About the Role
Department: Climate and Strategic Programmes
Section: Climate Emergency and Environmental Strategy
We are excited to advertise for an Environmental Strategy Officer to join our committed and highly valued staff team. Working within the Climate Emergency and Environmental Strategy Team you will provide professional expertise with regard to a broad range of environmental issues including air quality, carbon emissions reductions and sustainability within the council and across the wider community.
We are looking for a self‑motivated and enthusiastic environmental practitioner who can meet the challenge of enhancing Hounslow’s environment. You will work with developers, government agencies, council departments and partner organisations to help deliver environmental improvements.
You must have excellent oral and written communication skills and experience of collecting, analysing and monitoring data.
You will have responsibility for delivering a suite of projects set out in the Climate Emergency Action Plan and Air Quality Action Plan.
You will demonstrate an understanding of the relevant environmental legislation appropriate to the public sector and the local community and be willing to work as part of a team as well as on your own using your own initiative.
Key Responsibilities
- Work as part of multi‑disciplinary project teams to enable the breaking down of departmental and inter‑departmental barriers and encourage the concept of both internal and external partnership working.
- Collaborate with the Project Manager and others to establish an Exemplar in the Environmental Programmes field, ensuring delivery in agile ways of working that encourage collaborative working across teams and deliver ‘Test and Learn’ approaches that allow each area of programme delivery to be socialised before it is launched.
- Help develop and deliver high‑quality analysis, deep insight and updates on progress against key milestones and targets. Evaluation is a critical factor and you will support the project delivery in a way that can evidence impact.
- Consider planning applications and the environmental effect developments may have on the borough. Advise officers and developers of the need to make changes to comply with policy.
- Be responsible for the council’s network of automatic air pollution monitoring stations and diffusion tubes, conducting regular site visits around Hounslow and working with external partners to ensure that the council collects high‑quality air pollution data as part of its statutory responsibilities.
- Lead on monitoring and reporting the progress made on the Climate Emergency Action Plan, Air Quality Action Plan and emissions monitoring as well as leading on a range of projects that will enable the council to achieve its net zero target by 2030.
Your Skills
- Ability to plan and organise workload efficiently and productively to meet set deadlines, and to monitor and manage data and delivery of plans and strategies, keeping senior managers updated on progress.
- Ability to create agile project plans and regularly update sprint trackers for visibility of project progress for senior managers.
- Support briefings to senior management and Councillors.
- Strong reasoning, analysing, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
- Ability to interpret and apply complex policy and procedural guidance and determine appropriate approaches.
- Experience of developing excellent relationships with communities and the ability to demonstrate outcomes for residents through collaborative work with citizens and partners.
Essential for the Role
- Demonstrable competence in many aspects of climate management, including policy formulation, reporting and emissions inventories.
- A degree or postgraduate diploma or equivalent qualification in environmental science or a related subject relevant to the requirements of the post.
- Engagement in continuous professional development.
About You
- Capable individual with enthusiasm, ambition and skills to help deliver the Climate Emergency Action Plan and other associated environmental strategy plans, policies and projects.
- Experience as a project officer in the environmental field with a strong track record of working on environmental change projects, and a solid knowledge of relevant environmental policy, legislation and regulations.
- Evidence of a structured project management methodology in an agile way.
- Sound experience of developing excellent relationships with communities and a proven track record of delivering outcomes for residents through collaborative work with citizens and partners.
- Excellent project and performance skills with a commitment to building knowledge of the environment, environmental change and addressing the needs of residents, businesses and communities.
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