Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Lead

Are you motivated by the reward of delivering on our climate and environmental
priorities?  

An exceptional opportunity has arisen to join Cotswold District Council as Climate Change and
Carbon Reduction Lead. You’ll be spearheading multiple significant climate change and
environmental projects, ensuring that everything the Council does is aligned with our climate
change and sustainable priorities. Now is the time for action. We want a passionate individual
with project management experience to deliver our climate change and carbon reduction strategy
through a transformative and innovative approach.

Do you have the ability to drive robust climate change projects, through transformative
approach?  

Strategy: Cotswold District Council was one of the Councils that declared a
Climate Emergency early on, reflecting our view that carbon reduction is fundamental to the
success of the council’s ambition for a sustainable future. Our focus is to enable our
communities in the Cotswolds and beyond to thrive, create great places for people to live,
work, learn and enjoy in our ever-evolving communities. We want our future generations to
thrive too and are serious in tackling the climate and environmental emergencies. Now is a
fantastic time to be joining us.

Delivery: Strive to ensure that there is a collective and unified approach to
climate action across Cotswold District Council, by developing our network with key
organisations, decision-makers and individuals and facilitating a cross sector approach. As a
Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Lead, you will be an integral member of the team in
implementing strategic priorities, whilst being the focal point on driving initiatives aimed at
reducing the organisation’s carbon footprint and promoting carbon reduction and sustainability
across the council and district.

Expertise: In managing complex climate and environmental projects, you will
need to have both technical expertise and strong leadership qualities. You will be working at a
high specialist level and the responsibilities in the role profile reflect this. You will be
key in the planning, implementing, and overseeing climate-related projects across the
organisation, delivering through a timely and transparent process.

Team Working You will need strong interpersonal skills, collaborating and
coordinating key partners to guide cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners
to achieve project goals and contribute to the council’s overall commitment to environmental
responsibility. Your insights will shape key decisions and drive positive action; you’ll
provide a hands-on and collaborative approach to driving change.

This role is suitable for candidates who can demonstrate career progression and professional
development in a similar field. Part time job share considered- we want the best people for our
roles and we recognised that sometimes those people aren’t available full time.

You will need

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant profession.
• Five years’ experience in the relevant field
• Successful track record of designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on projects
  within specified time/budget, working across a variety of stakeholders and partners at all
  levels.
• Passion for Climate Change and Sustainability, with a good knowledge of sustainability
  principles.
• Deliver commitments and take ownership of own caseload, reshaping of plans to deliver
  required outcomes.

Special Conditions

• Ability to travel

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 and an
  extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
• 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 huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other
  finances)
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five
  years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

To apply

If you believe that you are the person to help take our work and ambition to the next level we
really want to hear from you. Email your CV and supporting statement (no more than two pages)
to our HR partners, Publica, at [email protected].

• Closing date: Sunday 10 March 2024 at midnight
• Interview date: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Interviews: we may interview candidates ahead of the deadline, so please aim to get
your application in as soon as possible

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/ies – Please state this within your
covering statement or in a separate email.

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.