Housing Decarbonisation Lead

5 days ago

Cornwall, United Kingdom Cornwall Council Full time

**Housing Decarbonisation Lead - Green Book Grade 5 - Full Time**
**Fixed Term Position for 3 years**

A exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Housing Decarbonisation Lead, within the Planning and Housing Service, this is a full time fixed term position for 3 years.

Cornwall is rapidly becoming known as a centre for excellence in clean growth and is at the forefront of tackling Climate Change. We declared a climate emergency in January 2019 and our Climate Change action plan outlines how we will reduce carbon emissions and work toward becoming carbon neutral by 2030 providing a roadmap for carbon neutrality a full twenty years ahead of the Government’s target of 2050.

Improving our homes both Council Homes and the housing stock across Cornwall are a key part of achieving this. Working with partners we have made changes we have set higher standards for new homes, delivered retrofit projects and begun work with the private rented sector. To continue this journey we need to develop and implement a strategy with targets and milestones to reduce carbon emissions from all housing in Cornwall (privately owned, rented and social) in accordance with our Climate Action Plan that strives for carbon neutrality by 2030.

**About you**
- _The post holder will need to have an understanding of the housing sector and decarbonisation, but most importantly be able to lead and drive progress on this complex challenge._
- _You will have an ability to prioritise effectively, create strategy and identify opportunities to deliver this challenge across complex organisations. _
- _You should be committed to delivering excellent outcomes and maintaining effective relationships with other officers, with colleagues at Cornwall Housing Ltd, with elected Members and other key stakeholders/partners._
- _You will have suitable qualifications commensurate to working in a position of this level._

A role profile can be found here.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here.

We are open to discussion about flexible working.

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