Senior Environmental Partnerships Officer

At the heart of the role is partnership working. The role will require someone that can work well with others, building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and working relationships with a range of colleagues, partners and stakeholders, from the public, voluntary and private sectors. The role also involves managing a small team of professional staff as well as managing a range of projects., We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

The successful candidate will have relevant qualifications and / or experience in the environmental field, and a proven ability to deliver projects and co-ordinate multiple responsibilities and tasks. Experience of bid writing, as well as securing and managing funded projects is important. The role will also involve developing strategic and policy documents as well as writing technical and non-technical reports and providing technical advice to a range of stakeholders, including senior managers and elected members.,

• Have sound experience in collaborative working with internal and external partners and key stakeholders, and building positive relationships across peers, partners, and stakeholders, based on trust.
• Have experience of successfully managing projects using a structured methodology.
• Have a background in and understanding of the natural environment.
• Have experience of managing, motivating and supporting a team with a diverse workload.
• Be able to co-ordinate and interpret information and data from a range of sources, to support delivery of projects and enable effective communication.
• Have excellent written, communication and presentation skills, including being able to produce high quality strategic documents as well as providing relevant, concise oral and written information to senior officers and external partners.
• Be able to adapt to varying workloads and priorities, work to tight timescales and to agreed targets.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.