Carbon Neutral Policy Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £37,563 (Level one), rising to £40,444 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Clocktower Building, Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. 

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.  So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

• To lead the development of energy, climate change and other sustainable development policies, strategies and targets, and ensure they are met. 
• To develop, implement and advise upon environmental and sustainability initiatives and policy, and support the integration of sustainable principles and practices within Council services and through partnership-focused initiatives.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• To lead the development of plans to deliver carbon neutral status to NCC and the city of Nottingham.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues across NCC, and with stakeholders around Nottingham and beyond, to ensure strategy documents are ambitious but deliverable, and have strong buy-in from across the city.
• To identify funding opportunities to help meet ambitions on energy, fuel-poverty, waste and climate change, and support the Head of Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy in taking advantage of those opportunities through, for example, developing funding bids. 
• To support the Head of Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy and members of the CN28 & Air Quality Strategy Board with technical and project support in order to ensure that organisation change, and actions found within the Carbon Neutral Action Plan are delivered.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it.  We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Jorge Santana, Head of Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy, by telephone on 078 1502 5579 or by email at jorge.santana@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Closing Date: 16th October 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:   October 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits. 

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)  + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.