London Wood Burning Project Lead

About us

In Camden we are committed to working together to make our borough the best place to live,
work, study and visit. Partnership with our communities is central to the way we work, so that
everyone can access opportunities and nobody gets left behind. Camden Council has committed to
the World Health Organization air quality standards and realising citizens’ vision for a
borough in which ‘no one experiences poor health because of the air they breathe in Camden’.

The role

As the London Wood Burning Project Lead you will support the Air Quality Programme Manager by
managing the delivery of the London Wood Burning Project, which is at the forefront of our
collective work to protect Londoners’ health from air pollution from domestic heating.

The London Wood Burning Project is our flagship project to reduce the impact of domestic
heating on air quality and public health, and is being delivered by Camden and Islington with
13 other local authority partners. The Project will improve our understanding of the health
impacts associated with domestic heating – which is an increasingly dominant source of urban
air pollution – and will build public knowledge through the delivery of a pan-London awareness
raising campaign.

In this exciting new role you will lead the development of the campaign strategy and creative
design, media buying, and delivery of the campaign during winter 2023/24. You will coordinate
the involvement of all 15 participating authorities, service providers, and external partners
to ensure the Project achieves maximum impact.

As London Wood Burning Project Lead you will have a unique opportunity to lead a significant
awareness raising campaign and will be able to shape how London authorities collectively tackle
air pollution from domestic heating.

Aside from leading the London Wood Burning Project you will spend one day per week supporting
Camden’s wider air quality work, helping to implement our new Clean Air Action Plan 2023-26
(CAAP). This will include managing our own in-house ‘Clean Air for Camden’ behaviour change
campaign and other innovative projects that we bring forward under the CAAP.

About you

You will have excellent project management skills and experience in managing and delivering
behaviour change or engagement projects relating to air quality, sustainability, public health,
or another relevant subject.

You will hold a professional qualification or equivalent experience with a good understanding
of air quality and/or public health.

You will be a great communicator, able to engage with a variety of audiences, and will have the
confidence to build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

In this role you will need to have attention to detail and excellent organisational skills to
manage conflicting priorities and the varied nature of the role.

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how
we’re supporting our communities, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good
to you, we’d love to talk.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer.  Click HERE to see full details of our
benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE 

To apply for this job please follow the “Apply” link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the
application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job
Profile under the “About You” section.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are
represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive
organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We
particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+,
disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that
equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding,
please visit our recruitment
website

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as
possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people,
neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do
anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including
providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at
[email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.