Climate Emergency UK is looking for a Training Coordinator to lead on the delivery of our Local Climate Academy (LCA) as well as other training programmes. This role is crucial in empowering residents, council officers, and councillors to use the Council Climate Action Scorecards and drive climate action at the local level.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and encourage applications from people currently underrepresented in the environment movement, including women, people of colour, those from a working class background, rural communities, people with disabilities or from the LGBTQI community.

About the role

Climate Emergency UK (CE UK) designed and launched the Local Climate Academy (LCA) in Autumn 2023 to coincide with the launch of the Council Climate Action Scorecards. 

The Local Climate Academy is a 6-week online course that equips council officers, councillors and residents (different courses) with the knowledge, tools and skills to support their council to tackle the climate and ecological crisis. We also deliver stand alone peer-learning sessions with councils and campaign training sessions with residents on what the Action Scorecards show and how to use the information with them for climate action. 

We’re looking for someone who understands the complexity of local government and is passionate about the ability of residents and people power to bring about systemic change. Councils may not be the sexiest topic, but with up to a third of emission reductions within the influence of local authorities, there is a real chance to make a significant difference in reducing carbon emissions and improving our communities.

The role

Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional travel to team work days
Salary: £33,526 pro-rata (approx. £16,763 per annum, based on the CE UK standard work week of 32 hours)
Hours: 16 hours a week
Start date: week commencing 28th October 2024 or soon after
Contract: 1 year fixed term, with likelihood of extension
Benefits: Holiday allowance 23 days plus bank holidays (pro rata), 3% pension contributions

The job is remote working, with the successful candidate living in the UK. The successful candidate will be required to travel to a central UK city every 2-3 months for team work days (likely London, Brighton or Lancaster). Travel and accommodation expenses covered. 

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Lead on the delivery of the Local Climate Academy, including:
  • Developing and updating course materials; securing speakers 
  • Adapting the course content to our key audiences: council officers, councillors and campaigners
  • Recruiting and managing participants, including councillors from across the UK and political spectrum, council officers and campaigners.
  • Delivering engaging training sessions
  • Monitoring and evaluation of training sessions
• Supporting the delivery of other training programmes:
  • Updating content and co-facilitating other trainings with councils, campaigners and Scorecard volunteers
  • Supporting the Outreach Director with participant recruitment and management
• Supporting the implementation of CE UK’s engagement strategy: 
  • Supporting the Outreach Director with designing, promoting and delivering trainings and briefings about the Action Scorecards to a variety of audiences, campaigners, councillors, council staff and sector organisations
  • Organising online and in-person consultation events with key stake-holders
  • Managing and working with CE UK volunteers
• Supporting the launch of the 2025 Council Climate Action Scorecards through:
  • With training, audit councils in the third stage of the marking process
• Working with the rest of the team to make organisational decisions and plans
• Responding to general enquiries via social media and through email

Person specification

Essential criteria for the role

Knowledge

• An understanding of how local government works in the UK
• An understanding of the climate crisis and some of the main actions local government can take to reduce emissions

Experience

• Experience working with local government
• Experience of coordinating and running online training events
• Experience of designing and facilitating workshops, meetings, or other forms of public speaking, online and in-person for different audiences

Skills

• Able to work independently, problem-solve and use own initiative 
• Able to work remotely whilst remaining a strong team player
• Able to build rapport and trusting relationships with a diverse range of people
• Able to motivate and encourage participants and volunteers to take action
• Strong non-written communication skills, an ability to communicate in simple and accessible ways, and adapt your communication style to different audiences
• The ability to juggle tasks and work to both short term and long term objectives
• Proficiency using Zoom and email

Personal attributes

• A strong motivation to work at a local level to enable wider change
• A belief in an equal society and a commitment to challenging inequality and the ways oppression can play out in everyday life

Desirable criteria for the role

This is a list of extra things that may be useful in the role. You don’t need to meet any of these in order to apply, though if you do, please mention it in your question answers. 

• Experience of creating change through campaigning
• Previous experience of managing volunteers remotely
• Previous experience of using the Climate Council Plan or Action Scorecards
• Previous experience of working in a small organisation
• The ability to write persuasively, for example writing a blog or social media post aimed at encouraging somebody to get involved with our work
• The ability to use social media platforms for promotion and engagement

About Us

Climate Emergency UK is a small organisation that aims to inspire and organise action to respond to the climate and ecological emergency at the local level, working with Councils and residents. Across the UK, local authorities of all political persuasions have declared climate & ecological emergencies, have written action plans to deliver on their ambitions and some are taking the actual action necessary. There are also hundreds of community groups, taking action into their own hands by campaigning for the council to take real climate action. And this is where CE UK comes in. We exist to support those in the council climate movement by providing accessible information about best practice on council climate action and providing a network where local authorities, activists, NGOs, business and local communities can work together.

The successful candidate would be joining a small, yet mighty, staff team of four (including the successful candidate). 

We make decisions by all-team consensus which this staff member would be part of. This role will be managed by the Outreach Director. 

Closing date: Thursday 26th September 2024.

Interviews will likely be held on the 9th and 10th October 2024. We would like the successful candidate to start the week commencing 28th October or November 2024 (a later start date is also possible if we have the right candidate).

Further information for applicants

• Local Climate Academy
• How to use the Scorecards