Climate Change & Sustainability Specialist

Role Summary

Julie’s  Bicycle  (JB)  is  seeking  a  Climate Change & Sustainability Specialist to work across
our  Creative  Green  Consultancy  Programme and on Partnership Projects and Arts Council
England  Programme.  This is a rare opportunity to join JB’s passionate, expert, and friendly
team at our internationally renowned non-profit, working at the intersection of culture and the
climate crisis.

Job title:
Contract:

Location:

Salary:

Climate Change & Sustainability Specialist
Preferably 0.8 FTE (full-time can be considered for the right
candidate), 1 year fixed-term contract with the possibility to become
permanent
Hybrid working: office base is at Somerset House, London: we are
flexible on approach, within a hybrid model of in-person & virtual. This
can be discussed at interview (*)
£39k to £41k p.a. (pro rata), depending on experience

Reporting to:

Creative Green Programme Lead

Start date:
Normal hours:

Other:

ASAP - depending on candidate’s notice period
Office hours are 9.30 - 5.30pm, Monday – Friday. As this is ideally a
0.8 FTE role, there is flexibility on how the time is spread across the
week. Please state how you would intend to allocate your time when
you apply. (requests for flexible working hours will be considered)

●  Annual leave is 25 days per year (pro rata) and standard bank holidays. JB also

offers additional days over the Christmas break (exact days are agreed annually).
●  Cultural entitlement of £250 per annum (pro rata) to spend on arts/ cultural events &

activities.

●  All employees are able to claim 1 hour a week for personal wellbeing.
●  Pension scheme enrolment and 6% employer contributions (reviewed annually).

(*) Access to office space in London is always available to staff who can't or don't want to
work from home.

Some travel is involved in this role - to visit organisations and run programme activities.

If you would like this application pack in a different format (e.g. large print or audio file),
please email recruitment@juliesbicycle.com.

 About Julie’s Bicycle (JB)

JB is a leading non-profit putting climate action at the heart of culture. We believe that
creativity is a powerful catalyst for change—and that the arts and cultural sector has a vital
role to play in building a just, regenerative future.

For over 15 years, we’ve worked with artists, cultural institutions, funders, and policymakers
to mobilise creative climate leadership through advocacy, research, policy influence, training,
and community building. We champion climate justice, centre equity, and believe that
environmental solutions must be driven by cultural shifts as well as systems change. For
more information on all our programmes, please visit https://juliesbicycle.com/.

About Key Programmes

Creative Green and Creative Climate Partnerships

Julie’s  Bicycle’s  Creative  Green  and  Partnerships  programme  works  with  individual
organisations and networks through consultancy and partnership. The programme combines
sustainability  expert  advice,  networking  and  peer-to-peer  knowledge,  supporting  a  wide
variety  of  organisations  in  arts  and  culture  to  embed environmental sustainability into their
value.  From  developing  environmental  action  plans  and  training  to  designing  net-zero
pathways  and  sustainable  exhibitions,  we  support  organisations
incorporating
sustainability into their strategy and governance, understanding their ecological impacts, and
developing and monitoring action plans and practices.

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We  collaborate  to  enable  practical  action  for  transformational  change  by  working  with
diverse  cultural  organisations,  including  those  in  visual  arts,  museums,  galleries,  and
theatre.  Our  Creative  Green  team  partners  with  various  organisations  such  as  the  British
Film  Institute,  British  Council  Americas,  Green  Libraries  Partnership,  Tomas  Saraceno
Studio,  Goethe  Institute,  Independent  Cinema  Office,  Arts  Council  Ireland,  and  numerous
European  funding  programmes.  We  also  work  with  cultural  services  both  in  the  UK  and
internationally across sectors including performance and music.

JB offers a suite of free cultural sector-specific carbon calculator tools – the Creative Climate
Tools - which are recognised as a world-first platform for carbon reporting and environmental
monitoring  for  cultural  organisations  and  businesses,  including  venues,  tours,  offices,  and
outdoor events.

Our Partnership with Arts Council England

Julie’s  Bicycle  is  the  partner  for  the  Arts  Council’s  Environmental  Programme,  supporting
organisations  to  take  environmental  action  and  meet  their  funding  requirements  and
supporting  the  Arts  Council  to  drive  positive  environmental  change  within  the  sector.  The
programme  focuses  on  delivering  support  to  organisations  in:  reporting  their  impacts  and
taking  action  using  the  Creative  Climate  Tools;  running  events,  peer  sharing  sessions,
webinars,  signposting  to  and  developing  resources  to  deepen  understanding  around  data
use,  and  relevant  topics  in  sustainability;  broadening  access  to  climate  literacy  via
e-learning; providing a strand of workshops to provide targeted support for artists, creatives

and  freelancers,  and;  to  inspire,  develop  and  nurture  sector  leadership  via  a  number  of
dedicated  programme  strands
resilience  and
decarbonisation.  The  programme  is  adaptive,  and  as  we  move  into  2026,  there  is  a
significant opportunity to shape the delivery of our Decarbonisation programme in particular,
to respond to the needs of the sector.

