Across Australia, local governments are stepping up to meet the challenges of a changing climate: reducing emissions, strengthening community resilience, and leading the shift to more sustainable ways of living and working. But success depends on people.
Climate Jobs works alongside councils to strengthen the skills, leadership, and confidence of their teams, turning ambition into action for communities and places.
Climate Jobs helps councils turn ambition into action.
We build workforce capability so plans lead to confident teams, capable leaders, and communities ready for the future.
At Climate Jobs, we take a broad view of climate and sustainability. It’s about more than emissions and energy. It’s about resilience, resource stewardship, circular economy practices, and the wellbeing of communities and the places we share. We see climate capability as the foundation for creating organisations and regions that can adapt, thrive, and lead through change.
Whether you’re at the beginning of your climate journey or building on existing work, a clear and structured view of your current position is essential.
Exposure briefings, risk reviews and capability snapshots bring together what’s known, highlight what’s missing, and clarify what it means for your organisation.
Creating a practical pathway, with clear alignment across the organisation about goals and next steps is crucial.
Focused executive discussions and targeted support help translate insight into direction, align leadership, and establish a practical pathway forward.
Plans only deliver value when they are embedded into how people work.
Learning pathways, role clarity and access to the right capability ensure climate and sustainability are integrated into everyday decision-making and operations.
Effective response depends on confident, capable leadership.
Targeted development, coaching and training support executives, managers and elected members to navigate complexity, make informed decisions, and guide organisational response.
Climate and sustainability challenges continue to shift, and organisational capability must evolve with them.
All of our services are grounded in the Local Government Climate Capability Framework which defines the skills and behaviours needed to build climate-ready organisations and communities.
Ongoing advisory support, practical frameworks and access to insights help maintain momentum and strengthen capability over time.
Many councils have already completed climate risk or governance assessments. These reviews often examine policies, strategies and organisational frameworks.
The Climate Jobs capability assessment looks instead at whether your organisation has the leadership, skills and internal coordination needed to deliver climate action in practice.
Used together, these tools provide a more complete picture of your organisation’s climate readiness.
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Our local government Climate Capability Framework defines
the skills, knowledge, and behaviours councils need to deliver on climate, sustainability, and resilience goals. It provides a practical roadmap for embedding these capabilities across the organisation, from leadership and governance to operations and community engagement.
