Climate Change Officer

The Climate Change Officer role at West Oxfordshire District Council involves leading climate action projects aimed at achieving net zero and enhancing climate resilience. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant field and five years of experience. The position offers agile working, allowing a mix of home and office work, along with various employee benefits such as flexible hours, generous leave, and a supportive work environment.
Climate Change Officer

£37,740-£38,175 per annum 37 Hours per week

Permanent

Witney/Agile

Are you obsessed about addressing climate change?

It is an exciting time to be working in Climate as we strive to achieve to net zero and climate resilience. Oxfordshire is at the forefront of this sea of change and continues to pioneer cutting edge climate projects. We have many UK firsts, like the hyper local area energy plan and carbon sequestration research, and have an excellent track record in performance, as reflected in our Climate Scorecard ratings.

We are working hard to drive down the Council’s carbon footprint and accelerate carbon reduction, carbon sequestration and climate resilience across Oxfordshire. We operate across multiple scales from strategic energy projects to facilitating grassroots, community initiatives, and across sectors. including energy, building decarbonisation, and green transport. We are also developing our approaches to carbon offsetting and climate adaptation.

We are committed to addressing climate change through extensive partnership working and community stewardship and encouraging the sharing of knowledge.

Who we are looking for…

This is an exceptional opportunity to join us as a Climate Change Officer.

We are looking for a committed and highly competent officer to spearhead climate action. In leading on challenging climate projects, you will need to work well under pressure and prioritise activities.

You will have sound technical knowledge and initiative to develop innovative solutions that are operationally successful and financially viable.

You will have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy collaborating with others to deliver a myriad of climate projects.

You will need…
• A degree or qualification equivalent to a degree in climate change, sustainability, or environment, and relevant experience of five years.
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent to grade C/4 or higher
• Experience of working flexibly as part of a team and collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders
• Experience of continuously improving services
• Ability to remain calm and confident in challenging environments

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

What can we do for you…
• 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, which increases to 30 days after five years’ service and 33 days following 10 years’ continuous service
• In addition you will have an extra two volunteering days a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Renewed again for another year there is a Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Generous contributory local government pension scheme
• 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 significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements

Terms and conditions apply

These are just a handful of the benefits that you can enjoy when you join us!

To apply for this position please click on "apply now" within this page to complete an application form and supporting statement together with your CV. Please tell us about your skills, knowledge, qualifications, experience and how they meet the criteria listed above and in the job description/person specification. It’s important that we’re a good fit for each other, so let us know what’s important to you and why you want to work for West Oxfordshire District Council. Your CV will not be available to the hiring manager unless you are shortlisted for interview to assist with our non-biased screening process so please ensure you complete the application form in full.

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 - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people and children. Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies

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.