Graduate Climate Change Officer

Job closes on 22/09/2025

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Environment & Climate

£31,537 - £33,699

Fixed Term Contract

Full time

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About The Role

Role: Graduate Climate Change Officer

Location: South Ribble Borough Council, Civic Centre

Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Fixed Term Contract (24 months)

Salary: £31,537 - £33,699

Closing Date: 22 September 2025

Are you passionate about the environment and sustainability and securing it for future generations? Do you have effective data analysis and mapping skills alongside great customer care and engagement capabilities and the flair to support multiple projects?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our small Climate Change Team and provide crucial support in delivering our Green Agenda from decarbonisation to biodiversity projects. Working across the Council and wider Borough, you will be a key player in delivering the Council’s Climate, Air Quality and Biodiversity Strategies and supporting Action Plans and helping us progress towards our Net Zero targets.

What you’ll be getting up to

South Ribble declared a climate emergency in 2019 and is committed to work in this area, making climate and biodiversity corporate priorities. You will contribute to the development and delivery of the Council’s work around climate, air quality and biodiversity by

Supporting the delivery of corporate climate, air quality and biodiversity projects
Supporting the preparation of reports and grant applications by researching, collecting, analysing and mapping data
Carrying out site checks and surveys across the Borough to ensure we are delivering our promised actions
Supporting the work of the Climate Emergency Task Group (a cross-party group of elected members championing the climate work of the Council)
Supporting and collaborating with Officers across the Council to deliver climate related projects
Engaging with our network of external partners, schools and community groups, to listen to ideas and support project development and implementation.
Supporting at events to deliver the climate, biodiversity and air quality message

Who we’re looking for

The successful candidate will have a recent degree in environmental management, sustainability, ecology or related field that means you have experience in one or more of the key themes in climate, air quality and / or biodiversity and be keen to learn about the other areas.
You will have a good working knowledge of GIS (ideally QGIS)
You will have strong data capture, analysis and reporting skills
You will have experience of conducting research and using evidence to draw conclusions
You will have the ability to think flexibly, innovatively and resourcefully to solve problems and create solutions
You will have strong organisational skills and be able to juggle a varied workload
Experience of working in a public facing role (paid or voluntary) would be an advantage
Essential is the willingness to work with a wide variety of different stakeholders from schools, community groups, businesses and general public as well as officers across different Council departments to support and affect behaviour change.

Other requirements

This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving license and access to a vehicle.

Our Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
Hybrid/agile working from day one
Local Government pension
Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
Volunteering days
Free parking

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first-class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with Chorley Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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