focused  on  governance,

justice,

Our leadership strands include:

Transforming  Energy,  our  Arts  Council  England  decarbonisation  programme.  This
programme  currently  has  two  strands:  Buildings  Net  Zero  Energy  supports  building-based
organisations in enhancing their energy management processes, and our Capital Investment
Ready  programme  supports  cohorts  of  advanced  organisations  in  preparing  their  cultural
venues for electrification, with a focus on 2030 decarbonisation goals.

Additional  strands  include  our  Board  Environmental  Champions  program,  which  helps
trustees  and  board  members  of  National  Portfolio  Organisations  (NPOs)  and  Investment
Principles  Support  Organisations  (IPSOs)  incorporate  environmental  responsibility  into
governance,  supported  by  a  champions  guide  and peer networking sessions. The Leading
Resilience  programme,  an  ongoing  pilot  and  mentoring  initiative,  fosters  leadership  within
the  portfolio  and  sector  by  enhancing  understanding  and  skills  for  adapting  to  climate
impacts.  The Creative Climate Accelerator is a free training course designed for individuals
from  diverse  and  underrepresented  backgrounds,  empowering  them  to  develop  skills  and
confidence to drive change in their communities.

The Role

We  are  looking  for  an  outstanding  individual  to  join  our  team  as  a  Climate  Change  &
Sustainability  Specialist,  to lead and facilitate the management of strands of work on these
programmes:

●  Transforming Energy - Arts Council England (30% FTE)
●  Creative Green and Partnership programmes (50% FTE)

The work involves project-managing and delivering key partnership projects, and supporting
collaboration  with  both  subsidised  and  commercial  cultural  organisations,  as  well  as  with
networks of organisations, funding bodies, cities, and local authorities. We focus on projects
that  generate  knowledge  that  can  be  shared  with  the  broader  sector  to  promote  climate
action.

Candidates  will  have  strong knowledge of the environment and climate, including their root
causes,  impacts,  key  issues,  solutions,  and  approaches.  You  will  have  the  confidence  to
embed  sustainable  practices  across  operations,  strong  facilitation  skills,  and  the  ability  to
drive change and governance in organisations and networks.

You  will  be  passionate  about  the  cultural  sector's  unique  role in accelerating a just energy
transition and inspiring wider action. We would particularly welcome expertise in community
energy  networks  and  solutions,  nature  restoration  and  carbon  sinks,  and  broad
environmental management and the just transition.

You  will  have  proven  project  management  experience  and  be  able  to  combine  strategic
thinking with on-the-ground delivery across all project stages, leading consultancy activities,
including  mentoring  clients  and  running  public-facing  sessions. An excellent communicator
and confident project manager, you will have a flexible, solution-focused approach.

Responsibilities

As part of the Creative Green and Creative Climate Partnerships team, our Climate Change
&  Sustainability  Specialist  will  manage  partnerships,  working  closely  with  a  wide  range  of
high-profile  organisations  in  the  arts  and  culture  sector  to  help  them  understand,  manage
and improve their commitments to climate action and a just transition. A typical month might
involve  developing sustainability advice for cultural organisations supported by international
cooperation,  developing  and  delivering  sustainability  training  for  libraries,  researching
opportunities for climate action for artistic residencies, analysing environmental management
data and writing recommendations and reports, helping write new proposals for partnership
development,  creating  recommendations  to  influence  cultural  policy  funding  in the UK and
Europe,  creating  a  net  zero  plan  for  museums  and  theatres,  supporting  the  sustainable
production of exhibitions and performances.

With the Arts Council England programme, you will lead the management and delivery
of  the  strand  focused  on  decarbonisation,  working  collaboratively  with  the  team.
There  is  a  significant  opportunity  to  shape  the  programme  to  support  organisations  in
decarbonising  across  key  focus  areas,  including  community  energy  schemes,  district  heat
networks,  nature-based  solutions,  circular  economy  initiatives,  and  energy  management
approaches,  among  others.  Beyond  this  key  strand,  they  will  collaborate  with  the  team  to
support aspects of delivery and contribute to team activities across the wider programme as
appropriate.  They  will  also  collaborate  on  delivery  support  and  contribute  to  wider  team
activities.

Key responsibilities:

Project scoping and proposal writing

●  Actively seek partnership development opportunities that align with our strategy and

aims.

●  Scoping and planning new projects.
●  Writing competitive proposals for new partnership projects.

