South Wales Fire & Rescue Service
Sustainability Officer
(Secondment Opportunity)
Fixed Term: 37 Hours per week
Grade: 13
Salary: £34,788
Closing Date: Monday 9th November at 17:00
Please note that all salaries are subject to job evaluation.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are looking to appoint a Sustainability Officer on an initial fixed term contract of 12 months.
The successful candidate will be responsible working across various departments to create, manage and deliver environmental sustainability projects and initiatives ensuring that our Service meets the legislative requirements and adopts best practice in delivery of our services to the citizens of South Wales.
Applicants must be able to use creativity and technical knowledge to design and deliver initiatives and raise awareness across the Service. This post reports directly to the Property Strategy Manager but will also work closely with other senior officers across the team’s entire remit (sustainability, energy, fleet, waste etc.).
The successful candidate will have significant input into other aspects of the Service’s environmental sustainability strategy and policies as required.
For more information, you are invited to contact Geraint Thomas, Head of Finance and Procurement GB-Thomas@southwales-fire.gov.uk .
Candidates must be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of environmental sustainability, be creative and solution focused. A keen eye for detail and strong analytical skills are essential for this post, alongside excellent numerical, written and verbal communication skill set. Working closely with varying senior officers it is imperative that applicants have the ability to express and present complex information accurately, clearly and concisely both orally and in writing are skills vital to the role.
We are a family friendly organisation and a flexible working system is in operation.
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure Scotland check and be required to undertake a Drug and Alcohol Test prior to an appointment being made.
An Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded from the Careers page of our website at www.southwales-fire.gov.uk.
The closing date for the receipt of completed Application Forms is Monday 9th November at 17:00 hours and completed applications should be returned to: The Recruitment and Resourcing Team, South Wales Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Forest View Business Park, Llantrisant, CF72 8LX or via email to hgoodchild@southwales-fire.gov.uk.
Please note we do not accept CVs.
All documentation is available in both in English and in Welsh and we welcome communication in either language.
Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service believes in the real value of having a diverse workforce and we proactively want to encourage applicants from all sectors of our community to apply.