Carbon Manager

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is seeking candidates for a role within the Cultural Assets Directorate, as Carbon Manager.

As Carbon Manager, you will have lead responsibility for carbon in HES. You will guide our strategy and be integral to project development across the organisation. You will be involved in developing our thinking and policy around carbon relating to both our operations and our role as lead body for the sector. You will work closely with a diverse range of teams across HES - from carbon accounting, supporting carbon reduction schemes and scientific research, to advocating for traditional materials. You will own our Carbon Management Plan and be responsible for reporting our performance.

Your role includes developing external funding sources and partnerships and advising senior colleagues in HES. The post supports delivery of our Climate Action Plan, specifically carbon reduction targets in line with the Scottish Government net-zero 2045 emissions target.  This is a critically important role to support HES in reaching net zero and responding to the Climate Emergency.

About the role

Your role as Carbon Manager will be key in developing organisational expertise to both deliver, and where possible, exceed our statutory obligations and targets under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, the Public Bodies Climate Change Duties (2011) and the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019.

You will deliver and embed our HES Carbon Management Plan and its associated implementation plan across the organisation and will lead development of a series of carbon reduction projects, working closely with other teams. A key part of your role will be obtaining external funding and building wider collaboration, for example in renewables and district heating projects.

Your role will sit within the Cultural Assets Directorate but working closely with other teams across the organisation particularly related to site operations.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have a diverse range of experience in carbon management with sound technical and professional knowledge at both strategic level and in the development of projects. You will drive successful results in financial and carbon savings and improve efficiencies in line with corporate targets including the HES Climate Action Plan and Carbon Management Plan.  Included in your role, will be the requirement to seek external funding for projects and to extend and leverage external partnerships. This is a specialist role requiring experience of environmental, energy efficiency or carbon reduction projects.

We are looking for someone with experience working within the climate change and environmental area who has led multi-stakeholder renewable energy projects within the public sector. A strong communicator who can resonate with the target audience and creatively understand and assess our impact on the environment, and generate ideas and positive solutions.

Interested?

Visit our website to view the full job description and for information about applying online for this interesting and exciting opportunity.

Closing date: midday, Wednesday 30 October 2024.