Energy and Environmental Team Manager

Energy and Environmental Team Manager

Salary: £49,279 to £55,313 per annum

Contractual hours: 37

Job type: Full time

Location: Warwick

Contract type: Permanent

Job reference: RA

About the Role

Warwickshire County Council is looking to appoint an Energy and Environmental Team Manager. As the Corporate Officer responsible for Environmental and Energy Management within the built environment, you will provide a high level of expertise in your professional discipline.

The Energy and Environment Team lead is responsible for establishing the Strategy and supporting the implementation of the delivery of a Decarbonisation Plan across WCC s property portfolio. Delivering the Energy Strategy and ensuring WCC s compliance against the Environmental Management System BSI Standard ISO14001.

The position and team support the Council Delivery Plan s objective of Reducing Carbon Emissions to Net Zero by 2050 across the County; 2030 across WCC s property portfolio.

Working alongside the Climate and Sustainability Team this is a key role to support the delivery of the Sustainable Future s Strategy.

Reporting to the Strategy Manager Property Policy and Performance you will act as a principal subject matter expert you will be advising, influencing, designing, and shaping solutions to support the Council s innovative response to new and emerging energy and environmental challenges.

You will be primarily responsible for managing a team of Energy and Environmental professionals. Who are responsible for establishing solutions to support the decarbonisation of the Council s property estate; managing utility contracts for the County Council; implementing a review of the Building Management System; ensuring that renewable assets installs are operating effectively; developing Strategy and Policy to support the delivery of the Council s Energy Strategy and ultimately the Sustainable Futures Strategy.

You will work within the Councils Property team which has a responsibility to investing and managing in the Council s portfolio.

You will work to an agile working contract, enabling you to balance work life commitments.

Key Requirements

• Degree or equivalent in relevant Environmental Science and or professionally registered with IEMA.

• You will have substantial experience of team management.

• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and policy.

• Lead the team in identifying, managing and ultimately delivering initiatives to support the Councils Climate Change Emergency and Zero Carbon targets.

• Experience of developing and implementing appropriate Environmental and Energy Strategy s and Policy s that encourage best practice and which are aligned to the Climate Change Initiatives.

• Driving license and willing to commute around the County.

• Evidence and experience of leading and delivering successful energy management or improvement programmes.

• Contract management experience.

• Experience of successful stakeholder management.

• Experience of solving complex and having a solution-oriented approach to manage risk appropriately.

• Ensure that energy usage from buildings and streetlights across the organisation is monitored and targets are set that support the Councils net zero carbon targets.

• Report and manage budgets.

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

For further information about the role please contact Rebecca Couch rebeccacouch(at)warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 21 November 2024.

Interview date: December 2024 Via Microsoft Teams.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll(at)warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.

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