Energy Efficiency Project Manager

Oxfordshire is a council committed to tackling the Climate Emergency through rapid decarbonisation, tackling inequalities and providing opportunities for everyone in Oxfordshire to achieve their full potential.

About the role

Reporting to the Oxfordshire Retrofit Team Lead, this post will oversee the successful delivery of an exciting new programme of work, to lead on acquisition of active users of a soon-to-be-launched Oxfordshire Energy Insights app resulting in measurable energy-cost and carbon savings through increased awareness of energy demand, tariff switching and accessing retrofit measures via an innovative monthly subscription model.

The energy insights app, successful elsewhere, to be adapted and white-labelled to Oxfordshire will model scenarios that could re-define the energy market. The project manager’s role is to manage Oxfordshire County Council’s involvement in the project, maximising outcomes by working in close liaison with the resource assigned to the project from the Marketing & Communications Team to engage as many Oxfordshire residents as possible into being active app users. Working collaboratively with the project partners and funder will also be important to the long-term strategic success of this project, initially funded to end-March 2025.

You will be responsible for project, programme and budget management, stakeholder communication, reporting and following corporate governance to release funding.

About you

We’re looking for an enthusiastic ‘self-starter’ for this exciting new project. Ideally, you’ll bring experience of energy efficiency / retrofit / electricity grid-edge management / product-launch marketing, and be able to effectively project manage within a consortium of delivery partners.

Rewards and benefits

• Culture of flexible working
• Technology to support agile working where role permits
• Up to 33 day’s holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
• Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
• Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
• Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development

Would you like to know more?

Please click here to view the Job Description and Selection Criteria

For further information or an informal discussion contact Dale Hoyland, Oxfordshire Retrofit Team Lead on 07784 238 102, dale.hoyland@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Application Procedure

To apply, please complete an online application form by clicking Apply Now. This includes a section asking you to explain how you meet the selection criteria, as specified in the job posting. You may attach a cover letter and/or CV to your application form, however, this is not mandatory.

If you encounter any issues with the maximum character count on your application form, please use this tool to check your text for any hidden HTML characters

If you experience any technical difficulties whilst completing the application form, please contact the Recruitment Team using Recruitment Application Enquiry Form.?

Closing date: Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and we reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview dates: Friday 23 February 2024/Monday 4 March 2024.

Apply Here.