Climate Action Leeds – Programme Background

Over the last 12 months, four partners, supported by 35 other Leeds based groups, developed an ambitious plan for the city, resulting in Climate Action Leeds*, a new £2.5 million five-year programme of work in Leeds funded by the National Lottery Climate Action Fund. This work is being taken forward by a partnership made up of Voluntary Action Leeds, Leeds Love It Share It, Together for Peace and Leeds Tidal, supported by Our Future Leeds. *Climate Action Leeds was formally called CECAP – climate emergency community action programme.

The long term goal is to create a ‘zero-carbon, nature friendly, socially just Leeds by the 2030s’. To achieve this, our key programme aim is to respond to the Climate Emergency by supporting Community Action through a Climate Justice framework. We are committed to transformative, city-wide action, ensuring outcomes are socially just, co-produced and organised via flat organisational structures and participatory decision making. Find out more about Climate Action Leeds here.

Ensuring Climate Justice outcomes in our efforts to tackle the climate emergency is a core part of the Climate Action Leeds programme. Working together as a partnership, we intend to co-create a model for a community-led Just Transition in Leeds, working in solidarity with those most affected by the effects of climate breakdown, both at home and abroad. We have already recruited in the areas of Economy, Energy, Food, Housing, Education and Nature – and are looking for a Transport partner to join the coalition!

Transport Partner – Role Purpose

The overall objective of each of the seven Transition Partners is to build a network, shared vision and actions that foster solidarity between campaign groups and community-led networks to ensure transformative climate action. As the Transport Partner you will be responsible for supporting transformative city level change by organising biannual Transport Assemblies to establish a network of Transport actors across the city. Co-developing a vision and Transport Plan which feeds into the programme’s City Plan – and supporting transport action at City Hub and neighborhood hubs.

This role involves a range of tasks and skills including but not limited to: co-creating training, workshops, supporting actions, start-ups, creating resources, hosting thematic network meetings, Assemblies, Roundtables, facilitating democratic decision making processes and co-producing thematic Action Plans to feed into the City Plan.

Budget available

There is a total budget of £41,728.00 for transport across the four years and one month of the programme, as set out below. 

Year 1 (2020/21)  – £1,532.20 (September)

Year 2 (2021/22) – £10,3780 (12 months)

Year 3 (2022/23) – £10,586 (12 months)

Year 4 (2023/24) – £10,798 (12 months)

Year 5 (2024/5) – £8,434 (9 months)

Total – £41,728.00

Follow this link to read the Full Tender Pack here

How to Apply

Please fill in and return this proposal template & budget template to by 9am on the 15th of July. Please send these to: maia.kelly@leedstidal.org. We will conduct interviews on 22nd July and aim for a start date of 2nd September for the Transport Transition Partner position.