Job Title: Environmental Impact Officer

Salary: £26,625

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid - Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire

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About the role:

As an Environmental Impact Operative, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our neighbourhoods safe, clean and welcoming. Working at the heart of our communities, you’ll carry out neighbourhood walkabouts, identify environmental issues, and work closely with customers, partners and colleagues to put things right.

This is a varied, hands-on role combining practical problem-solving with community engagement. From tackling overgrown areas and environmental hazards to supporting community clean-ups and local improvement projects, you’ll help build neighbourhood pride and make a real, visible difference to where people live.

You’ll work collaboratively across Neighbourhood teams, using a proactive and solution-focused approach to improve local environments and support positive, sustainable communities.

What you’ll need to succeed:

We’re looking for someone who is confident, community-minded and motivated to make a difference. You’ll bring experience of working in a neighbourhood, housing, environmental or community-facing role, along with strong communication skills and the ability to engage positively with customers and partners.

You’ll be comfortable working independently, carrying out inspections, identifying risks and taking appropriate action, while also being a great team player who works well with others. A positive, can-do attitude, good IT skills, and a willingness to learn and develop are essential. A full driving licence and basic DBS are also required.

In return we can offer you:

Belonging to a team who make a difference to our community and value equality, diversity and inclusion. 
22 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 concessionary days at Christmas
Comprehensive employee assistance program. 
Ongoing training and development in your role.
A full benefits and discounts platform.
Holiday buy, tech and annual saving schemes.
Volunteer days.
Competitive rates of pay. 
A generous company pension scheme.
Wellbeing and stay safe provisions to look after you at work.

Closing Date: 6th February 2026

Interview Date: Week Commencing 23rd February 2026

This role is subject to a basic DBS check.

Who we are

Aspire Housing is a leading housing provider, property developer and place shaper based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Created in July 2000, we own and manage more than 9,500 homes and support around 19,000 customers across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Our profits are reinvested in new homes, in revitalising communities and in a comprehensive range of innovative support services designed to transform lives.

Putting People First has always been part of our ethos and is central to our purpose to deliver safe, decent homes and excellent housing services through our talented Aspire team.

We do this by embracing our values; by championing the customer, building togetherness, and being professional. Our values reflect what’s most important to our colleagues and customers and are at the heart of Aspire.

More information can be found at www.aspirehousing.co.uk.

Perks and benefits

Work life
balance

We believe that quality time outside the office is vital to our employees’ satisfaction at work. That’s why we encourage our managers and employees to promote a healthy work-life balance by enabling people to work flexibly, balancing the needs of the business with the needs of the individual.

Learning and development

We believe in developing all our employees. Our e-learning academy offers a range of programmes across all areas of our business from leadership and management to operations and customer service. We regularly run learning campaigns such as Dementia awareness training to support our customers and improve our services.

We value
our people

We want to work with the best talent which is why we offer competitive annual leave allowance with salaries based on market rates alongside saving schemes, pensions and additional perks including child-care vouchers, health cash plans and cycle to work schemes.

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