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SalaryPolicy Officer, Decarbonising Industry
Grade 8,£60,268 per annum, pro rota
Fixed term contract for 24 months initially, with renewal subject to further funding being secured.
28– 35 Hours (4 – 5 days per week) by arrangement with line manager. Happy to talk about flexible working.
Location - Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS. TUC’s flexible work policy applies, which allows working from home up to 5 days per fortnight (pro-rata).
About the role
The Policy Officer will be leading on the TUC’s work on future-proofing jobs and industrial decarbonisation. This includes policy development and advocacy for the TUC’s Worker-Led Transition project and providing expertise on target high-carbon industrial sectors.
The Worker-led Transition project aims to future-proof manufacturing jobs by accelerating climate action with an active, worker-friendly industrial strategy. The project supports trade unions in high carbon manufacturing industries to develop and promote worker-led decarbonisation plans, to protect jobs against offshoring while cutting carbon emissions.
Target sectors for this project include automotive, steel, ceramics, glass, chemicals, cement, and offshore energy supply chains.
The Policy Officer will make the technical, economic, and policy case for worker-friendly decarbonisation plans, and promote them to decision-makers.
The Policy Officer will be part of the TUC’s Worker-led Transition Team, consisting of 4 Project Officers based in TUC regions covering specific target sectors, in addition to this Policy Officer post, and the Senior Policy Officer. They will also collaborate closely with our partner organisation in this project New Economy Organisers’ Network (NEON), TUC regional teams, the wider TUC RISE department, and affiliated unions.
The TUC is calling for a rapid and just transition to a safe climate future that protects quality jobs.
What key experience, skills, knowledge and understanding do you need?
You will need:
- Experience in evidence-based policy development on issues related to climate change, technological transformations, and/or manufacturing industries
- Experience initiating and carrying through qualitative or quantitative research projects, ideally related to manufacturing industries, climate change, or technological transformations
- Confident skills in evaluating and understanding both technical & complex quantitative data, and communicating these
- Knowledge of manufacturing sectors and/or technological transformations, ideally industrial decarbonisation
- Strong commitment to the values of the trade union movement, including to protecting manufacturing jobs and tackling climate change
- Excellent verbal, written communication, time management and teamwork skills
If you’re not sure you meet the criteria, please don’t self-reject. You are welcome to contact the project managers on amarkovamminio@tuc.org.uk if you have any questions about the role.
We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BME) applicants who are underrepresented in this part of the TUC, but we also welcome applications from any candidate.
If this is you and you’re interested in the post, we invite you to join an online briefing at 12 - 1 pm on Tuesday, 12 March 2024, about the post, to hear about the TUCand toask questions of the recruiting manager. If you’d like to attend the briefing, please email jobs@tuc.org.uk by 12 midday on Thursday, 7 March. You don’t need to attend the briefing session to apply.
The closing date for completed applications for this post is 12 midday Wednesday, 20th March. Interviews will be held on Monday 15th April.
