaping of plans to deliver required outcomes.

• Ability to travel

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working

• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)

• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice

• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care

• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings

• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues

• Cycle to work scheme

• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars

• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)

• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements

• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury

• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

If you believe that you are the person to help take our work and ambition to the next level we really want to hear from you. Email your CV and supporting statement (no more than two pages) to our HR partners, Publica, at join-us@publicagroup.uk.

• Closing date: Sunday 10 March 2024 at midnight

• Interview date: Tuesday 26 March 2024

It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.

Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email. 

Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references;  proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employment or education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.