Climate Change Programme Manager

Climate Change Programme Manager - Ref: EE08322

Salary: G10 £40,478 - £45,495

Contract: Permanent, full time

As Climate Change Programme Manager you will be responsible for leading the organisations approach to the climate change emergency and delivering the climate change action plan. You will co-ordinate the climate change task force and project manage the outputs from this group. There is a clear need to update and improve the action plan and to develop a Strategy for Climate Change, which is an important function of the role. You would also be responsible for developing the climate change team, with the recruitment of further posts. The Council has ambitions to achieve Net Zero by 2041 alongside the West Midlands Combined Authority.

If appointed to this role you will join the Healthy Spaces and Environment Team in the Place and Environment Directorate.

Walsall Council is a great place to work. Our workforce are proud to be here, understanding and respecting our values as an organisation whilst delivering effective and efficient services to our residents every day.  Our workforce strategy recognises that the success of our organisation depends upon attracting, developing and retaining talent and having the right infrastructure and rewards approach in place in order to do so.

If you are passionate about delivering high quality, customer focused service and want to achieve great things in a supportive environment that offers opportunity and challenge in equal measure, Walsall Council is your employer of choice.  

Walsall has much to offer, including extensive regeneration and a plethora of award-winning parks and open spaces. As an employer, we provide an attractive employment package that includes:

• A generous annual leave entitlement per year plus 9 concessionary days and in addition to a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
• Access to an award winning pension scheme
• Recent development of the working environment which has created a modern professional space to work in with improved technology that allows agile working
• Promotion of training and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills
• A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers – we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve

We are keen to attract the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.  The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Closing Date: 28th April 2023

Interview date week commencing 15th May 2023

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