Environmental Projects Officer

Norwich Living Wage City Action Group; Norwich; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwich Living Wage City Action Group is seeking a role to develop and deliver initiatives addressing fuel poverty, energy efficiency, retrofit and nature recovery for Norwich city and council housing. The post sits within the Environmental Strategy Team and involves building partnerships, bidding for funding, delivering projects and reporting outcomes to funders and committees.

The role focuses on coordinating Warm Homes and related schemes, analysing data to target retrofitting, and promoting

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm and commitment for social and/or environmental improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong data handling and information management abilities.
• Proficient IT skills including spreadsheets and databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of initiatives delivering retrofit, fuel poverty and nature recovery projects.
• Identify and secure funding, write bids, promote and manage projects with partners.
• Develop and manage relationships with funders, local government bodies and external organisations.
• Coordinate funding and support offerings to tenants to alleviate fuel poverty.
• Analyse data to target retrofit opportunities across council stock and private housing.
• Maintain effective communication with Councillors, MPs, external organisations and partners.
• Promote awareness of climate change, fuel poverty, retrofitting and adaptation.
• Carry out other activities aligned with council environmental strategies.

Skills

Social/environmental improvement

Communication skills

Deadline management

Attention to detail

IT skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in environmental, social or business management

Job description

This interesting and varied role involves working with internal and external stakeholders to develop initiatives, funding streams and delivering projects relating to fuel poverty, energy efficiency, building retrofit and nature recovery. The scope of activity includes projects for the city of Norwich, council operations and the council's social housing stock.

Working within the supportive Environmental Strategy Team, the post holder will build stakeholder relationships, collaboratively develop initiatives, bid for funding, deliver projects and report outcomes to help create a Climate Responsive, Fairer and Future-proof Norwich, as set out in the council's We are Norwich, community led plan.

1. To lead the development and implementation of initiatives relating to the delivery of Warm Homes funded retrofit and nature recovery projects. This process should be aided through the identification of appropriate best practice and by acquiring and analysing relevant data to identify opportunity to bid for external funding and manage internal and external relationships and projects.

2. Identify funding sources, write bids, promote and manage projects in collaboration with internal and external partners, to deliver environmental and sustainable warmth strategy objectives, report outcomes to stakeholders including to funders and the Council's Climate and Environmental Emergency Executive Panel (CEEEP) and other committees as necessary.

3. Support a range of programmes aligned to council policy and strategy for tackling climate change, fuel poverty and promoting biodiversity improvement in the council estate and across the city, by developing and managing relationships with key stakeholders including funders, local government organisations, anchor institutions, local and regional NGOs and contractors.

4. Develop and coordinate the council's funding and support offering to tenants and residents to alleviate fuel poverty by developing and coordinating the delivery of processes to disburse funds Warm Homes and Great British Insulation Schemes and other similar funding schemes, in association with partners.

5. Acquire and analyse data from internal and external sources and work with partners to target homes in fuel poverty and/or are priority for retrofitting across the council's social housing estate and in privately owned housing in the city.

6. Assist the Service to establish and maintain effective communication and liaison with colleagues, Councillors, MPs, external organisations and key strategic partners and individuals. This includes managing the services requirement to respond to FOI's, Cllr's Questions and other democratic service requirements.

7. Work with relevant internal and external organisations to increase the awareness of climate change, fuel poverty, retrofitting and adaptation.

8. To carry out other activities that fall within the scope of this post that are of a similar level of responsibility. To promote and implement the Council's corporate strategies, policies and practices in relation to environmental management.

Knowledge and experience

• Experience of working with equality, social change and environmental issues

• Experience in producing comprehensive formal documents

• Experience of good information management including GDPR, accurate record keeping, acquiring and collating information

• Experience in developing stakeholder relationships and working collaboratively with other organisations

Skills and abilities

• An enthusiasm and commitment for social and/or environmental improvement

• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Ability to analyse reports and data and explore and evaluate policy options

• Conscientious/ attention to detail to ensure accuracy of data and quality of customer contact

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Able to work flexibly as a member of a small team, and to work in collaboration with others across the council

• Good IT skills including setting up and manipulating spreadsheets and databases, word processing, email, web searches

Undergraduate degree in an environmental, social or business management topic or equivalent experience or capability