Principal Portfolio Officer – Route to Net Zero Carbon

The Route to Zero (R20) team will be the Council’s key focal point for enabling action in its ambition to reach net zero carbon by 2030 or as soon thereafter as a just transition allows. A brand-new team fully endorsed by Council leaders; this is a unique opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the 2020s is the decade of delivery of emissions reduction at scale. With a wide range of roles to be secured in this critical new team, we’re seeking individuals passionate about climate change and sustainability who bring new skills from other sectors, as well as practitioners with comprehensive technical and professional experience. Working across all City Council departments, fostering existing external relations and facilitating new public-private sector partnerships to build investment and delivery capacity; collaboration and co-creation will sit at the heart of the R20 approach. The R20 team will inspire, drive and secure exciting new opportunities that will lead to the significant scale of growth in energy efficiency, decarbonisation and behaviour change required to achieve 2030 ambitions.

The Principal Portfolio Officer - Route to Zero Carbon will support the development, management and monitoring of a long-term portfolio of projects and initiatives to support BCC in achieving its carbon reduction commitments. They will work with teams throughout the organisation along with external stakeholders. With demonstrable knowledge of a wide range of energy efficiency, carbon reduction, renewable energy opportunities and experience of project development and delivery, they will use their technical knowledge advice and identify and prioritise opportunities for carbon reduction whilst demonstrating the positive links with economic, health and social outcomes.

Our benefits include:

• Annual Leave (29 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ service and 34 days after 10 years’ service)

• Local Government pension scheme. This is a career-average scheme where the employee contributes approximately one-third and the employer contributes approximately two-third

• Flexible working

• Flexi scheme which has the ability to have an additional 2 days off per month

Salary Sacrifice Schemes include:

• Purchase up to 4 weeks additional annual leave

• Childcare vouchers

• Cycle to work scheme

• Car Benefit scheme

• My Birmingham Rewards – thousands of discounts for high street and online retailers

• Health and wellbeing support – free, confidential 24/7 support and advice helpline

To apply and to view the Job Description & Person Specification for this role, please visit:

https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/111628/principal-portfolio-officer-route-to-net-zero-carbon-/

Closing date: 30/01/2022

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