Grade: JK
Salary: £35,745-£40,221
Vacancy Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Northallerton
Would you like to join our ambitious and enthusiastic Climate Change team?
This full time, permanent role will support housing, planning, economic development and cultural services teams to decarbonise and also work with groups across North Yorkshire to meet challenging climate change issues.
Our Service
The Climate Change team currently includes a manager, 4 business partners and a project officer. We enable the delivery of the North Yorkshire Climate Change Strategy through both ambitions for North Yorkshire Council to become operationally net zero by 2030 and for the wider remit of York and North Yorkshire to become carbon negative by 2040, working closely with partners across the region.
The Role
You will work as part of the Council’s Climate Change team supporting delivery of the Climate Change Strategy. The role is outposted to a Directorate and requires close working with service colleagues in development of service-based climate change action plans and associated delivery of those actions. You will be assisting with grant funding applications to help services deliver their climate strategic aims, proactively supporting outcomes through coordinating Directorate climate action plans, and feeding in these plans and results to the wider climate change team to help support the Council’s overall Climate Change Strategy.
What you will bring
You will have degree or graduate capability and have broad knowledge of climate change and its impact. You will have good understanding of climate change mitigation and adaptation activity. You will have experience of managing and advising on a climate change related project, experience of action planning delivery and experience of working across a range of service areas, engaging with colleagues at various authority levels. You will have IT skills and ability to interpret and analysis data.
Working for us
When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme . Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus lots more…
Contact and Apply
If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting Jos Holmes jos.holmes@northyorks.gov.uk mobile 07929848259 or Shaun Berry, Head of Sustainability on Email: Shaun.Berry@northyorks.gov.uk, mobile: 07977 784 402 prior to applying.
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Key dates
Closing date: 17.07.24
Shortlisting 18.07.24
Interview date: 07.08.24
Key Documents
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