Sustainability Officer
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Location
Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/16/2025
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About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency and driving meaningful environmental change? Hounslow Council is offering an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Climate Emergency & Environmental Strategy team as a Sustainability Officer. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in delivering our ambitious climate action plan, supporting borough-wide sustainability initiatives, and helping to create a cleaner, greener, and more resilient future for all who live and work in Hounslow.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
The Climate Emergency & Environmental Strategy team at Hounslow Council is at the forefront of the borough’s response to the climate crisis. Established to deliver on the Council’s bold climate commitments, the team leads the development and implementation of strategies that reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality and promote sustainable living across the borough.
Working collaboratively across departments, with local communities, businesses, and regional partners, the team ensures that environmental sustainability is embedded in everything the Council does. From decarbonising council operations and supporting green infrastructure projects, to empowering residents to make climate-conscious choices, the team’s work is vital to building a healthier, more resilient Hounslow.
About You
We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable Sustainability Officer with expertise in climate change and energy to join our ambitious and high-performing Climate Emergency & Environmental Strategy team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to Hounslow Council’s commitment to becoming a net zero organisation by 2030, while supporting borough-wide emissions reductions and environmental improvements.
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 02085 833232
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 11th August 2025.
About
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 02085 833232
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 11th August 2025.
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency and driving meaningful environmental change? Hounslow Council is offering an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Climate Emergency & Environmental Strategy team as a Sustainability Officer. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in delivering our ambitious climate action plan, supporting borough-wide sustainability initiatives, and helping to create a cleaner, greener, and more resilient future for all who live and work in Hounslow.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
The Climate Emergency & Environmental Strategy team at Hounslow Council is at the forefront of the borough’s response to the climate crisis. Established to deliver on the Council’s bold climate commitments, the team leads the development and implementation of strategies that reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality and promote sustainable living across the borough.
Working collaboratively across departments, with local communities, businesses, and regional partners, the team ensures that environmental sustainability is embedded in everything the Council does. From decarbonising council operations and supporting green infrastructure projects, to empowering residents to make climate-conscious choices, the team’s work is vital to building a healthier, more resilient Hounslow.
About You
We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable Sustainability Officer with expertise in climate change and energy to join our ambitious and high-performing Climate Emergency & Environmental Strategy team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to Hounslow Council’s commitment to becoming a net zero organisation by 2030, while supporting borough-wide emissions reductions and environmental improvements.
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
- You’re a sustainability champion. You have a strong understanding of climate change, carbon reduction, and environmental sustainability, and you're passionate about making a real difference through practical action. You have the enthusiasm, ambition and skills to help tackle the Climate Emergency and reach our ambitious target to be net zero by 2030 whilst influencing wider borough emissions reduction.
- You’re a skilled project manager. You can lead and deliver complex sustainability projects, manage competing priorities, and work at pace to achieve measurable outcomes. You will be managing and delivering a number of innovative projects that feature as part of the Council’s environmental programmes.
- You’re a great communicator and collaborator. You can engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders, from senior leaders to community groups, and communicate technical information clearly and persuasively. You will be able to demonstrate evidence of developing excellent relationships both within and beyond your direct organisation and you will have delivered significant outcomes for residents and partners through working in collaborative ways. Experience of working in a political environment is desirable.
- You’re knowledgeable about climate policy. You have experience of managing and delivering decarbonisation projects and development projects. You will be able to provide climate policy advice to the Planning Policy and Development Management Teams
- You’re a team player with a proactive mindset. You thrive in a collaborative environment, take initiative, and are committed to continuous learning and improvement. You are committed to building knowledge of the environment, environmental change and making changes that address the needs of residents, businesses and our communities.
- A Basic DBS check is requried.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 02085 833232
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 11th August 2025.
About
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 02085 833232
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 11th August 2025.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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