Nature Projects Officer WCC622788

Nature Projects Officer WCC622788

Salary range: £42,912 - £49,155 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 30 November 2025
Interview date: Week commencing 15 December 2025

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GRACE'S PASSION AND DEDICATION

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco-friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet.

When she joined us as Principal Engagement Officer, Climate Emergency, she quickly established herself as a passionate advocate for community outreach, engaging various stakeholders across Westminster in the social causes, impacts and solutions to climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens' Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the climate emergency, and deliberate how we overcome the barriers to becoming a net zero city by 2040. The assembly produced several recommendations which have informed the evolution of our Climate Emergency Action Plan. Due to the success of this initiative, we're holding more assemblies to continue community involvement in local decision-making.

To see the work of the Westminster Citizens' Climate Assembly, click here.

The Role:

As Nature Projects Officer, you too can make a powerful contribution. Westminster has declared an Ecological Emergency, and this role sits at the heart of our efforts to enhance biodiversity, expand green infrastructure, and build a more climate-resilient city. To help us achieve this, you'll deliver on our Ecological Emergency Programme and Greening & Biodiversity Action Plan. It's an opportunity to combine project delivery with community empowerment to create a greener, healthier Westminster.

You'll work closely with residents, community groups, local partners and council teams to plan, coordinate and drive nature projects forward. A key part of your role will be engaging and inspiring communities to connect with nature, while also supporting community groups to act and expand their impact. You'll help ensure projects are well-coordinated and delivered successfully, with every initiative making a visible difference for people and nature across Westminster. As our understanding of how best to respond to the ecological and climate emergencies continues to grow, you'll have opportunities to contribute new ideas and approaches, helping to shape the way we deliver future greening and biodiversity work.

The Climate Resilience, Parks and Green Spaces team forms part of the Environment Department, working closely with other services focused on engagement, environment delivery, protecting biodiversity, waste and cleansing. Together, we deliver Westminster's ambitions for a Fairer Environment, with shared goals to enhance resilience, protect biodiversity, and support the wellbeing of our communities. The work is collaborative, fast-paced and highly rewarding.

Join us, motivate the community, and drive the realisation of a greener future.

To thrive in this rewarding role, you'll bring a genuine passion for nature, urban greening, and environmental sustainability. You'll have some experience or strong interest in delivering biodiversity, ecological, or resilience initiatives, and the enthusiasm to help shape a greener and healthier Westminster.

You'll enjoy working directly with communities, engaging and inspiring residents, supporting local groups to take action, and coordinating projects across teams and partners to deliver real, visible results. Committed to delivering work that offers great value for money and maximises benefits achieved, you're proactive and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.

You'll be ready to contribute both independently and as a key member of a close-knit, highly collaborative team. Your excellent communication skills help you build trusted relationships, influence others, and motivate people to get involved. And thanks to our agile and flexible approach, you'll benefit from a combination of office and home-based working, with some evening and weekend work required to support council meetings and engagement events.

Ultimately, you'll bring energy, creativity, and commitment to every project, helping Westminster to achieve a fairer environment.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council's strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city's future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.