Acting Director & Head Of Service
Manchester
As Acting Director of Manchester Climate Change Agency, led the delivery and implementation of the Manchester Climate Change Framework by building effective and impactful partnerships with key stakeholders such as businesses, the public sector, Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector and local residents, to collectively contribute towards the delivery of the climate change targets and objectives for the City. Helped to secure a range of funding sources to sustain and expand the Agency staffing compliment as well as to deliver high profile, carbon reduction projects and programmes which will contribute towards the delivery of the targets outlined within the Manchester Climate Change Framework. Helped to ensure that ambitious action on climate change was at the heart of and complementary to achieving the vision set out in the Our Manchester Strategy.As acting Head of Environment, Planning & Infrastructure helped to develop medium term policy and strategy for environmental and land use planning, clean air, transport and other infrastructure in the city and wider region working with a range of partners incorporating innovative city systems (e.g. CityVerve), strategic transport systems, energy, water and wastewater, digital, blue and green infrastructures, and infrastructure to support the city’s zero carbon ambitions. Led representative at GM level and with other key providers and partners across the city and region to lead policy decisions and identify infrastructure requirements in order to deliver the core strategy vision including the City Centre Transport Strategy.