Environmental Strategy Officer - London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom - London Borough of Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
London Borough of Hounslow
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Salary
£38,364 - £40,833 per annum, pro rata


Package
Fixed-Term/Secondment until 2nd February 2025, full-time, 36 hours per week


Job category/type
Planning & Environment


Date posted
23/01/2024


Job reference
R0006291


About us at Hounslow


We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough.

With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs.

Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.


About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion


We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock.

All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix".

It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds.

We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.


We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.


Our Benefits
If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits.


About The Role

Department:
Environment and Climate


Section:
Climate Emergency and Environmental Services

We are excited to advertise for an Environmental Strategy Officer to join our committed and highly valued staff team.

Working within the Climate Emergency and Environmental Strategy Team you will provide professional expertise with regard to a broad range of environmental issues including climate change, carbon emissions reductions and sustainability within the council and across the wider community.


We are looking for a self motivated and enthusiastic environmental practitioner who can meet the challenge of enhancing Hounslow's environment.

You will work with developers, government agencies, council departments and partner organisations to help deliver environmental improvements.

You must have excellent oral and written communication skills and experience of collecting, analysing and monitoring data.


You will have responsibility of delivering a suite of projects set out in the Climate Emergency Action Plan and Air Quality Action Plan.


You will demonstrate an understanding of the relevant environmental legislation appropriate to the public sector and the local community and be willing to work as part of a team as well as on your own using your own initiative.


About The Team You'll Be Working In


The Climate Emergency and Environmental Strategy Service is responsible for leading and supporting the delivery of a suite of projects presented in the Climate Emergency Action Plan and other environment related projects and programmes.


The Service shapes the development and implementation of environmental strategies and work according to the requirements of the London Borough of Hounslow for example on air quality, noise, tackling climate change and protecting nature conservation.

Reflecting our values and behaviours, we have established an ambitious change programme that connects our support to the community.

The Service works to ensure change is delivered by working across all departments, with Members, multiple services users, communities, multiple agencies and other stakeholders.


Key Responsibilities:

1.To work as part of multi disciplinary project teams to enable the breaking down of departmental and inter-departmental barriers and encourage the concept of both internal and external partnership working.


  • You will work with the Project Manager and others, to establish an Exemplar in the Environmental Programmes field, ensuring delivery in agile ways of working that encourage collaborative working across teams and deliver 'Test and Learn' approaches that allows each area of programme delivery to be socialised before it is launched.
  • You will help develop and deliver high quality analysis, deep insight and updates on progress against key milestones and targets. Evaluation is a critical factor and you will support the project delivery in a way that can evidence impact.
  • You will also analyse and report on European, national, regional and sub-regional environmental legislation, regulation and policy with reference to their effect on the borough.
  • You will lead on the delivery of the Hounslow Community Energy Fund, developing projects, monitoring and reporting the progress made on the Clim
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