Environmental Coordinator

Role Summary

Julie’s Bicycle (JB) is seeking proactive, organised and environmentally skilled candidates for
an Environmental Coordinator role in our pioneering non-profit which mobilises the arts and
culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis.

Job title: Environmental Coordinator 
Contract: 1 year fixed term (with opportunity to extend)
Location: Hybrid working (*): office base is at Somerset House, London
Salary: £31,000-£33,000 depending on experience
Start date: Must be available to start by 21st April 2025
Normal hours: Office hours are 9.30 – 5.30pm, Monday – Friday 

(requests for flexible working hours will be considered, although there may be some constraints
due to the ‘helpdesk’ nature of part of the role)

Other:

• Annual leave is 25 days per year (pro rata) plus standard bank holidays
• Cultural entitlement of £250 per annum (pro rata) to spend on arts/cultural events &
  activities
• All employees are able to claim 1 hour a week for personal wellbeing
• Pension scheme enrolment and 6% employer contributions (reviewed annually)

(*) Staff work in a hybrid model of in-person and virtual, with regular ‘full-team’ in-person
days. Our standard arrangement is a minimum of 1 day in the office per week. Access to desk
space is always available to staff who can’t or don’t want to work from home. Our office is in
the iconic Somerset House in London, on the banks of the Thames. 

About Julie’s Bicycle

Julie’s Bicycle (JB) is a pioneering not-for-profit organisation, mobilising the arts and
culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. Founded by the music industry
in 2007 and now working across the arts and culture, JB has partnered with over 2000
organisations in the UK and internationally. Combining cultural and environmental expertise, JB
delivers high impact programmes and policy change to meet the climate crisis head-on.

Our Work

Our work includes leadership development, policy development, research, strategic partnerships,
in-depth consultancy, training, and a range of ground-breaking projects. A commitment to climate justice underpins all our work. We provide the creative community with
the full range of tools, knowledge, and inspiration to act, and we run a rich programme of
events and advocacy. JB runs a set of closely connected programmes of different types, lengths
and scales: from our Music Programme to our Creative Climate Leadership programme; our work
across the cultural sector through Creative Green projects and partnerships; to our partnership
with Arts Council England. Explore our work here.

This is an exciting time to join a team of 22 employees and additional external associates who,
together, represent a unique mix of arts, culture, scientific, environmental and digital
expertise. 

We encourage people from any background to apply for this post. We are committed to creating a
workforce which is representative of our society, and to bringing together those with a variety
of skills and experiences to help shape what we do and how we work. We are particularly keen to
hear from people of colour and those who self-identify as disabled.

Our Partnership with Arts Council England 

Julie’s Bicycle works with Arts Council England to deliver an ambitious Environmental
Programme, providing resources, tools, and training to support cultural organisations to take
climate action. The programme empowers the sector to rise to the challenges the climate crisis
presents, and to accelerate and scale a collective response. Through the programme JB supports
organisations to report their environmental impacts; produces events, webinars and information
briefings, and runs a series of programme strands that develop climate literacy and leadership.
Find out more here.

A key part of the programme is JB’s Creative Climate Tools (CC Tools). These are a free carbon
calculator that enables arts and cultural organisations to track their impact, record progress
and make strategic changes in their environmental action. They include our unique Beyond Carbon
impact tracker. Launched in 2010, the Creative Climate Tools are globally recognised as the
leading online environmental reporting tools designed specifically for the arts and culture
sector. 

Our Partnership with IMPALA (European organisation for independent music companies and national
associations) 

We have been a key partner supporting IMPALA’s environmental sustainability programme since its
launch in 2021. We helped shape the IMPALA Climate Charter and continue to sit on the IMPALA
Environmental Sustainability Taskforce, where we provide expert advice on what a future low
carbon recorded music sector could look like and how we get there. In 2022 we launched the
IMPALA Carbon Calculator, powered by the CC Tools platform, a world-first bespoke platform for
the SME record labels that are members of IMPALA to measure and report their GHG emissions.
Over 150 independent labels have started their carbon footprint journey on the Tools, helping
to shape an understanding of industry climate impact ‘hot spots’ and priorities, as well as
bringing together stories of change. Alongside this, we deliver climate literacy and climate
action training for and with IMPALA’s members across Europe, working to mobilise the
independent recorded music sector for climate action. Find out more here.

The Opportunity

The Environmental Coordinator plays a vital role within Julie’s Bicycle: both supporting
creative organisations to report their environmental impacts with confidence, and analysing the
data to support our team’s understanding of impact hotspots, priorities, challenges and
opportunities for different creative sectors. The role focuses on providing Helpdesk support,
as the first point of contact for organisations using our Creative Climate
Tools (in particular organisations working with us through our Arts Council Programme and
Music Programme, especially
our IMPALA partnership). The Tools measure carbon emissions and organisational commitment to
wider environmental improvement. Beyond answering queries, you’ll be shaping training webinars
and materials for the organisations using the Tools. You’ll also be involved in the collective
reporting and storytelling back to the creative community and wider stakeholders on what the
data (both qualitative and quantitative) is telling us. Alongside the Helpdesk you will support
Julie’s Bicycle to keep up to date on new methodologies and evolving best practices in carbon
reporting and sustainability standards, and be involved in the development of the Tools
platform. 

The successful candidate will enjoy being in contact with many of the people and organisations
that Julie’s Bicycle works with day-to-day, develop a frontline understanding of how creative
organisations (especially SMEs) are understanding and managing their climate impacts, and dig
into the environmental impact data of arts and culture organisations around the world. You will
be data savvy, understand carbon footprint calculation methodologies, including the Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) Protocol, and be familiar with how organisations can manage environmental impacts
across areas such as energy, waste, water, procurement, travel. You’ll be able to communicate
really well – whether you are helping a cultural organisation or music label with a query;
demonstrating the tools or how to use data on a webinar; or writing up a case study.

When not running the Helpdesk, you will be happy to test new features on the Tools, contribute
to the development of our methodology, and research latest developments in best practice.
You’ll proactively solve things yourself but be comfortable with escalating issues to more
senior Julie’s Bicycle staff where needed – providing information to support decision-making.
And in return, you’ll be supported to develop your skills and knowledge by the wider team. If
you have a basic foundation in environmental management knowledge this role is a great
opportunity to develop deeper skills in environmental consultancy and carbon accounting. The
successful candidate will gain hands-on experience and join our friendly team in regular
shared-learning sessions. And of course you’ll be interested in the role of culture in taking
action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. 

We are committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer; we welcome applications from all
suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, culture,
religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please note, this post is open to people who already have the right to live and work in the UK,
as Julie’s Bicycle is not currently in a position to sponsor a work visa.

A note on AI:

While we understand that some people may use AI tools for accessibility (and recognise and
support that many assistive technologies may use elements of AI), we ask candidates to consider
what tools are most appropriate during the application process. For example, we recognise the
value for many people of machine learning language tools like Grammarly. On the other hand we
would discourage the use of generative AI tools in writing your application, as we’d like to
understand your personal interest in working for Julie’s Bicycle, and be able to understand
your non-AI-assisted communication skills just as they are. We also recognise that for many of
the people and creative communities we work with, the rise of generative AI poses a threat to
their livelihoods, while the environmental impacts of AI are only set to grow: this means we
also have a responsibility as Julie’s Bicycle to consider where and when (and if) we use AI in
our work. 

Thank you for your interest in working at Julie’s Bicycle.