Senior Climate Resilience Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £43,860 - £47,829 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 01st February 2026

Interview Date(s): Proposed for W/C 16th February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Climate Resilience team to play a leading role in delivering the Council’s commitments and strategic outcomes on climate change and the environment.

You will lead on and support the identification, development and delivery of projects and initiatives that support the achievement of the Council’s environmental commitments. You will support the development and delivery of environmental policies and strategies. You will be responsible for line managing a small dedicated team. You will work in partnership with both internal and external partners and stakeholders, while building and maintaining effective working relationships.

You will produce technical and non-technical reports, that require the analyses and interpretation of data and information and will be required on occasions to present reports to a range of audiences, including elected members.

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Relevant environmental qualification(s) or equivalent work experience in an environmental area.
• Experience of developing and delivering environmental policies and strategies.
• Experience of successfully developing and managing projects and initiatives.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data and information to produce technical and non-technical reports.
• Ability and confidence to develop and present reports and presentations to a diverse range of audiences.
• Ability to work with a range of partners and stakeholders, and of building and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage complex processes and have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work within tight timescales whilst working under pressure.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

James O’Brien

Team Manager Environment Policy & Strategy

To contact me via email, please

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities.

We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce…