Project Manager - Community and Energy Efficiency

Project Manager - Community and Energy Efficiency

Location: Homebased/ London - Hybrid working
Contract: Fixed Term Contract, Full time
Starting salary: £31,812 per annum, rising to £36,299. If based in London this role will receive an additional London weighting of £3,655 per annum

Our client is looking for 2x new Project Managers to deliver their engagement work with a focus on their newly awarded Climate Action Fund programme.

ROLE SPECIFICS

Location: Hybrid working in London, home working in Bristol, Midlands or North.
Working patterns: 0.6FTE - 1.0FTE with typical working times between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. The role includes weekly travel with early starts and late returns, and approx. 6 overnight stays a year. Flexible work patterns, condensed hours, job share and part time working opportunities open to negotiation.
Salary: Starting salary of £31,812 per annum, rising to £36,299. If based in London this role will receive an additional London weighting of £3,655 per annum. They provide up to 6% pension contribution, with life assurance for all those in the pension scheme. They have annual guaranteed pay point increases as well as a cost of living pay increase policy.

Closing date for applications: 17th November 2024 at 11.59pm.
Interview dates: 27th and 28th November for first stage 30-minute interviews. Second stage 55-minute interviews will be held on 4th and 5th December. All interviews will be held online.
Preferred start date: 20th January 2025

About the Organisation

They are a student-led education charity focusing on sustainability. They know environmental sustainability cannot be achieved in isolation, so their work spans across issues of climate justice and wellbeing as well. They believe in lifelong learning and work on sustainability across all forms of education from early years to workplace learning. They act as a support crew - facilitating, encouraging and mentoring people wherever they are on their journey in sustainability.
They see the power and potential in students and young people to be at the forefront of change. They work alongside them as equal partners in their sustainability leadership journeys. They believe that when students lead on sustainability, they learn about it, picking up the vital knowledge, skills and competencies they will need to help transform society into a more just and sustainable place.
Their vision is to see: more students leading on, and learning for, sustainability; an education system repurposed around the climate emergency and ecological crisis; and sustainability that is more inclusive, so it is for everyone. reform work; their work progressing diversity and inclusion across the environmental sector.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role will be primarily focusing on their newly awarded Climate Action Fund programme, with opportunity to contribute towards their wider engagement programmes. They have a twofold vision; to support students navigating the home energy system and to improve access to student energy efficient properties via landlord engagement and student campaigning. Across the two roles there will be the opportunity to specialise in either student engagement and advocacy or landlord engagement and support.

Key responsibilities include:

• Engage, maintain and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders including students, volunteers, students' unions, universities, local authorities, landlords and other key organisations.

• Contribute to the development and delivery of programme resources and communications, including social media and website updates.

• Plan, design, and deliver engaging training sessions to a variety of audiences.

• Provide support for students' union officers and other student campaigners working on housing energy efficiency campaigns, including the design and implementation of a national student home energy campaign.

• Support with the creation and management of sector wide student energy efficiency advisory groups including a home energy efficiency network, student advisory group and stakeholder advisory group.

• Support landlords, student letting agencies and students' unions to improve the energy efficiency of student accommodation, focusing on implementing energy efficiency initiatives, advice and support.

• Recruit, coordinate, and support student volunteers including line management of student staff when required.

Please read a full description of the role's responsibilities and person specification (knowledge, skills, attributes, qualifications and experience) in the role profile downloadable from their recruitment page.

EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

They are passionate about climate justice and are proud to be driving inclusion across the environmental movement through campaigns like. They're totally committed to equity in their recruitment and selection processes and encourage candidates of all backgrounds and identities, including age, ability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and sexual orientation.

For this role, we particularly encourage applications from people of colour and people with disabilities, as they are currently under-represented for both those protected characteristic within the organisation generally and also at this level.

They are committed to taking positive action to improve the diversity of their staff team. If they deem you to meet the essential criteria for this role and you define as a person of colour, or someone with a disability, you will qualify for a guaranteed first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell them that they'd like to be considered under their guaranteed interview scheme by ticking that box in the application form. Their final recruitment decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Find out more about how they are striving to be an inclusive and people-centred employer. If you would like to speak to a member of staff not involved in the interview process about how your experience might fulfil the requirements of the role, please get in touch, They would love to hear from you!

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