The Directorate is also responsible for regeneration (where the programme is not housing led), enterprise, growth, capital projects and design work.
About the Climate Change Mitigation team
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Climate Change Mitigation team at a time when the need to both mitigate and adapt to climate change has never been greater. The Mayor has set a target for London to be Net Zero Carbon by 2030 and the Climate Change Mitigation team is working across a range of policies and programmes to deliver a just transition that will reduce emissions and meet that 2030 target.
The Climate Change Mitigation team leads on developing climate change policy and strategy to support the Mayor’s goals of making London net zero carbon by 2030, including in the London Environment Strategy and London Plan, and contributing to economic growth through his Green New Deal.
The team develops new and innovative delivery mechanisms to accelerate the scale and pace of decarbonisation, while meeting the needs of Londoners and adapting to climate change. It works collaboratively with partners across London, nationally and globally to embed and support action on climate; with a focus on buildings, energy systems and transport. It also monitors and reports progress against climate related targets and uses this to inform the city’s strategy on climate action.
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced senior policy officer to support the Climate Change Mitigation team across its range of work programmes.
Specifically they will support the team’s work on supporting area-based approaches to decarbonisation, which includes the Mayor’s Future Neighbourhoods 2030 initiative.
Experience in community engagement and co-design would be valuable.
Experience and understanding of energy systems (including heat networks), building retrofit and renewable energy technologies would also be valuable.
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role the following criteria are desirable:
Experience in environmental policy development and delivering on programmes specifically in the field of climate and energy.
Experience of working with stakeholders from the public, community and private sectors on shared projects, ideally in the fields of climate and energy or local government.
Ability to use a range of office software including word processing and spreadsheet packages.
Experience of community engagement and programme co-design would be valuable.
Experience and understanding of energy systems, including heat networks, as well as building retrofit and renewable energy technologies would be valuable.
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:
Up to date CV
Personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words. Please ensure you address how you demonstrate the criteria outlined above in the advert (ideally using section headings).
Please note all applications for this vacancy must be submitted via our online recruitment system. We do not accept CVs alone for this role. Please upload a personal statement to the ‘Additional Documents’ section of the form. Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.
Please ensure your CV and cover letter/supporting statement documents are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g. “CV – applicant name - 012345)
