Council staff working on climate action
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Dear Shropshire Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s staff positions in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information is most likely to be held by a HR department or similar.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
1a. How many staff does the Council directly employ (excluding contractors or subcontractors, and excluding teachers), that work directly for the Council as opposed to a school, leisure centres or other venture?
1b. How many directly employed staff spend 3 or more days per week (0.6 Full Time Equivalent (FTE)) on implementing the Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects? Please provide a list of all the roles. Please exclude waste management staff unless they are specifically working 3 or more days per week on implementing the Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects.
If you have answered yes to have a biodiversity planning officer and/or a retrofit staff member below, both these staff members can be included in this question even if they are contracted.
This is likely to include all staff in your climate/sustainability team, such as Climate Change Officers or similar. This may include full time staff who spend 60% of their time on climate change projects and 40% of their time on other work.
You might include other staff in other departments, such as a procurement officer if they are spending 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE) on writing and implementing a sustainable procurement policy or a planner that is working primarily on low carbon policies for new buildings.
2. Does the council have one or more staff member who works on home energy efficiency retrofitting, such as retrofit officers or project managers across the council area, for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE)? This can include both directly employed and contracted staff, provided they work 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE). The work of this officer may include working on any retrofit projects, including council buildings, council homes or private rented or owned households.
Please list any roles that work in this area, including the full time equivalent (FTE) if they work part time.
Please include staff members that are shared with other councils, such as between county and district councils, and note if they are shared across other areas.
3. How many planning ecologists (ecologists within the planning department) or equivalent working for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE) does the council employ to scrutinise planning reports for Biodiversity Net Gain? This can include both directly employed and contracted staff, provided they work 3 or more days per week (0.6 FTE).
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Hannah Jewell,
Your request for information regarding the following has been
received: Council staff working on climate action (3).
Many Thanks,
Information Governance Team
Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
SHREWSBURY
SY2 6ND
Tel: 01743 252179 or 252774
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Dear Ms Jewell
Further to your request for information, please find our response below.
3 1a. How many staff does the Council 3,538 employees
directly employ (excluding contractors or
subcontractors, and excluding teachers),
that work directly for the Council as
opposed to a school, leisure centres or
other venture?
1b. How many directly employed staff spend Climate Team (5FTE):
3 or more days per week (0.6 Full Time
Equivalent (FTE)) on implementing the · Team Manager
Climate Action Plan or other climate
change projects? Please provide a list of · 3x Project Officers
all the roles. Please exclude waste
management staff unless they are · 1x Project assistant
specifically working 3 or more days per
week on implementing the Climate Action
Plan or other climate change projects.
Street Lighting & Traffic
Signals Manager (0.6FTE on EV
Charging installations and
other decarbonisation
projects)
Principal Commercial Project
Surveyor (0.6FTE on climate
and decarbonisation projects)
Team Leader M&E, Property
Services Group (0.6FTE on
carbon reduction and energy
efficiency projects for
Council property)
2. Does the council have one or more staff Affordable Warmth & Energy
member who works on home energy efficiency Efficiency Team – 5FTE
retrofitting, such as retrofit officers or
project managers across the council area,
for 3 or more days per week (0.6+ FTE)?
This can include both directly employed
and contracted staff, provided they work 3
or more days per week (0.6 FTE). The work
of this officer may include working on any
retrofit projects, including council
buildings, council homes or private rented
or owned households.
3. How many planning ecologists 3x planning ecologists
(ecologists within the planning
department) or equivalent working for 3 or
more days per week (0.6+ FTE) does the
council employ to scrutinise planning
reports for Biodiversity Net Gain? This
can include both directly employed and
contracted staff, provided they work 3 or
more days per week (0.6 FTE).
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Shropshire Council
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
SHREWSBURY
SY2 6ND
Telephone: 01743 252179
Email: [1][Shropshire Council request email]
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