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Background
West Lothian Council is committed to improving the quality of life for local communities by employing excellent, motivated people who share our passion for partnership working and the provision of excellent services.
The council holds Investor in People status across the organisation and every team is involved in service improvement and Customer Service Excellence. The council offers a wide range of benefits from an excellent pension scheme to flexible working.
West Lothian Council is known for its vision and innovation and its commitment to improving the quality of life for more than 172,000 residents.
As the biggest employer in the area with around 8,000 staff providing diverse services West Lothian Council is committed to making the area a great place to live, work and do business.
The council is committed to sustainability and is undertaking a wide range of measures to reduce carbon emissions and encourage positive environmental behaviours both internally and in the wider community.
West Lothian Council is an Equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are committed to the Double Tick Initiative and offer a guaranteed interview to any applicant who considers him/ herself to be disabled and who meets the competency requirements for the post.
The Green Impact Programme ( http://www.green-impact.org.uk/) is a national behaviour change initiative developed by the National Union of Students (NUS) to promote and coordinate positive environmental behaviour change in university and college staff departments, as well as Local Authorities and other public sector organisations throughout the UK. Sustainable Behaviour Assistants work with an institution’s Sustainability/ Environment Team to drive forward the Green Impact programme in West Lothian with the support of the NUS, School Switch Off (SSO) and Change Agents UK.
About Green Impact
Green impact is an environmental accreditation scheme that encourages pro-environmental behaviours by staff. It empowers sustainability champions within their workplace, helping them gain recognition for their environmental efforts, whilst playing on the competitive spirit of staff working in teams. It provides people and their departments with a tangible framework for improving their environmental performance, breaking down complex environmental issues into more manageable bite-sized chunks.
Green Impact forms part of the NUS’s wider strategy to support staff to green their own operations, their institutions and the wider community. The environmental programmes are also committed to providing volunteering opportunities for participants that will help with their employability, especially through skills that support the transition to a low carbon economy. The scheme is all about identifying and encouraging practical actions to bring about positive environmental behaviours. A number of council buildings are audited to identify current practices along with opportunities for improvement. Actions are carefully chosen so that any member of staff can do them on behalf of their team or department. From recycling, to investing in more efficient equipment, to encouraging biodiversity, or Fairtrade, the scheme covers a broad range of issues under the sustainability umbrella, all tailored to an individual institution to align with local policies and processes.
For more information on Green Impact please go to:
http://www.green-impact.org.uk
http://www.changeagents.org.uk/current-projects/green-impact
##Objective
This post will involve a coordinating and supportive role to ensure the effective implementation and delivery of Green Impact and School Switch Off in order to achieve an increase in the pro-environmental behaviours amongst staff and pupils within secondary schools in West Lothian, and at the council’s headquarters in Livingston.
The Sustainable Behaviour Assistant will provide added capacity to enable successful delivery of the organisation’s Green Impact project by the specified completion dates.
This is a 12 month full- time post that will deliver the Green Impact objectives but also enhance the capacity and impact of the climate change and energy team across West Lothian Council as a whole.
##Benefits of this opportunity
The successful graduate will have opportunities to learn about being a team player, developing communication skills in different mediums and will gain project management skills including event planning and management, project implementation and evaluation.
The full time nature of this role will enable the graduate to develop not only the skills and outputs required as part of Green Impact and School Switch Off , but also to work as an integral part of the climate change and energy team to create and drive forward further initiatives across the council’s staff and estates.
##Future employment potential and options
The role may be extended dependent upon its success and the development of any further needs that the council may have. Permanent work opportunities may arise within the council over the duration of the placement, but timing and funding will influence the likelihood of any further opportunities for the graduate.
The skills, experience and knowledge gained from these posts will provide a wide-range of sustainability related work opportunities.
For more information or to apply for this role please go to: http://www.changeagents.org.uk/sustainability-jobs/vacancy/d162-sustainable-behaviour-assistant-west-lothian-council
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