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Climate Adaptation Officer Jobs in Bath – England – UK at undisclosed
Title: Climate Adaptation Officer
Company: undisclosed
Location: Bath – England – UK
Category: Science, Non-Profit
Climate Change Adaptation Officer
Salary: £31,000 – £35,000
Contract type:
Permanent
Working hours:
Full time
Location:
Callow Rock, Shipham Gorge, Cheddar
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report laid out in March 2023, we are now on the brink of irrevocable damage from climate change; this is our final warning and the time is now for action to address this crisis.
The report highlighted that restoring nature was one of the key actions needed to address this issue. Our client, a wildlife charity are at the forefront of this work in Somerset and are fully committed to this path through their Wilder Somerset 2030 Strategy and to delivering a vision whereby we reverse biodiversity loss and tackle the climate crisis.
Developing and further embedding the Act to Adapt process, through their Adapting Somerset and Somerset s Wilder Coast projects to support communities and to develop plans to adapt their local areas to the impacts of climate change.
Responsibility 1:
Providing
leadership
and technical expertise
Being proactive and nurture strong relationships by:
Providing
leadership
on their Climate Change Nature Adaptation work.
Working closely with the Local Nature Partnership Coordinator and
Advocacy
Manager, and wider project team from partner organisations, to develop and deliver a programme of online and in-person communications, meetings and workshops. This is designed to foster climate change adaptation in the county supporting nature s recovery and community
resilience
, and therefore involves working closely with farmers and landowners, all layers of local council, infrastructure experts, academics and the general public, including communities already impacted by flooding.
Providing line management to the Climate Adaptation Assistant.
Continuing developing the RAD approach for priority habitats, alongside the Landscape Recovery team, which will contribute to managing land within internationally important wetlands.
Keeping abreast of national and international climate change developments and relate these to Somerset.
Responsibility 2:
Engagement with Communities and Creating Robust Partnerships
Lead engagement efforts by:
Contributing to discussions and work streams developing climate change adaptation pathways at a county level, and in specific local areas relating to flooding, drought and wildfire.
Developing information for a lay audience regarding the role of nature in reducing the impacts of climate change, including: sea-level rise; predicted changes in land use; warming, etc. and to help people understand what the future may bring especially in Somerset s more vulnerable nature habitats.
Supporting people s wider understanding of the role of nature to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration and storage.
Continuing the rollout of the Act to Adapt process in local communities, organising events and workshops and using the Climate Adaptation Toolkit to explain the process of developing community and nature based solutions to the big issues of climate change.
Responsibility 3:
Developing sustainable projects and evaluation
Lead and support projects and reporting by:
Working with the Somerset Local Nature Recovery Strategy team…
