The Economy and Climate Change team plays a key role in supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth across Cambridgeshire and one important aspect of this is working with communities to reduce energy consumption and develop a variety of energy projects, in line with their vision and aspirations. We are looking to appoint a Community Energy Development Officer to help deliver our work with schools and the wider community to help deliver net zero and reduce fuel poverty and inequalities. You will work with a wide range of community groups and other stakeholders to bring forward a range of energy projects to support low carbon lifestyles for our communities. This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and friendly team working across a number of the Council's functions. If you are someone with strong financial and technical skills combined with an ability to communicate with a variety of audiences and a desire to make a difference across Cambridgeshire, this could be a great role for you. Our office base is Sackville House, Cambourne, with flexibility to work in alternative Council office locations, as well as homeworking. The post is fixed term for 2 years with the possibility of being extended / made permanent. For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Eithne George, Head of Economy and Climate Change at eithne.georgecambridgeshire.gov.uk Interviews will be held in person at on Wednesday 9 April at Sunley House, Papworth Everard. Our benefits We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage… A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more. What will you be doing? As a Community Energy Development Officer, you work with community energy groups to identify needs, provide appropriate support and add value to the project development process. This will include working with partners to promote domestic energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Engagement with regional and national stakeholders in the community energy sector will enable you to identify opportunities for Cambridgeshire whilst sharing experience from Cambridgeshire groups. You will also work with colleagues to develop and deliver a programme of awareness raising activities on the decarbonisation of local energy infrastructure and behaviour change in order to reduce demand. You will be involved in supporting the existing portfolio of over 60 schools in Cambridgeshire that already have low carbon technologies installed. You will help to ensure that these continue to function well for the schools and deliver the benefits they were set up to achieve, both financially and in carbon terms. Working with communities and schools, you will administer a fund to support community energy projects and support groups to source match funding where needed. You will be able to support colleagues from across the organisation to secure grant funding and other finance, where this is available. You will have a good understanding of project viability and be able to work constructively and collaboratively with groups to make their projects a success. Using tools available to us with GIS datasets, you will support groups in project site finding and analysis, particularly in the early stages before technical consultants are necessarily involved in their projects through grant funding. You will assist the Community Energy Manager in the preparation of internal and external presentations and reports and will present in front of some of these audiences. You will work with Communications colleagues to write, copy and develop web resources for communities. You will help to facilitate community groups to work with and learn from each other, both in Cambridgeshire and further afield. About you You will have a good understanding of the technical and financial aspects of renewable energy and other energy saving projects and a keenness to develop your knowledge in this area. You will be able to constructively work with groups and stakeholders on projects of a variety of sizes and types to understand viability challenges and manage their resources efficiently, to deliver successful projects. Being competent with software tools is essential. Enabling constraints mapping for projects and being able to support groups in a workshop setting to learn to use these skills too will be required. You will enjoy working with communities and have a clear and constructive communication style, when explaining technical and financial issues to a non-technical audience. You will have an excellent written style and be able to develop copy for websites and other resources and guides for communities. You will also be proactive in seeking out best practice from other authorities and public sector partners regularly. For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification. About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch. Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers