INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Climate Engagement Manager
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Climate Engagement Manager
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Job Description
***Internal Applicants Only***
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary:PO3 44331 - 47532 (pro rata for part-time)
Contract Type: Full time Permanent
Working hours per week:36
Application Deadline:02/09/2025
Proposed Interview Date(s):TBC
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 Londons Good Work Standardemployers. This accreditation is a 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.
About the role:
We are seeking a Climate Engagement Manager to drive Climate Action across the Borough in response to the Climate & Nature Declarations. This role is critical to facilitate engagement activities such as the outreach door knocking team The Climate Residents panel and the Reuse and Repair Fairs.
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Key Responsibilities:
Delivery and management of complex projects at pace as required as part of the Climate Emergency portfolio delivery.
Organise and manage team deliverables to agreed quality on time and to cost plans.
Provide feedback on community engagement plans and provide advice to colleagues to support the delivery of projects.
Take an active role in managing stakeholder communications and feedback. You will be the dedicated manager for outreach programme focused on circular economy principles and maximising recycling in the Borough and support dedicated workstreams such as the Residents Climate Panel
Take part in direct delivery of workstreams & support the implementation of Waltham Forests Climate Action Plan.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Climate Change: Experience working on projects aimed engaging on Sustainability / Climate related topics.
Relationship building and stewardship: 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.
Terms and conditions:
Satisfactory employment references
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 individuals 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 Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process please contact Ciara Hanson Climate Programme Manager at
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Recruitment Team via email at .
The Councils preference is for online application. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application please email so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
