Climate Change Officer

Coventry City Council seeks a Climate Change Officer to join its Climate Change and Sustainability Team. The role focuses on making Coventry a leading sustainable city through innovative projects, community initiatives, and stakeholder engagement. The council aims to improve quality of life and develop a local green economy while fostering an inclusive workplace culture. This is a full-time position located in Coventry, United Kingdom.
At Coventry City Council, we are embarking on an incredible journey to create a brighter future. The Climate Change and Sustainability Team is at the heart of this, our vision is to make Coventry the UK’s leading sustainable city, improving the quality of life for all, as set out in our newly published Climate Change Strategy.

We pride ourselves on being bold and innovative, recently entering into a groundbreaking Strategic Energy Partnership with E.ON to decarbonise our city over the next 15 years. We have a reputation for pioneering low carbon technologies and solutions, from Coventry Very Light Rail to hosting the UK’s first Urban Airport. We are also striving to become a greener city, developing community growing initiatives and seeking ways to increase green and blue space across the city to support nature, improve well-being and become more climate resilient.

We have huge aspirations to develop Coventry to become an even better place to live and work – developing a thriving local green economy is key to this. You will be working in an inclusive team and engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders to help bring this vision to life.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias. That’s why we are looking for people from a range of diverse backgrounds and who are passionate, dedicated people who, like us, are determined to make real, positive change to Coventry.