Carbon Specialist - Environment Agency
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Region
National
Salary Minimum
£39,635 pro-rata
Number of jobs available
2
Do you want to help the Environment Agency reach Net Zero Carbon? Are you good at influencing and have experience supporting projects deliver sustainability?
This advert is for national recruitment of carbon specialists. We currently have vacancies for carbon specialists to support NE, NW, East and Midlands hubs. However, applicants successful at interview from any geographical location will be held on our reserve list for the next 6 months and may be offered roles supporting other hubs if vacancies arise
Carbon Specialists support delivery of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCRM) capital programme ensuring that carbon is managed in the most effective way. They deliver the Carbon Assessment and Verification processes ensuring the capital programme meets the Environment Agency's corporate targets and strategic objectives relating to carbon.
You will support the carbon management of projects through whole-life carbon assessments, decarbonisation intelligence, and optioneering, maximising reduction of carbon emissions.
You will promote the use of the carbon reduction hierarchy fostering low carbon thinking, providing insight into low-carbon innovations and decarbonisation technologies relevant to the Environment Agency’s assets.
You will be responsible for verifying that projects have adequately considered carbon reduction opportunities and assessing performance against carbon budgets.