Sustainable Infrastructure and Resilience Officer WCC

As a Sustainable Infrastructure & Resilience Officer, you too can make a powerful contribution. As part of the Council's Highways Services, you'll play a vital role in the delivery and management of our climate resilience objectives. You'll help us to build a sustainable, highly effective organisation and develop our reputation as a successful council that delivers great value for its residents.

You will support a range of exciting strategic and hands‑on projects, aimed at reducing the risk of flooding across the borough as set out in the council's Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (LFRMS).

Seeing through climate resilience objectives - including flooding - will be a top priority for you. You will lead and provide support on key projects and initiatives, creating clear project plans for all. You'll be responsible for identifying funding opportunities, allocating budgets, and ensuring that spend and income is effectively managed. Plus, you'll track progress through regular reports on key performance indicators.

Identifying and managing risks will be key to your role too. You'll keep on top of relevant legal, regulatory and policy requirements; advising when new legislation could impact your work. We'd like you to monitor and challenge quality standards, always striving to improve and be more innovative.

Effective collaboration across service providers and stakeholders will be critical to a successful service. You'll also engage with our communities, including residents who have experienced flooding. At times, you'll deputise for the manager and cover for other team members. You'll also represent the city council to external groups.

In joining us, you'll become part of a team where everyone is encouraged to show up as themselves and share ideas. We'd like you to embody our council values and behaviours, evolving and embracing opportunities as a member of the team.

To be fit for the role, you'll have a background in flood risk management, or similar. You'll have an awareness of the Flood & Water Management Act 2010.

As well as sector experience, you'll have delivered change to a team or organisation before. You've contributed to policy, analysis, advised and briefed stakeholders. Proactive about improvement, you've identified new opportunities.

You'll be comfortable managing budgets, producing notes and reports, and delivering projects to time and budget. Plus, you're adept at overcoming obstacles to achieve a goal, including identifying and resolving issues speedily. You can offer technical advice to help others.

Collaboration is core to how you work. Whether that's with stakeholders or to better understand customer needs. You're committed to equality and diversity, both as a leader and service deliverer.

You'll be able to use Microsoft packages Word, Excel and PowerPoint to a good standard.

To be a true asset to our team, you'll invest time in personal development, encouraging others to do the same.

We'd like for you to be degree educated (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco‑friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet.

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Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens' Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the…