INTERNAL ONLY: Climate Project Manager
Job description
This position is advertised internally for Powys County Council employees only
About the role:
The successful candidate will project manage and support colleagues with the delivery of a programme of projects and actions to reduce the Council’s carbon emissions and improve its resilience to climate change. This will include the production of plans, documentation, and guidance for project teams throughout the delivery timetable for the Net Zero Routemap, ensuring:
• All organisational procedures are adhered to,
• Routemap objectives and performance targets are identified and met,
• Benefits are realised from the procurement through to implementation.
You will also, provide management reporting, that monitors progress and impact.
About you:
You will have:
• Practical and demonstrable knowledge, experience and understanding of all aspects of project management. An understanding of local
government, the national political context within which it operates and the current challenges and opportunities.
• Experience of providing leadership, guidance, and support to elected
members, colleagues, and partners to enable effective decision making
and the highest standards of corporate governance.
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and partners and in
planning and delivering community engagement events/activities.
• Experience of developing partnership arrangements across the Council
and with key stakeholders and partners to foster effective joint working to improve outcomes.
• A basic understanding of Climate Change and the urgent need for the
Council to take action to reduce its carbon emissions, improve the
resilience of its services to the challenges of more extreme weather
associated with Climate Change and the need to provide leadership to
the wider community in Powys in respect of these actions.
• Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, and negotiation
skills.
• An appropriate professional qualification in project management or
previous relevant experience.
What you will do:
You will:
• Lead, manage, motivate, and ensure that projects are delivered
effectively, efficiently and that key milestones are met to ensure effective
and efficient project delivery in compliance with the Net-Zero Routemap.
• Support colleagues at a service-level and in the thematic boards with
project budgets, monitoring the expenditure and costs against benefits
that are realised as projects progress.
• Manage communications and active engagement with staff and
stakeholders to deliver and report projects effectively internally and
externally.
• Develop partnership arrangements across the Council and with key
external stakeholders and partners to foster effective joint working to
improve outcomes.
• Prepare and present reports on the Net-Zero Routemap delivery in order to provide accurate and clear information to the project board/local
partnership, stakeholders, elected members, heads of service and senior
managers.