Senior Technical Officer – Environmental Quality & Growth Team

Cambridge City Council; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Huntingdon is seeking a Senior Technical Officer to enhance environmental quality. The role involves assessing planning applications, managing environmental impacts, and supporting climate initiatives. Candidates should have expertise in acoustics, air quality, or contaminated land, with a strong educational background. The position offers flexible working arrangements and an attractive benefits package including a pension scheme and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Annual leave purchasing scheme

Gym Membership salary sacrifice scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Technical specialist in at least one of the key disciplines.
• Experience in managing environmental impacts of development.
• Educated to degree level with relevant postgraduate qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Assess planning applications in relation to environmental impacts.
• Provide advice on environmental health legislation compliance.
• Support projects related to environmental quality and climate change.

Skills

Acoustics

Air Quality

Contaminated Land

Education

Degree in Environmental Science or related field

Postgraduate qualifications in relevant disciplines

Job description

Senior Technical Officer – Environmental Quality & Growth Team

The Role and About the Person you are looking for:

We are looking for an experienced environmental specialist to help us protect and improve the environment in the beautiful historic City of Cambridge. We are a well-established team with a strong reputation for managing the environmental impacts development in a robust, pragmatic and professional way. Cambridge is a fast-growing city with many environmental challenges as a result of its economic success, and the team are consulted on over a thousand development sites each year.

The main part of this role is to act as an internal consultee to the planning service to assess planning applications and regulate impacts covered by Environmental Health Legislation. These are generally Noise, Air Quality, Contaminated land, Lighting and other amenity considerations. The role also covers proactive project work in support of our strategic and statutory functions to improve and maintain environmental quality relating to land and air quality. The team has supported the City Councils Environmental and Climate Change strategies with projects relating to the electrification of transport and smoke control recently for example.

The postholder will need to be a technical specialist in at least one of the key disciplines (Acoustics, Air Quality or Contaminated Land) or willing to become fully qualified, and we will favour applicants with acoustics experience for this role. Current postholders are all educated to at least degree level with post graduate qualifications in at least one of the key disciplines.

We are looking for a committed individual driven by the challenge of improving our environment and able to back that up with the technical expertise to support our planning colleagues and deliver quality environmental outcomes in a dynamic growing city.

What we can offer:

• A variety of learning and development opportunities via a range of sources and methods
• Access to the highly valued Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Additional Voluntary Contribution (Shared AVC) Scheme
• Agile and Flexible working
• Annual leave purchasing scheme
• Annually negotiated pay and award progression
• Confidential advice and support via an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Family friendly policies
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• Free swimming at CCC swimming pools
• Generous annual leave allowance 25 days’ per annum, rising to 30 days’ after five years continuous service; plus 8 days public holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Gym Membership salary sacrifice scheme
• Home & Electronics salary sacrifice scheme
• Lifestyle Savings with over 750 discounts from the UK’s leading retailers, restaurants, supermarkets, attractions and more
• Professional Membership Fees paid for, dependent on role
• Relocation Assistance may be payable in approved cases
• Staff reward and recognition framework- including annual staff awards ceremony
• Subsidy for public transport
• Your Care dynamic wellbeing platform

Hours: This is a full-time role, for 37 hours per week.

Although the role is advertised as full time, if you believe you have the skills and experience to join us and would like to discuss different working patterns, please do get in touch.

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £40, 476 - £45,718 per annum (City Pay Band 6), pro rata for part time.

Location:This is flexible There is an expectation of office attendance 2 days / week but working in Cambridge on site or at one of our offices or working from home. You will be able to balance your work location accordingly.

More Information:

You can click on the links here to find out more information about Staff Pay and Benefits, Working for the Council, our Values & Behaviours, Equality & Diversity in Recruitment or Our People & Culture Strategy.

If you would like an informal chat, please contact Elizabeth Bruce : [e-mail]

Application Process:

To be considered for this role, please visit www.cambridge.gov.uk/careers for ‘Our Vacancies’. You can follow the on-screen instructions to ‘Apply Online’ and submit an application.

If you are an internal candidate you can apply by logging in to your Employee Self-Serve (ESS) and access the ‘Useful Links’ (top right of the dashboard, under the person icon) and click on ‘CCC Job Opportunities’.

Cambridge City Council is an Equal Opportunity employer and embraces diversity, creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Closing date: 28 August 2025

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