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Northern Ireland Environment Link – Climate Assistant (Climate NI Team)
Description
Salary: Equivalent to NICS Grade EOII (£27,897 – £28,483) pro rata
Pension: Access to pension at 7.5% employers contribution (minimum employee contribution 0.5%)
Contract Period: October 2025 – October 2026 (possibility of extension subject to funding)
Hours of Work: 30-37.5 hours/week pending discussion (Hybrid 40-60% in office)
Leave: 25 days per annum plus 12 statutory holidays (pro-rata)
Reports to: Climate NI Manager
Location: Northern Ireland Environment Link (NIEL) Office: 22-24 Lombard Street, Belfast BT1 1RD (Travel will occasionally be required, mostly to GB and Ireland.)
Overview:
We are looking for a Climate Assistant who has passion and experience supporting people and places to prepare for our changing climate.
The Climate Assistant role is at the heart of a vibrant team which is a leader in climate action in NI. The role is varied and challenging, dealing with emerging climate change concepts, while supporting delivery of a multi-layered work programme and a range of other climate projects. It requires a driven, curious, and collaborative approach.
In this role you will have the opportunity to develop personal skills such as team working, and event organisation as well as climate change specific skills such as adaptation and mitigation toolkit development. You will also gain valuable experience working in Climate NI when Northern Ireland is seeking the best way forward to meet the challenges of climate change under the recent Climate Change Act (NI) 2022.
NIEL supports the principles of equality of opportunity.
Please email your completed application and monitoring forms to recruitment@nienvironmentlink.org
Closing date: 12:00 noon on 29th August 2025.
Interviews will be held on 9th September 2025.
Application Documents:
Climate Assistant (Climate NI Team) – Job Description