Strategic Environmental Advisor

Warwickshire County Council is looking to appoint a Strategic Environmental Advisor . You will provide a high level of expertise in your professional discipline ensuring Warwickshire County Council has an ISO 14001 compliant environmental management system. Reporting to the Environmental and Energy Team Lead, you will ensure Warwickshire County Council has a robust environmental management system which addresses all its statutory and compliance obligations aligned to BS EN ISO 14001. You will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and improving the Environmental Management system to ensure that it is compliant with BS EN ISO 14001. Warwickshire\’s Property service has a variety of teams delivering activities to the WCC estate from scoping, developing, and commissioning programmes and projects that lead to significant capital investment; assuring risk and compliance across the portfolio to the provision of Estate Management Services. You will be a senior officer, supporting and shaping how the Council responds to new and emerging environmental/energy challenges, aligned to climate change and net zero targets. The role involves working across the county ensuring clients and external influences are developed and managed. Responsibilities: Be responsible for establishing controls to manage and reduce the Authority\’s significant environmental risks. Lead on the provision of Environmental training and instruction to all staff, developing and improving a culture of environmental awareness, and where applicable, others working on behalf of the organisation. Manage relationships with external professionals to ensure objectives are met. Ensure that an up-to-date compliance register of environmental and energy legislation pertinent to the authority\’s activities and estate is maintained with actions to mitigate risks of non-compliance. Ensure that an effective environmental internal auditor team is managed across the Council. Liaise with Senior managers and internal staff to raise awareness for environmental issues. Collect, analyse, and report data annually in line with Government requirements and requests. Experienced in interpreting complex data and presenting in a comprehensive report format. Liaise with external bodies regarding environmental consents and permits relating to the Authority\’s activities. Responsible for managing customer relationships, which will include communicating changes and ensuring expectations are managed throughout to maintain strong relations. Regular reporting to senior management. Qualifications: Substantial experience of implementing Environmental Management Systems to ISO 14001 standard. Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and policy. Experience of developing and implementing appropriate Environmental Strategies and Policies that encourage best practice and which are aligned to the Climate Change Initiatives. Degree or equivalent in relevant Environmental Science and/or professionally registered with IEMA, NEBOSH and ISO 14001 accredited auditor. Driving license and willingness to commute around the County. Experience of establishing effective governance and controls aligned to Environmental legislation. Monitor adherence to workable environmental procedures. Experience of successful stakeholder management. Reporting to Project/Corporate Boards/Members as required. To be successful in this role you will: Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and policy. Significant experience of implementing an Environmental Management system. Have a solution-oriented approach to manage risk appropriately. The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public. Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make: Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision; could you be one of them? At Warwickshire County Council, we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire\’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills, and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best. Your future matters to us; we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund. The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform. #J-18808-Ljbffr