Climate Action Officer

Staff are contracted to work 37.5 hours. However, Live Here Live Here operates a 4-day working week of 30 hours with staff benefitting from a paid “non-working day”. On occasion you may be required to work on your non-working day. For further information please email jobs@liveherelovehere.org

Live Here Love Here (LHLH) has been funded by DAERA through the Carrier Bag Levy, to deliver a Climate Ready project. The focus of this is to provide training and support programmes across education, community and youth sectors that build knowledge and awareness about climate change and ways to live sustainably. In addition, the intention is to develop a sense of readiness for individuals and organisations to take action, adjust behaviour and contribute to mitigation and adaption initiatives in response to the climate crisis. The Climate Ready project offers both awareness raising programmes and signposting to key climate action opportunities through the myEARTH website.
 
This role has a particular focus on the recently developed and established, Climate Ready Classroom Award – a suite of training and learning opportunities for both teachers and pupils, fully integrated with the Eco Schools Green Flag programme. Working within the LHLH Education department you will extend the network of links, partnerships and contacts across primary, post primary schools and colleges to expand the delivery of these programmes and achievement of the Climate Ready Classroom Award. This will include direct training to both teachers and pupils, supporting them through meeting the Award criteria, managing certification and building ways to celebrate and publicise this achievement.
 
In addition, you will be required to deliver training to other sectors such as youth and community groups, depending on operational needs of the Climate Ready project.

The successful candidate will:

• Work closely with the line manager in overseeing programme delivery across the education sector in NI.
• Build and maintain a network of education contacts that facilitate meeting funded project targets.
• Develop liaison and delivery time spent in schools across NI.
• Drive growth in awareness and uptake of the Climate Ready Classroom (CRC) Award across NI.
• Build high-quality partnerships within sector organisations and broaden the CRC range of resources available to schools and colleges.
• Deliver training programmes to both adults and young people within the education sector including primary/post-primary schools, regional colleges, and universities.
• Maintain an effective, high-quality CRC Award presence on myEARTH that promotes easy access and uptake of programmes.
• Embed the CRC programmes within the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award.
• Work with the Communications Team to develop and oversee a publicity strategy that supports project aims.
• Align training and resources to the NI curriculum.
• Develop and deliver events linked to the CRC Award and wider education initiatives as required.
• Additional duties:
• Deliver a range of climate change and sustainability focussed training to a variety of community and youth audiences.
• Contribute to new resources and frameworks for learning.
• Work with and engage audiences and customers in a way that maintains relations and build reputation.
• Consult effectively with wider team members across departments to improve both efficiency of working and quality of deliverables.
• Provide professional, well-informed, and balanced climate action advice in line with departmental expectation.
• Report as required both internally and to funders.
• Engage in your own research and reading, keeping abreast of local, national, and international climate change/sustainability policy and response.
• Put in place and maintain high-quality admin systems to support project deliverables
• Familiarise, develop, and adhere to all internal policies and procedures.
• Undertake such work as may be determined from time to time up to or on a level commensurate with the main responsibilities of the post.

The nature of this role will be hybrid; from home and our Belfast office, with a requirement to travel NI-wide to deliver training and attend meetings. Mileage will be paid in line with our mileage policy.
IT support and hardware is provided for all staff to enable them to be efficient and effective in their work.
Live Here Love Here operates flexible office hours between 8am and 6pm, with core hours between 10am and 4pm. Your normal days of work will be Monday to Friday, with the odd occasion of an evening or weekend.
 
This position is funded through the DAERA Carrier Bag Levy.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP  
 Live Here Love Here is a community focussed organisation with a commitment to reducing its impact on the planet. A key approach in achieving this is through Carbon Literacy training for all employees.  This programme, delivered in partnership with the Carbon Literacy Project, raises awareness about the climate change challenge that we all face as well as the commitments we can make to behaviour change that will help reduce emissions. 
 New employees will be expected to attend Carbon Literacy training as part of their induction process and contribute to an ongoing dialogue within the organisation about how we can reduce our carbon impact and improve levels of sustainability. 

AUTHORITY 
All staff are expected to:

• Commission work only in line with company procedures and always obtain best value. 
• Refer any media interest or potential news stories to their line manager.
• Operate within the organisation’s policies and procedures at all times.
• Only commission marketing channels (especially print) in line with those agreed by the Chief Executive.