Environment Manager

Are you looking for the opportunity to make a real difference to nature, heritage and people across Staffordshire?

As Environment Manager, you will lead a team of specialists in ecology, landscape, trees and the historic environment, providing advice and technical input on environmental management across the council.

With expertise and experience in partnership working, you will lead development and input to partnerships and initiatives that support the conservation and recovery of Staffordshire’s natural and historic environment.

This will include strategic support and management of our partnerships for nature recovery across Staffordshire and Stoke, and the Cannock Chase National Landscape.

Main Responsibilities

In this role you'll:

• Lead, manage and input to delivery of technical specialist environmental advice to ensure environmental compliance.
• Lead and oversee development and delivery of plans, strategies and initiatives to support Staffordshire’s environment.
• Ensure management and availability of data and evidence to support effective decision making.
• Leadership and management of a team of specialists.
• Partnership working, commissioning and managing stakeholder relations.

The Ideal Candidate

You'll have:

• Significant knowledge and a working understanding of environmental policy and practice relevant to England.
• Experience of working across multiple disciplines.
• Experience of management, you will have a proven track record of leading and developing initiatives, plans and strategies, and working collaboratively to deliver environmental outcomes.

Interviews are likely to be Wednesday 5 February 2025.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Sarah Bentley, Head of Environment & Countryside sarah.bentley@staffordshire.gov.uk  

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.