Cork City Council in recruitment drive for new 'green cities' jobs

New roles to strengthen bid to become one of Europe’s first climate-neutral cities by 2030

New roles, including Cork city's first biodiversity officer and city ecologist, will help 'strengthen its internal capabilities to address climate change'. Picture: Dan Linehan

A local authority has launched a recruitment drive for a raft of new ‘green cities’ jobs as it sets out to become one of Europe’s first climate-neutral cities by 2030.

Cork City Council chief executive Ann Doherty said the new roles, including the city’s first biodiversity officer, its first city ecologist, its first community climate action officer, and its first active travel officer, will help “strengthen its internal capabilities to address climate change”.