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Status:	CLOSED	Application Close Date: 16/05/2010
Vacancy ID:	1684
Project Type:	Sustainability
Position:	Sustainability Support Officer
Location:	Bath and North East Somerset
Project County:	Somerset
Employer:	SFS Services
Host Organisation:	Bath and North East Somerset Council
Telephone Interview Week Commencing:	17/05/2010
Interview Date:	27/05/2010
Project Start Date:	14/06/2010
Duration:	42 weeks
Project End Date:	01/04/2011
Salary:	££16,054pa
Hours Per week:	37
Work Out of Normal Hrs?:	Not required but occasionally may be of interest.
SFS Contact:	Emma Trahearn
Background:
Bath & North East Somerset Council has made tackling climate change a priority in all high-level policies. This reflects the cross-party support that tackling climate change has within the Council. The Corporate Sustainability Team have a Climate Change work programme which has two main strands of work 1) reducing carbon emissions from the Council’s own operations and 2) to play a leading role in reducing district wide emissions (householders, businesses and road transport). The Council, in it’s Carbon Management Plan put into place in April 2009, aims to cut the Council’s emissions 30% by 2014, through a variety of energy efficiency measures including technical installations, behavioural change and an office rationalisation project. The aims for the district are detailed in the Sustainable Community Strategy 2009- 2026. This role is full time for a fixed 10 month period, providing the opportunity to gain an excellent introduction to the internal workings of a local authority and experience of working as part of a busy Corporate Sustainability Team. It is an interesting and varied placement that will assist the successful candidate with career development of seeking further opportunities in the public sector. The main focus of this role will be in helping to achieve the 30% carbon reduction target of the Council’s own operations, by driving forward the staff energy awareness and efficiency campaign Our Big Energy Challenge and providing coordination as part of the wider carbon management programme. The role will bring the cadidate into contact with most Departments within the Council, including schools, and there will be an expectation that the successful person will be able to work confidently with Officers at all levels within the organisation, including Members.
Objective:
As part of the Carbon Management Plan, to provide project support and coordination and lead the existing staff energy efficiency behaviour change campaign Our Big Energy Challenge.
Benefits To Graduate
The graduate will have the opportunity to be part of a energetic and busy Sustainability Team which has the challenge of meeting obligations of addressing Climate Change. This team is part of the Policy & Partnerships Service, and so the candidate will gain an insight in to how a strategic service within a Local Authority operates. They will have the opportunity to develop communications skills, event planning and management as well as working with a wide variety of people across the Council.
Employment Potential and Options Post Project Work
This role will allow the graduate to gain essential and relevant experience if they are keen to work in the climate change or Local Authority sector in the future. This field is a high growth area and relevant work experience is a prerequisite for most positions.
Outputs:
1. To raise awareness and increase the energy efficient behaviours of all Council staff.
2. To coordinate activity and gather data as part of the management of the Carbon Management Plan.
3. To successfully organise and run the pre-scheduled energy efficiency promotional events.
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Essential Selection Criteria:
1. Excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills, able to express themselves verbally, in written text and to a variety of different audiences.
2. Conscientious organiser, able to plan and organise their work appropriately.
3. Broad understanding of the of the Climate Change agenda including knowledge of the impacts and methods for its mitigation and adaptation.
4. Confident and competent with MS office software, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
5. Creative and innovative thinker and problem-solver.
6. Team worker, adaptable, flexible and willingness to ‘muck in’
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Desirable Selection Criteria:
1. Experience of giving presentations
2. Experience of working within local government
3. Experience of any web content management programmes.
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Key Tasks:
1. Coordinate a network of 45+ volunteer Energy Champions across the Council to drive Our Big Energy Challenge forward. Including a variety of methods from meeting individuals, small groups to holding full Energy Champion Meetings and regular email communications. Also includes recruiting new Energy Champions.
2. To develop new publicity/promotional materials that are engaging to staff by creating and developing new energy awareness messages.
3. To organise and run events involving liaising with internal and external officers. For example, Green Week, held across the Council every October, or training events for smaller groups.
4. To publicise and keep up to date the Green Housekeeping Checklist which promotes best practice across the Council.
5. To strengthen communications on the internal and external websites, by writing text, editing pages and adding material supplied by other members of the team.
6. To provide coordination and research for Corporate Sustainability Team and Carbon Management reporting obligations.
7. To provide secretariat support for the Officer Carbon Management Group.
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