The Role
Southwark is committed to improving air quality, with an enviable reputation. Southwark has diverse communities, with over 120 languages spoken and all the vibrancy, variety and challenge you would expect. Southwark is an equal opportunity employer
This role is 18 month fixed term, full time, air quality projects officer in the environmental protection team in regulatory services
You will manage and lead on high profile, innovative air quality improvement projects with a budget of over £1 million, and will assist on others
The projects include schools air quality starter grants, air quality related schools projects, asthma friendly schools, active travel, air quality alerts redevelopment, leasing zero emission vehicles, promoting cargo bikes, promoting a low emission logistics consolidation centre, car free day events, and extension of the SCA
You will identify future air quality projects, help deliver the borough’s air quality action plan and identify new sources of funding and bid for them. You will take part in project teams and professional and academic pan London forums. You will maintain and update your knowledge through continuing professional development. You will manage air quality monitoring contracts
About Us
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About You
You will be an experienced, competent and professional environmental / air quality expert, with good understanding of air pollution issues, atmospheric chemistry and the regulatory framework for air quality management., and project and contract management experience. You will be thorough, well organised, comfortable chairing meetings, good report writing skills, have excellent presentation skills, and be able to present in a wide variety of formats to stakeholders. You will demonstrate excellent data recording skills, good numeracy skills and be able to calculate bias adjustments. you will be able to manipulate Excel spreadsheets for air quality data, project finances, and project planning. You will be able to travel to site and and be sufficiently able bodied to climb a ladder
If you are interested in applying for this role, please complete the application form and submit your suitability for the role, by using the Personal Specification to highlight your skills. The Personal Specification can be found at the bottom of this page under attachments
Additional Information:
- This is a Fixed Term contract for 18 months
- Standard 36 hours Monday to Friday, with some evening and weekend working occasionally required
- Qualifications needed: A graduate degree, or equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject and environmental or air quality management experience
For an informal discussion about the role please email Paul Newman Team Leader, Environment and Leisure on paul.newman@southwark.gov.uk
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits.
- You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members.
- You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough.
For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment Timetable
Closing date: 18th August 2023
Interview date: 24th August 2023
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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