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Status:	CLOSED	Application Close Date: 30/05/2010
Vacancy ID:	1866
Project Type:	Climate
Position:	Climate Adaptation Project Officer
Location:	Leicester
Project County:	Leicestershire
Employer:	Leicestershire County council
Host Organisation:	Climate East Midlands
Telephone Interview Week Commencing:	07/06/2010
Interview Date:	17/06/2010
Project Start Date:	01/07/2010
Duration:	26 weeks
Project End Date:	27/12/2010
Salary:	£18000pa
Hours Per week:	37
Work Out of Normal Hrs?:	Occasional evening work may be required
SFS Contact:	Jon Ward
Background:
This project will involve 8 Studentforce graduate placements, each hosted at one of the major local authorities in the East Midlands region. This is Phase 5 of an ongoing project that is designed to introduce Climate Change Adaptation into local government and the public sector more generally. This is the first region in the UK that is pursuing a region-wide approach to local Adaptation and started last summer with the completion of 9 Local Climate Impact Profiles (LCLIP) for each of the city and county councils, looking at the impacts of recent severe weather on the delivery of public services. Phase 5 involves building on the knowledge and experience gained since the project started in July 2008 and helping each council (and its Local Strategic Partnership) to move up a level on National Indicator 188 ‘Planning to Adapt to Climate Change’. This is directly related to the East Midlands climate change (adaptation) target of achieving an average of Level 3 against NI188 by the end of 2010/11. The project involves intensive collaboration between each of the partner authorities together with regional bodies and the UK Climate Impacts Programme. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work as part of a team within their host authority and also as part of a regional team that meets regularly to share findings, knowledge and practice. This will involve making use of UK Climate Projections 09, which were launched by the Government last June. This project provides hard work and great learning and development opportunities for motivated and enthusiastic individuals. If you want to get on in the rapidly moving climate change field, this is a great place to start. Previous post holders have gone on into either Masters’ courses or into other climate change related employment within their host council or elsewhere. The post will be located in Leicester.
Objective:
These jobs will involve building on the work that has already been undertaken on LCLIP’s and using the findings to best effect within each particular authority. All of the work of this project will contribute towards progress on National Indicator 188 (planning to adapt to climate change).
Benefits To Graduate
Work on this project will allow the graduate to gain valuable, relevant experience if they are keen to work in the environmental sector or within Local Authorities in the future. This field is a high growth area and relevant work experience is a pre-requisite of most positions. Accompanying this is the ongoing training and support offered through StudentForce to successful candidates.
Employment Potential and Options Post Project Work
This project will give a graduate excellent work experience in the environmental sector and networking opportunities within this area. Previous officers have moved on to develop careers in Sustainability and Local Government.
Outputs:
1. Contribute towards council and regional progress on National Indicator 188 (planning to adapt to climate change).
2. Ensure the continuation of the work captured in the Local Climate Impacts Profile and Comprehensive Risk Assessments in order to help embed adaptation into the council and its partner organisations, in partnership with nominated local authority officers.
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Essential Selection Criteria:
1. Organisational Skills. The ability to make decisions on priorities of own workload, apply self initiative, work under pressure and meet a strict framework of targets.
2. Strong analytical skills in order to pull out key messages from large amounts of complex information
3. Excellent communication and report writing skills. The ability to communicate complex information in an accessible manner both through written and verbal forms at all levels of work is essential.
4. The ability to work within a team and to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders, making use of strong interpersonal skills.
5. The successful candidate will be familiar with various IT packages used in the preparation of reports and general office based duties
6. Being a self-starter who rises to the challenge and is always proactive in seeking new opportunities.
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Desirable Selection Criteria:
1. An understanding of Local Government practices and procedures and political awareness.
2. A degree relevant to the environmental sector.
3. Knowledge of anthropogenic climate change.
4. Knowledge of Risk Management and how it applies to the local government sector.
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Key Tasks:
1. Assist in the development of a detailed project plan in order to meet regional project milestones and report on progress as required, including those contained within National Indicator 188.
2. To promote climate change matters across the Council working with all other Departments as necessary.
3. Continue the process of identifying and implementing quick wins for climate change adaptation within the authority.
4. To assist in providing appropriate guidance material, information and networking opportunities for stakeholders.
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