Climate Adaptation Project Officer

Uncover your self in Lewisham the place what you do makes a distinction to our vibrant and
culturally various communities!

We’ve a wealthy historical past of welcoming folks from everywhere in the world and are proud to be
recognised because the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of
refugees and migrants.

The position

We underestimate the dangers stemming from a altering local weather at our peril. Lewisham Council has
responded to this world risk by recognising the local weather emergency and setting bold
native targets for motion. However the dangers we face is not going to disappear because the world strikes to web
zero carbon: lots of them are already locked in. The borough must adapt in response to the
chance of extra frequent and intense storms, droughts and temperature variations.

This position will form our borough-wide adaptation programmes to ship important blue-green
infrastructure, rain gardens and pocket parks inside our freeway community and pure flood
administration interventions inside our parks and open areas.

Location

The job is based totally in Laurence Home in Catford, however we function a hybrid strategy the place
you can be required to work each within the workplace and from residence frequently. You may additionally
be required to work at or from every other buildings/places.

What we’re in search of

We’re in search of somebody to drive the supply of programmes to combine important blue-green
infrastructure into our public areas and oversee a few of Lewisham’s statutory duties
regarding flood danger administration. You’ll be enthusiastic with a eager eye for element and an
curiosity in sustainable drainage, panorama structure, and ecology. Suppose greening the
city surroundings is your factor and you’ve got the willpower and creativity to encourage
lasting change. In that case, Lewisham is a spot the place you possibly can play a task within the
growth of a climate-resilient borough.

You’ll be aiding the administration of flood danger in Lewisham by increasing our programmes to
ship sustainable drainage and nurturing relationships between inner departments and
exterior stakeholders.

This publish would go well with people who’re dedicated to collaborative work to enhance Lewisham’s
pure and constructed surroundings efforts to be resilient to local weather change.

In return, we’ll supply glorious growth alternatives, plus a variety of advantages that
features a profession common pension scheme, versatile working and the chance to make an actual
distinction to our local people.

Wage particulars

£46, 053-£48, 063 each year (PO3)

N.B: All appointments will likely be provided on the minimal spinal column level (SCP) for the grade of
the position. The one exception to this will likely be when matching present wage (as much as the utmost of
the size), which is topic to evidential proof.

Additional info

For an off-the-cuff dialogue, please contact Marcus Gayle, Flood Threat Supervisor by way of e-mail, [email protected] or 07525 671303.

This position is a Two-year fixed-term contract.

Applicant
handbook – please learn the steering on this handbook when making use of. It’s important that
you full the appliance absolutely and that your supporting assertion covers the way you meet every
of the individual specification standards listed.

Please click on here to
view the Job Description and Individual Specification

Range

Lewisham Council is a Incapacity Assured employer. We welcome and encourage job purposes
of all talents. If you happen to require any affordable changes within the utility or interview,
please contact the lead contact on this advert. We are going to make affordable changes to make
positive our disabled candidates and people with well being circumstances are supported all through our
recruitment course of. We assist the entry to work scheme, additional particulars can be found
at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply 

The Council has a devoted employment assist service, Lewisham Works, which affords Lewisham residents
steering in relation to making use of for jobs. If you wish to be part of Lewisham Works, please
e-mail [email protected] and an
advisor will likely be in contact with you.

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Closing Date: 26th April 2024