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Climate Adaptation Project Officer

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Reference 1784  (Please mention Stopdodo/Environment Jobs in your application)
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Location England (East Midlands) - UK
Town/City Northamptonshire County Council
Salary Additional Information £14,492
Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level Voluntary & Interns
Deadline 26/10/2009
Company Name STUDENTFORCE
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Telephone 01572 725834
Fax 01572 725830
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This project will involve 8 Studentforce graduate placements (5 new, 3 already in place), each hosted at one of the major local authorities in the East Midlands region for a period of 6 – 9 months and with the possibility of extension into 2010/11. This is Phase 4 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 4 involves building on the knowledge and experience gained through the LCLIP process 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 the brand new UK Climate Projections 09, which have just been publicly launched by Government in 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 posts will be located in Matlock (Derbyshire), Nottingham, Leicester (2) and Lincoln. Useful links for more information: http://www.ukcip.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=278&Itemid=377 http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localgovindicators/ni188.htm www.climate-em.org.uk
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