Project Management and delivery

●  Full project management, including managing timelines, resources, contracts, and

budgets. This includes high quality, timely delivery of project strands, resources and
events within the Creative Green and Partnership programme.

●  Managing and delivering the decarbonisation strand of the Arts Council England
environmental programme, and evolving the focus and support provided for
organisations in line with sector needs.

●  Designing and facilitating training and focus groups for organisations and specific

stakeholder groups/networks, leadership sessions in person and/or virtual.

●  Analysing environmental data focusing on energy, materials, carbon footprint

calculation, environmental data and science-based targets and life cycle analyses.
●  Developing strategic pathways for organisations to decarbonise towards achieving
Net Zero Carbon emissions with emphasis on a Just transition and sustainability
plans for cultural organisations. Carrying out the necessary research to respond to
specific organisational / sector challenges.

●  Developing clear and accessible communications about decarbonisation strategies

and progress for a variety of internal and external audiences.

●  Producing reports, strategy, policies, action plans, tools and resources.
●  Providing advice on how clients can meet environmental regulations.

Learning and knowledge Sharing

●  Distilling and synthesising learning, insights and knowledge arising from projects.
●  Clear communication and active sharing of knowledge with the wider team to support

and enhance internal learning

●  Presenting findings and recommendations to clients, partners, Julie’s Bicycle’s team

and broader stakeholders.

●  Keeping up to date with current research and legislation.

Experience And Skills

Essential

●  Significant experience (five to seven years) of working in environmental sustainability

programmes or a similar role.

●  Demonstrable experience of successfully managing environmental projects, working

in partnership with external organisations

●  A degree in environmental science/studies/management/sustainability and/or another

relevant academic discipline area, or evidence of equivalent expertise.

●  A  proactive,  flexible  approach,  and  the  ability  to  progress  work  independently  in  a

fast-paced environment.

●  An interest in the arts and culture, the role they can play in the climate crisis, and the

sustainability issues that impact this sector.

●  Demonstrable expertise related to a range of the following: decarbonising pathways
and just transition, community energy networks and solutions, nature restoration and
carbon sinks, broad environmental management and circular economy, and
sustainability in the supply chain.

●  Deep commitment to climate justice and to threading this throughout their work
●  Experience and confidence in designing and facilitating workshops, training and

focused group discussions or similar.

●  Experience in writing proposals and relationship management with high-profile

organisations.

●  Experience in project management from the beginning to the end of a project,

including learning and evaluation.

●  Experience in carbon footprint calculation, conversion factors, and analysis.

●  Experience in undertaking consultation and information gathering with organisations

from which to develop strategy, policy, and action plans.

●  Client/ Partners-facing presentation skills.
●  Excellent written skills.
●  Scientific and numerical skills.
●  Strategic thinking.
●  Excellent attention to detail.

Desirable

●  Sustainability  experience  gained  within  the  cultural  sector  /  specific  experience
working  with  museums  and  galleries,  performance  venues,  theatres  or  cultural
services.

●  Business skills and commercial awareness.
●  Understanding of communications strategies.
●  Experience of writing reports, guides, and communication materials for non-academic

audiences.
IEMA membership or similar.

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Why Join Us?

At Julie’s Bicycle, you’ll join a passionate team working at the intersection of creativity and
climate action. We offer a collaborative, inclusive, and flexible working culture — where your
voice will shape how the cultural sector responds to one of the greatest challenges of our
time.

How to Apply

If you’d like to apply, please:

●  Complete the application form and equal opportunities monitoring form found on our

website here.

Submit these via our application portal by 11.59pm on Sunday 18th January 2026.

We encourage people from any background to apply for this post. We are committed
to creating a workforce which is representative of our society, and to bringing
together those with a variety of skills and experiences to help shape what we do and
how we work. We are particularly keen to hear from people of colour and those who
self-identify as disabled.

Please note, this post is open to people who already have the right to live and work in the
UK, as Julie’s Bicycle is not currently in a position to sponsor a work visa.

A note on AI

While we understand that some people may use AI tools for accessibility (and recognise and
support that many assistive technologies may use elements of AI), we ask candidates to
consider what tools are most appropriate during the application process. For example, we
recognise the value for many people of machine learning language tools like Grammarly. On
the other hand we would discourage the use of generative AI tools in writing your
application, as we'd like to understand your personal interest in working for Julie's Bicycle,
and be able to understand your non-AI-assisted communication skills just as they are. We
also recognise that for many of the people and creative communities we work with, the rise
of generative AI poses a threat to their livelihoods, while the environmental impacts of AI are
only set to grow: this means we also have a responsibility as Julie's Bicycle to consider
where and when (and if) we use AI in our work.

Thank you for your interest in working at Julie’s Bicycle.