Senior Carbon Neutral Policy Officer

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council seeks a proactive professional to lead the development of energy, climate change and other sustainable development policies and targets. You will develop, implement and advise on environmental and sustainability initiatives, supporting integration within Council services and through partnerships.

The role requires collaboration across NCC and stakeholders, identifying funding opportunities to support energy, fuel-poverty, waste and climate actions, and providing technical

Qualifications

• Experience in environmental policy development and carbon reduction initiatives.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Experience with securing funding bids and grant applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of plans to deliver carbon neutral status to NCC and the city.
• Collaborate with NCC colleagues and stakeholders to ensure strategy documents are ambitious but deliverable, with strong buy-in.

Job description

Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £37,563 (Level one), rising to £40,444 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location:Clocktower Building, Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

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Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

• To lead the development of energy, climate change and other sustainable development policies, strategies and targets, and ensure they are met.
• To develop, implement and advise upon environmental and sustainability initiatives and policy, and support the integration of sustainable principles and practices within Council services and through partnership-focused initiatives.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• To lead the development of plans to deliver carbon neutral status to NCC and the city of Nottingham.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues across NCC, and with stakeholders around Nottingham and beyond, to ensure strategy documents are ambitious but deliverable, and have strong buy-in from across the city.
• To identify funding opportunities to help meet ambitions on energy, fuel-poverty, waste and climate change, and support the Head of Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy in taking advantage of those opportunities through, for example, developing funding bids.
• To support the Head of Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy and members of the CN28 & Air Quality Strategy Board with technical and project support in order to ensure that organisation change, and actions found within the Carbon Neutral Action Plan are delivered.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Jorge Santana, Head of Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy, by telephone on 078 1502 5579 or by email at [e-mail].

Closing Date: 16th October 2026

Interviews will be held: October 2026

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