Assistant Project Officer - Climate Change

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5 - Hybrid+.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Angus is a diverse and beautiful area of Scotland where historic towns fringe sweeping beaches and majestic hills all waiting to be explored. Located on the east coast near Dundee, and only 70 miles from the capital city of Edinburgh, it offers a landscape rich in variety and adventure.

The diversity of landscape, industry and communities, and the challenges and opportunities the twin nature and climate crises present, make Angus an exciting area of Scotland to work within the environmental sector.

This is a newly created post, based within the Planning & Sustainable Growth Service where you will assist members on the Environment & Climate Change Team in delivering projects and statutory functions in a continuously developing climate change policy landscape.

If you would like to discuss this post, contact planning@angus.gov.uk

This job is temporary for up to 23 months from date of appointment.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager / organisation.

Please note interviews will be held Wednesday, 15 July 2026.

Requirements

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.