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The important stuff:

SALARY SCALE: £(phone number removed) (FTE)

LOCATION: Flexible working patterns with blended home, site and office (Penrith) work.

HOURS: 30 hours per week

START DATE: March 2025

DURATION: Permanent

The Team: Home Energy and Communities

The Home Energy and Communities Team lies at the heart of CAfS’ operations. Their mission is to enable both individuals and communities to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, while creating positive impacts on people’s everyday lives and economic wellbeing.

The team has two key strands to it’s work:

Home energy:

Our flagship Cold to Cosy Homes programme supports eligible households across Cumbria with energy efficiency measures.
Our growing Retrofit Service supports households with more comprehensive retrofit measures – delivering Home Retrofit Plans and ongoing bespoke advice to households to help them implement improvements.

Working with communities:

We have a number of projects which focus on inspiring and enabling communities to take action on climate change, mostly delivered in partnership with local volunteer sustainability groups. Key projects are;

Our suite of ‘Made Easy’ projects, which aim to reduce barriers to change by engaging with communities to help increase the uptake of low carbon technologies, such as domestic solar panels and electric vehicles. Supporting local consideration of opportunities for community renewable energy generation.

The Team carries out consultancy as well as delivery projects – engaging contractors and other specialists to deliver work. A number of our projects and services are funded by a combination of grant sources, with different timescales, targets and funder conditions, so careful resource management is key to this team’s success.

The Role: Programme Manager

To lead the development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of related projects and services.
To oversee project budgets and timelines to ensure staff resources are in the right place at the right time across the range of workstreams.
To oversee existing funding and secure new funding to ensure the vital work of this skilled team can continue.

About you:

At least five years of relevant experience of which at least two are in a senior role.
Proven ability to lead and support a team of people.
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to absorb detailed or technical information provided by others, and identify the key issues that need to be addressed.
Proven expertise in resource management, particularly staff capacity and budgets.
Fundraising experience, particularly the ability to act quickly on opportunities and attract contract and grant funding.
Experience of co-ordinating multiple projects
Proven ability to build networks and relations with people and organisations.
Demonstrable knowledge of sustainability issues and decarbonisation.
Experience of risk management.
Excellent verbal and written communication and understanding of how to engage an audience.
Good IT skills, including of Excel which we use to manage project budgets.
Ability and willingness to prioritise, work to deadlines and juggle multiple priorities.
Ability to work flexibly including evening and weekend working by agreement.
Ability to travel independently throughout rural Cumbria.

What a job with CAF's offers you…

The opportunity to be on the frontline driving action on climate change as part of a respected organisation that is making a difference.
Collaboration with dedicated colleagues, communities, local authorities and other organisations who are striving towards the same goal.
A dynamic working environment in which we continually innovate to achieve the best outcomes for employees, communities and planet.
A consultative working culture where staff are encouraged to contribute to new developments.

The work culture and benefits…

Our friendly and supportive team of colleagues and board of trustees.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.
We will provide the equipment you need to do your job.
Employee wellbeing is very important to them. We do what we can to help colleagues achieve a great work/life balance.
We have a flexible working policy and we use it. Most staff work part-time so they are accustomed to managing different work patterns. Staff can also work at home where possible.
We invest in learning and development and encourage people to develop their skills and commit time and resources to development.

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