**INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY** Climate Engagement Manager in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO3 £45,750 - £49,056 (pro rata for part-time)

Contract Type: Full-time/ Fixed term (12 months). Part-time job share options available.

Working hours per week: 36 hours (Some weekend and evening working required to manage events, within these allocated hours per week)

Application Deadline: 12th June 2026 - Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis

Proposed Interview Dates: TBC

Reference: 2141

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

About the role:

We are seeking a Climate Engagement Manager to drive Climate Action across the Borough in response to the Climate Emergency. This is a fixed term contract for 1 year with the potential for extension. Climate Action is a top Council priority, as a key focus of Mission Waltham Forest and the Climate Action Plan. As the Climate Engagement Manager, you will play an essential role in delivering nature-focused and climate projects to achieve a more equal borough. You will manage vital workstreams to reach residents and community groups in order to accelerate collective climate action. You will take a role in driving climate action within the Council, supporting training and promoting the Climate Mission in all areas of work. You will deliver high priority projects in close collaboration with community groups, other departments in the Council and external organisations. But you will not do this alone. You would be part of the ambitious Climate Team, working closely with the Climate Community Lead sitting in the Neighbourhoods and Environment Directorate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery and management of complex projects at pace as required as part of the Climate Emergency portfolio delivery - the Wildways Along the Ching in particular.
• Organise and manage team deliverables to agreed quality, on time and to cost plans.
• Take an active role in managing stakeholder communications and feedback.
• Take part in direct delivery of workstreams & support the implementation of Waltham Forest’s Climate Action Plan.

Qualifications and Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

• Climate Change: Experience working on projects aimed engaging on Sustainability / Climate related topics.
• Relationship building and stewardship: demonstrate your ability to develop links and maintain relationships with external partners and community groups; implement feedback loops between residents, delivery partners, community groups and council.
• Stakeholder engagement skills: able to build excellent relationships with Senior Managers and key stakeholders from across council services.
• Problem Solving: Strong at reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Creative and innovative in finding solutions to complex problems. Flexible to changing priorities.
• Project Organiser: Experience of orchestrating complex and community-led projects, working to time, budget and quality in a large organisation using appropriate project management methodologies, techniques and tools.
• Communication: An exceptional communicator able to operate and empathise with stakeholders, influencing and gaining commitment to objectives. Experience of report writing and communications for a variety of audiences, demonstrating numeracy and literacy, and applying expert knowledge.

Some in-person working at Fellowship Square, Low Hall Depot, and at project locations at the Borough is required. You will be present at Town Hall for in-person team days every Tuesday, and at least one other day of the week. Some weekend and evening working will be required, in line with the project and events requirements. Flexible working is supported and part-time applications are also welcomed.

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels.
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit this link.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Emily Purser, Climate Community Lead, Emily.Purser@walthamforest.gov.uk. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

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