Job description
Oxford City Council’s Sustainability Team accelerates city-wide sustainability, particularly carbon emissions reductions and air quality improvements, by working with and for our partners across the city council and in and around the City of Oxford.
This role will principally manage the development and delivery of innovative the 'FutureFit Area Based Insetting' (FABI) project.
At present 60% of carbon emissions in Oxford are from buildings, of which non-residential buildings contribute slightly more than half. However, taking the step to decarbonise is difficult for many businesses and organisations. They face barriers including lack of time, money and key information to make the necessary changes to their buildings; Lack of finance in particular can stall action.
FABI is a way for large local organisations to offset their carbon emissions by supporting low carbon projects within their local area – in this case, helping to fund energy efficiency improvements for organisations that will help them cut carbon emissions and save money.
While the priority should remain on avoiding and reducing emissions, ABI stimulates greater local investment in carbon-saving projects and the ability to quantify and report on the associated carbon impacts.
This role will manage the development and delivery of the FABI initiative. You will plan, manage and control the delivery of this work, support effective and responsible governance of the insetting scheme, and providing advice to senior managers and Councillors. If you are a well organised and thrive in engaging with stakeholders to make a lasting difference this role will suit you.