Senior Energy Projects Officer (DG0296-E)

The Senior Energy Projects Officer will join the Carbon Reduction Projects and Policy Service at Nottingham City Council, playing a key role in Nottingham's ambition to become a Carbon Neutral City by 2028. This fixed term position for 2 years has a starting salary of £29,577 (level 1) rising to £31,346 (level 2) on first year anniversary, subject to satisfactory completion of a probation period. 
           
The successful candidate will work on some of the Council's most exciting and innovative energy projects, including our minewater pilot and domestic retofit programme, as well as supporting the Midlands Energy Hub in their regional project delivery. The role is key to achieving the UK's first Carbon Neutral City.
            
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Significant experience in the application of Project Management practical techniques to enable monitoring and control of individual programmes and projects; experience of successfully delivering complex and high value projects.
• Experience of working in an energy function and engaging with other service areas such as finance, property, maintenance, legal and procurement.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills to identify anomalous data and discover the reasons driving change.
• Self-motivated, conscientious and able to motivate other staff, particularly within the project team. An ability to work flexibly to changing demands and tight timescales

For informal enquiries please contact Katie Greenhalgh, Tel: 07904383073 Email: katie.greenhalgh@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for? Read on to find out more…
        
Nottingham City Council is known for inclusivity and innovation, and we are continually working around the clock to deliver services for Nottingham’s citizens, visitors and investors. Our aspiration is to make Nottingham a Great City, but to do this we need to be a Great Council, provide Great Services and recruit and develop a Great Workforce. We will value your contributions, promote flexible and modern ways of working, will double your monthly pension contributions, offer a very generous 25-32 days holiday package each year (exclusive of public bank holidays and dependent on length of service) and give you the option to purchase up to 28 days additional holiday tax-free!
      
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
        
We have always been open to flexible working and the COVID-19 pandemic provided us with some new options to work in a completely different way. We welcome a conversation about flexible working at the point of interview.
           
For more information, please view the Job Description and Person Specification which are attached further down on this page.
       
Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions information, which includes advice on pay, annual leave and hours of working, and our Total Rewards Package, which includes information on some of the great benefits when working for Nottingham City Council.
       
This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, as detailed in the job description and person specification, is an essential requirement for the role.
      
Nottingham City Council are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we are striving to have a reflective workforce of the citizens we serve. As a result of our commitment, we anonymise all applications to remove the risk of unconscious bias. The application process will capture your personal details (including your name) and these details will only be made visible to recruiting managers once the shortlisting stage has been completed.
        
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