Principal Climate Change Officer

Job Title: Principal Climate Change Officer Location: Aylesbury Salary: £49,354 - £51,759 Reference number: BUC13952 Contract type: Fixed Term / Secondment Working hours: Full Time Application deadline: 12 Oct 2025 Overview Are you passionate about tackling climate change and improving lives? Join us at Buckinghamshire Council as we deliver ambitious, real-world solutions to reduce emissions, cut energy bills, and support our most vulnerable residents. This is an exciting time to join our Climate Response Team us as we continue our mission to address the challenge of climate change. By working with us, you will be an integral part of delivering our Climate Change and Air Quality Strategy. This role will take the lead in managing the Warm Homes: Local Grant for which we have received over £3m in grant funding from the government. Over the next two and a half years, you will oversee our managing agent as they deliver energy efficiency and low carbon heating upgrades to low income homes across the county. This will help to reduce energy bills, reduce carbon emissions and improve living standards in the treated households. In so doing, you will be playing a key part in our journey to toward a net zero future in Buckinghamshire. The successful candidate will: manage the contract with our managing agent; work with the Dept. for Energy Security and Net Zero to fulfil all reporting requirements for the project, work with the RISE support service to enable successful ..... full job details .....