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About the role

Join the Energy Team within Housings Property Team and help shape safer, smarter, low carbon homes for the future. As our Technical Energy Officer you will play a key role in large energy improvement schemes. Undertaking, collecting and analysing energy surveys including EPC and retrofit surveys across our housing stock, enabling us to plan and deliver long-term energy improvement schemes investment programmes and maximise external grant funding. Improving homes and ensuring compliance with Decent Homes, Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and Net Zero Low Carbon targes and other regulatory standards.

We are looking for someone with passion and enthusiasm in the field of energy and knowledge of energy efficiency within public sector housing and retrofit projects.

Your role is to carry out Retrofit Co-ordination and over sight external RC, Retrofit Surveys across our housing portfolio
Collecting accurate data on energy and retrofit schemes.
Support the development of our asset management strategy and investment planning
To provide specialist advice on low carbon heating and analysis of current and future low carbon installations.
Assist in maintaining and updating an asset database using relevant software.
Project manage and liaise with residents, contractors and colleagues.
Develop specifications and briefs for energy scheme ensuring latest and most suitable products.
Assist with delivery of energy schemes, documentation for funding applications and grant requirements.

What we are looking for in a candidate (key strengths and experience).

Retrofit Co-ordinator experience.
Knowledge of Housing standards including Decent Homes Standard, Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard, and PAS 2035
Attention to detail, excellent record keeping and analytical skills.
Experience or knowledge of low carbon and renewable technology installations.
Good communication, interpersonal skills and written skills to deliver instructions.
Familiarity with asset management, survey software and pas hub.

Please look at the job description and ensure you meet the essential qualifications and experience.

Reporting to the Home Energy Manager you will have responsibility for implementing the organisation energy efficiency and environmental policies, procedures, practices, and initiatives.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. There maybe the possibility of evening or weekend work.

Based at 6 Knowsley Place, you will be working minimum 2 days in the office and remote hybrid working.

Salary is £36,581- £39,481

Join our team-LETs make a difference in Burys' community

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For a friendly chat please contact Fiona Hill Home Energy Manager on 07876 218 370
Interviews will be held on with 3 weeks of the closing date.

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