Workstream Coordinator

**About Barnet Council**

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces, and diverse communities all help make it a wonderful place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better. As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Caring, Learning to Improve, Inclusive, Collaborate.

**About the Growth Directorate**

We are shaping Barnet as a place to Live, Work, Study and Visit. Through Barnet’s Growth Strategy we are delivering the housing, connectivity, support for businesses and town centres, and social infrastructure needed to sustain and improve local communities. Our Planning, Housing, Regeneration, Economic Development, and Estates services are a community of talented people solving the real-world problems and challenges that need to be addressed to deliver change and improve lives. We are delivering this all through many strategic partnerships that collectively form one of the largest development programmes in England.

**About the role**

We have vacancy within the Sustainability Team for the role of Workstream Coordinator - Sustainability; this is a newly created post responsible for supporting the Council’s ambitious, transformative agenda around sustainability.

It presents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual capable of supporting a number of activities across our Sustainability programme. An ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders will be critical. You’ll lead on developing, implementing successful projects from the Climate Action Plan by supporting Theme Leads, in support of our climate change agenda.

**About you**

You will provide support in horizon scanning for regional and national policy development learning from best practice to inform next practice, as well as harnessing and promoting behaviour change to meet the Council’s Sustainability Objectives; sharing insights with theme leads and your colleagues across the Sustainability Team and wider directorate.

You will be an enthusiastic individual who is keen to drive change through our ambitious programme of delivery. As such you will have significant experience of managing projects across a number of different portfolios and be flexible to a ever changing landscape.

**What we offer**
- 30 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well
- being training programs including confidential employee assistance

**How to apply**
- Sustainability.
- Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures._