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Programme Support Officer

* Salary: £21,255 - £25,224 per annum (depending on experience)

* Hours: Full-time (see 'Flexible working')

* Location: Belfast/ Blended Working (home and Belfast Office)

* Closing Date: 23 September 2024

* Ref: KM 1259

We have an exciting opportunity for a well-organised individual with a pro-active mindset to join our Northern Ireland team. The programme support officer will be focusing on enabling people in Northern Ireland create warmer homes, reduce their energy bills, and lower their carbon footprint.

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

* We offer an outstanding pension scheme including employer contributions of up to 9%, 11% or 13% (age-linked).

* Enhanced parental leave.

* Private BUPA insurance.

* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with service-linked increases as well as three goodwill days over the Christmas period.

* Staff wellbeing allowance of up to £25 per month / £300 per year.

Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

The team

The Northern Ireland team sit within the Energy Directorate of Energy Saving Trust. In Northern Ireland, our main focus is to deliver the Northern Ireland Sustainable Energy Programme (NISEP), but we also are involved in other areas of work and deliver campaigns helping NI householders save energy and money.

There are currently four programme support officers who work very closely to support each other in delivering NISEP and report into the project manager of the team. The team also includes an assistant programme manager and is headed up by the programme manager for NI. The team collaborate with external stakeholders regularly and other teams of Energy Saving Trust.

The role

NISEP is an £8 million grant programme that provides funding for energy efficiency measures for domestic and commercial properties. Energy Saving Trust are the programme administrator of NISEP on behalf of the Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland.

The role will provide you with an inspiring opportunity to develop your programme management experience, and develop your knowledge in the Energy Access sector, helping our vulnerable customers.

What you’ll do

* Support the smooth running of the Energy Saving Trust NI programme work, ensuring compliance with processes and procedures.

* A strong focus on the administration of NISEP, including assessing payment claims; reviewing and analysing interim reports as well as other NISEP tasks.

* Liaise with external stakeholders as well as with Energy Saving Trust staff in other offices.

What you’ll bring

* You will be an excellent communicator and will be comfortable dealing with people at all levels. You will develop positive working relationships with all NISEP primary bidders, working closely with them on a day-to-day basis.

* Strong administrative and numeric skills as well as excellent attention to detail and a prolific knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.

* Excellent organisational skills and an understanding of the importance of meeting service level agreements (SLAs).

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Applications close 23.59, 23 September 2024. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 30 September 2024.

Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.

Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity and inclusion Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and offer guaranteed interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a role