Passionate about climate action We're searching for a visionary leader to take the reins as the Business Initiative Manager - Cheltenham Zero and drive the transformation towards a net carbon zero borough by 2030.
Location: Cheltenham
Salary: £33,024 to £35,745 pro-rata per annum (pay award pending wef 1 April 2024)
Job Type: Part Time, 20 hours per week
About Us:
We are an ambitious and forward-thinking council, committed to making Cheltenham a better place to live and work, enabling communities and businesses to thrive whilst protecting the town's cherished qualities.
Our aim to be an employer of choice where everyone is treated fairly and feels valued and respected. We aim to provide a stimulating and rewarding working environment that encourages our people to work together, provides opportunities for them to reach their full potential and achieve a healthy work/life balance.
**Business Initiative Manager - Cheltenham Zero - The Role:
Cheltenham Borough Council has set an ambitious goal to reach net zero by 2030. We are looking for someone who is keen to make a difference, to drive our successful, leading-edge Cheltenham Zero initiative that is already supporting 170 businesses and community groups who have signed up to deliver net zero by 2030.
Since 2020, £200k in grants has been made available to members for decarbonisation projects and free licences to the Zellar platform, which assists in carbon accounting and provides sustainability action plans.
Business Initiative Manager - Cheltenham Zero - Key Responsibilities:
As a key member of a highly focused Climate and Flooding team, you will be responsible for managing this central initiative:
- Devising and delivering a segmented engagement and communications strategy for businesses and community groups across Cheltenham to deliver their own climate programme
- Devising and delivering a high-profile programme of networking events, training, coaching and conferences to support these groups in developing their own programmes to improve their sustainability, improve energy efficiency and drive down greenhouse gas emissions
This role would suit someone with a proven track record of successfully delivering a sustainability/net zero programme either in a reasonably sized business in the private sector, as a consultant or for a similar business initiative. Alongside the technical climate change/energy knowledge required to deliver a programme of this nature, the successful candidate will possess excellent networking, business engagement, communication and programme management skills.
**Business Initiative Manager - Cheltenham Zero - You:
- An established track record and credibility is key. A background of engaging and/or collaboratively working with the private sector at a strategic level is essential
- Degree qualified within a relevant discipline or significant experience within the field of business emission reduction/sustainability at a senior level
- Effective senior stakeholder engagement in industry and business to deliver shared strategic objectives
- Experience of connecting, communicating with and managing a wide range of stakeholders at multiple levels
- Experience of devising strategy, leading and successfully delivering strategic initiatives
- Experience of managing external suppliers
**Business Initiative Manager - Cheltenham Zero - Benefits:
- Excellent pension scheme. You will be eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Generous holiday entitlement of 26 days rising to 31 days after five years. Part-time employees receive a pro rata entitlement of 26 days
- Flexible and agile working environment. We aim to provide opportunities to work from home or elsewhere and offer flexibility in working hours
- Comprehensive programme of learning and development
- Two days paid time off for volunteering
- Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes
- Employee counselling service
- Free eye tests (for some posts) and contribution towards the cost of glasses
- Cycle to work scheme
- Low-cost town centre parking (for some posts), depending on work location
- Commitment to employee wellbeing
- Access to a medical health benefit
To submit your application for this exciting****Business Initiative Manager - Cheltenham Zero**opportunity, please click 'Apply' now.