Climate Change Officer - Internal Job Title, Climate Change Business Partner

Salary: £35,745 to £40,221

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Various, Full time and Part Time hours available - to be discussed at interview

Location: Hybrid/Harrogate - Office base to be discussed, we have several locations across North Yorkshire

 

 

Due to expansion in the service, we are recruiting two Climate Change Business Partner roles.

 

Role 1: Climate Change Business Partner: Resources. A Full Time Business Partner to support the Resources Directorate to implement the Climate Change Strategy. This role will also lead on Green House Gas accounting and supporting Property and Fleet decarbonisation plans for the Council and improving our approach to scope 3 decarbonisation. Supporting community-based activity in the geographical patch of Scarborough and Ryedale is also included.

 

Role 2: Climate Change Business Partner: Health and Adult Services. A Part Time Business Partner (0.4FTE or 2 days per week) to support the Health and Adult Services Directorate to implement the Climate Change Strategy. This includes working with our Public Health team. This role will also support community-based activity in a geographic patch in North Yorkshire. Additional hours may be available subject to the requirements of the service.

 

North Yorkshire Council has the ambition to be the most local large council in the UK - geographically it is already the largest, and the third largest unitary authority.  North Yorkshire's natural beauty is captured in its stunning coastlines, scenic rural villages and market towns, as well as two spectacular national parks. North Yorkshire really is a beautiful place to live and work, rich in heritage and culture. We welcome and celebrate diversity and inclusion, and the strengths this brings to our communities and workforce.  We aim to provide excellent and efficient services enabling everyone to fulfil their potential, to do this we give everyone equal access to services and job opportunities. We heavily invest in the development of our employees, providing training and development to further enhance their careers.

 

 

The Climate Change team currently includes a manager, 4 business partners and a project officer. We enable the delivery of the North Yorkshire Council 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. The three key delivery themes of the Strategy are Mitigation, Adaptation and Supporting Nature. 

 

 

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 developing business cases, funding applications to help services deliver their climate change actions, proactively supporting outcomes through coordinating Directorate climate action plans, and feeding in these plans and results to the wider climate change team to help deliver the wider Council’s overall Climate Change Strategy. You will also be working with community groups in a geographic area of North Yorkshire.

 

 

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 broadly. 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 service leads, managers and communities. You will have IT skills and ability to interpret and analysis data.

 

 

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 with a 22.6% contribution. 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…

 

 

If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, along with hours and office base we recommend contacting Jos Holmes, Climate Change Strategy Manager jos.holmes@northyorks.gov.uk or mobile 07929848259 prior to applying. 

 

Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload. 

 

Closing date: 24th March 2024

Interview date: 9th April 2024. Interviews will be held in person in Malton, North Yorkshire.