About The Borough Found in zone 6 with good transport links in and out of London, Kingston is a vibrant and diverse university town which creates the rich sense of community shared across the borough and its Residents. Kingston boasts an idyllic riverside location, good shopping and great restaurants, as well as a mix of modern and historic town centre. Kingston has lots of open parklands and cycle routes that help connect the district town centres into an enjoyable place to live and work.
We are passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.
About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate You will be instrumental in coordinating and delivering activities focused on reducing emissions across the borough from homes, buildings and transport across Kingston. This work is about creating a sustainable future that improves the health and wellbeing of our local communities.
What You\\\'ll Be Doing Strategy & Delivery: Develop, coordinate, and monitor the strategies and actions required to deliver our 2038 net zero ambition.
Key Projects: Drive new projects, including supporting a data-led retrofit programme for social housing.
Partnerships: Build strong working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders to drive carbon reduction initiatives across the borough.
Funding: Identify opportunities and coordinate funding bids and business cases.
What You\\\'ll Bring Operational experience and technical knowledge related to climate change, energy efficiency, retrofit measures, and/or the energy sector.
High-level project management skills with a demonstrable track record of delivery and reporting.
Excellent communication, engagement, and stakeholder management skills.
A demonstrable enthusiasm and commitment to the climate emergency agenda.
Education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant environmental subject.
The position is advertised as full-time, though we are open to considering part-time or job-share arrangements. Kingston Council is a place based organisation and as such, expects in-borough working 2-3 days a week and flexibility for weekend and evening working as required.
If you would like to discuss this role further please do not hesitate to contact Louisa Bertoldo:
About Us The Council declared a Climate Emergency in June 2019 and has since been delivering a programme of activities to deliver against our target of becoming net zero in our own operations by 2030 and enable Kingston as a borough to also progress towards net zero emissions by 2038.
The role will sit in the Climate Action Team, will report to the Climate Action Programme Manager and work closely with colleagues across the Council and relevant partners. The Climate Action Team sits in the Residents and Communities Directorate, recognising that the response to the challenges of climate change needs to be delivered in partnership with our communities. Therefore, a collaborative approach, working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, is integral to the success of the role. For example, this will include working with colleagues in our housing, public health, regulatory services, planning teams, highways and transport teams and external partners to identify and plan the delivery of actions that will support carbon reduction across the borough, identifying where initiatives can have the most impact and also meet aligned aims of reducing energy costs, improving health and air quality.
Our Offer To You As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus
We are passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.
About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate You will be instrumental in coordinating and delivering activities focused on reducing emissions across the borough from homes, buildings and transport across Kingston. This work is about creating a sustainable future that improves the health and wellbeing of our local communities.
What You\\\'ll Be Doing Strategy & Delivery: Develop, coordinate, and monitor the strategies and actions required to deliver our 2038 net zero ambition.
Key Projects: Drive new projects, including supporting a data-led retrofit programme for social housing.
Partnerships: Build strong working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders to drive carbon reduction initiatives across the borough.
Funding: Identify opportunities and coordinate funding bids and business cases.
What You\\\'ll Bring Operational experience and technical knowledge related to climate change, energy efficiency, retrofit measures, and/or the energy sector.
High-level project management skills with a demonstrable track record of delivery and reporting.
Excellent communication, engagement, and stakeholder management skills.
A demonstrable enthusiasm and commitment to the climate emergency agenda.
Education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant environmental subject.
The position is advertised as full-time, though we are open to considering part-time or job-share arrangements. Kingston Council is a place based organisation and as such, expects in-borough working 2-3 days a week and flexibility for weekend and evening working as required.
If you would like to discuss this role further please do not hesitate to contact Louisa Bertoldo:
About Us The Council declared a Climate Emergency in June 2019 and has since been delivering a programme of activities to deliver against our target of becoming net zero in our own operations by 2030 and enable Kingston as a borough to also progress towards net zero emissions by 2038.
The role will sit in the Climate Action Team, will report to the Climate Action Programme Manager and work closely with colleagues across the Council and relevant partners. The Climate Action Team sits in the Residents and Communities Directorate, recognising that the response to the challenges of climate change needs to be delivered in partnership with our communities. Therefore, a collaborative approach, working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, is integral to the success of the role. For example, this will include working with colleagues in our housing, public health, regulatory services, planning teams, highways and transport teams and external partners to identify and plan the delivery of actions that will support carbon reduction across the borough, identifying where initiatives can have the most impact and also meet aligned aims of reducing energy costs, improving health and air quality.
Our Offer To You As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus
Contact Detail:
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Recruiting Team
