Climate Action Now Officer

Location

Stockport, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

Job description

Climate Action Now Officer

Scale 6 (£29,269 - £31,364)

37 Hours, Full Time

Temporary (2 years)

Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 13th March 2024

Shortlisting Date: 15th March 2024

Interview Date: 21st and 22nd March

Interview Type: Face to Face

Your Role 

Are you passionate about tackling climate change? Stockport Council’s Climate Action Now (CAN) team is looking for a proactive, motivated and organised individual to join our dynamic team. You will support projects across the CAN work programme with project monitoring, preparing communications and reporting. You will particularly support the programme manager with delivery of the ‘climate-friendly borough’ strand. You will get involved with all aspects of preparing and delivering our climate-friendly borough engagement events; including taking an active role in youth climate debates, business forums, community networks and our annual CAN summit.

About You

The ideal candidate will be passionate about the subject area and will be eager to learn and develop within the role. You will be organised and thorough, have excellent written and spoken English, and be skilled at managing competing demands on your time across multiple projects. You will be able to work flexibly and be adaptable to change. You will work proactively, show initiative and will bring a can-do attitude to the role. The ideal candidate will enjoy working as part of a small team that is ambitious about affecting positive change both within the council and across Stockport. 

About Us

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. 

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

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If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Liz Atherton on [email protected] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

This post is also open as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce.  We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria. 

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Salary

£29.27k per annum