About us at Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.
About The Role
Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency and driving meaningful environmental change? Hounslow Council is offering an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Net Zero and Green Economy team as a Sustainability Project Apprentice. This is a NVQ Level 3 Project Management Apprenticeship where you will develop the skills to manage projects and gain practical experience supporting delivery of a varied portfolio of climate projects
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
The Net Zero and Green Economy team at Hounslow Council is at the forefront of the borough’s response to the climate crisis and is leading the council’s mission to become net zero by 2030 and the implementation of its Climate Emergency Action Plan. The projects we deliver are providing warmer and cheaper to run homes for residents, greening the borough, promoting sustainable travel, accelerating transition to green economy and securing the investment required to reach net zero.
The team is led by a Head of Net Zero and Green Economy and has several experienced and specialist project managers developing projects in the realm of green economy, green skills and climate investment. You will work primarily under the direction of the Project Managers providing administrative and technical project management support. You will be supported to develop the capabilities for this role by your Line Manager and Apprenticeship Learning Manager. You will from time to time meet with other apprentices as part of gaining your formal apprenticeship project management qualification.
About You
This is a junior grade apprentice role. We are looking for
- Desire to develop project management capability.
- Enthusiasm for environment and improving the lives of our residents.
- Willingness to learn about climate change and gain technical understanding.
- Commitment to a two-year formal project management apprenticeship at NVQ Level 3.
- The project management apprentice qualification will be undertaken alongside your role supporting delivery of climate projects. You will be given time within the working week to progress your qualification but it’s important
to understand this will need to be supplemented by additional study and assignment work in your own time.
- To understand more about the apprentice project management qualification please join one of the fortnightly sessions available at link below. These provide a comprehensive overview of the apprenticeship.
https://www.dynamictraining.org.uk/apprenticeships-explained/our-webinars/learner-information-sessions/facilities-and-project-manager-apprenticeships-information-session/level-4-associate-project-manager-information-session/
The NVQ Level 3 project management which forms a key part of this Sustainability Projects Apprentice role requires the following minimum qualifications English and Maths GCSE at level 4 (Grade C) or above, or equivalent qualification. If you have not achieved this grade or can't provide the required evidence then you will have to undertake functional skills training and an exam to demonstrate the required English and Maths competency.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email:Steven.Wilding@hounslow.gov.uk
Telephone:02085 833232
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 18th August 2025.
