Environmental Work, Jobs in Knutsford, Chs (with Salaries)

Sustainability Officer
Home Office —Stoke-on-Trent
- £41,750 - £44,250 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
10d
Quality & Compliance Graduate
Tullis Russell Coaters Ltd —Macclesfield
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Quality control
- Free parking
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10d
Sustainability and Ethics Officer
Kingsland Drinks —Manchester
- £35,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Data analysis skills
- Analysis skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Environment & Sustainability Analyst
Manchester Airport —Manchester
- Hybrid work
- Free parking
- Employee discount
1d
Trainee Sustainability Coordinator
Connolly Limited —Wigan
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Organisational skills
- SharePoint
Quick apply
3d
Renewables Technical Officer - Electric
MCS —Warrington
- £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
9d
Assistant Editor (Master's/PhD holder) - Sensors
MDPI UK —Manchester
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Doctoral degree
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Graduate Ecologist (Environmental) - Warrington - 2027
Stantec —Warrington
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
Sustainability Intern
Lucideon —Stoke-on-Trent
- Temporary
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- In-person
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Environmental Services Operative
OnwardHomes —Manchester
- £26,100 a year
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- Cleaning
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
12d
Graduate Environmental Consultant
Ayesa —St Helens
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Writing skills
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Environmental Sustainability Manager
SunbeltRentals —Birchwood
- Continuous improvement
- Travel
- AI
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Ecologist
APEM —Stockport
- Remote
- Travel
Field Service Engineer – Water Treatment
JN Environmental Ltd —Bury
- £27,000 - £32,000 a year
- Overtime
- Military
- No experience needed
- Electrical experience
- Sick pay
Quick apply
13d
Associate Ecologist
WSP —Manchester
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Leadership
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Environmental Support & Enforcement Officer
Waste Investigations Support & Enforcement Limited —Manchester
- £29,000 - £34,000 a year
- Overtime
- Computer literacy
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Quick apply
UK - Environmental Manager - Maternity Cover - 12 month FTC, Protos, Cheshire
Encyclis —Chester
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- English
- Maths
Environmental Project Officer
St. Helens Council —St Helens
- £35,570 - £37,563 a year
- Organisational skills
- Budgeting
- Leadership
4d
Environmental Project Officer
St Helens Borough Council —St Helens
- £35,570 - £37,563 a year
- Organisational skills
- Leadership
- Communication skills
4d
QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER
GERFLOR —Macclesfield
- Continuous improvement
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply

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Sustainability Officer

Home Office -
Stoke-on-Trent

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£41,750 - £44,250 a year
10 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension

Qualifications

Environmental stewardship
Stakeholder collaboration
Sustainability strategy
Low carbon solutions
Stakeholder liaison
Carbon management
Presentation skills
Media and communications experience
Climate change mitigation

Full job description

Details

Reference number

474275

Salary

£41,750 - £44,250

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Chief Operating Officer Group

Type of role

Estates
Property

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
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Location

Glasgow, Liverpool, Peterborough, Salford, Sheffield, Solihull, Stoke-on-Trent

About the job

Job summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

The Corporate Services Group works closely with the Home Offices policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the departments priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Communications, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Private Office, Security, Estates and Information.

We are looking to recruit a Sustainability Officer to play a key role in supporting the development of our strategies and plans to deliver our Greening Government Commitments (GGC) and wider sustainability targets.

The HO is committed to creating a Better, Smaller and Greener estate which provides value for money for the taxpayer, reduces our environmental impact, enables transformation to the way civil servants work and contribute to the growth agenda. The role holder will support our work to reduce our carbon emissions, minimise the waste we generate, better manage our impact on the environment and make our estate and operations more resilient to climate change.

Job description

The Sustainability Officer plays an important role in supporting the Home Offices sustainability ambitions and contributing to the delivery of Greening Government Commitments. Working across a wide range of sustainability priorities, including Net Zero, climate adaptation, circular economy, water and nature objectives, the post holder will help develop and implement strategies, policies and action plans that drive environmental improvements across the organisation.

The role involves working closely with colleagues, subject matter experts, senior leaders and external partners to identify opportunities, manage risks and support the delivery of sustainability objectives. You will contribute to sustainability communications, engagement activities and policy development, helping to embed sustainable practices into everyday business processes and decision-making. The role also provides the opportunity to monitor emerging trends and innovations, applying insights that promote continuous improvement and support the Home Offices wider commitment to environmental responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Support the development and delivery of sustainability strategies, policies and action plans that contribute to Greening Government Commitments and wider sustainability objectives.
Collaborate with stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify risks, opportunities and solutions that support environmental targets.
Build effective relationships with colleagues, senior leaders and external partners to embed sustainable practices across the organisation.
Develop and deliver sustainability communications, campaigns and engagement activity that increase awareness and encourage behavioural change.
Support the development, review and quality assurance of sustainability policies, guidance and communications content.
Create and maintain sustainability content across internal communication channels and engagement platforms.
Monitor sustainability developments, emerging trends and best practice to inform continuous improvement and future activity.
Provide flexible support across a range of sustainability priorities and contribute to environmental performance improvements.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Person specification

Essential criteria

Experience of working in a communications, engagement or change-management role, delivering successful campaigns or initiatives to diverse audiences.
Ability to engage, influence and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation, including senior leaders.
A willingness and enthusiasm to learn a broad range of sustainability subject areas and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Knowledge and experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and managing stakeholders.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and/or experience of working in a sustainability/environmental role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
See more of our benefits on our careers website.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.

Application by 3rd September 2026.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

CV
Personal Statement (maximum 750 words).

Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored against the experience required for the role as noted within the essential criteria.

The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.

For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.

2. Sift 7th September 2026.

The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and CV.

Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of all the remaining elements submitted (Personal Statement). Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the initial sift will not have their remaining submitted elements scored and will only receive a sift score for that assessed at the initial sift.

3. Interview 28th September 2026.

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Experience based questions. All Behaviours listed in the selection process will be scored at the interview.

The interview will take place via Teams.

Candidates will be required to have access to:

A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
Good internet connection
Microsoft Teams

For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

Problems during the application process

If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think youve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact [email protected], including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.

Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.

Location Preference

You can select up to three locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.

Reserve lists will be held for each location. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location.

Breaking Tied Scores

The behaviours and experience have been ranked in order of importance to enable us to differentiate between candidates with tied interview scores.

Standards

All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.

Additional Security Checks

As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.

Reasonable Adjustments

If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
Complete the Assistance Required section in the Additional Requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the Contact point for applicants section.

Further information

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.

If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. and you wish to make a complaint, then contact the Government Recruitment Service via [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

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