Energy Officer

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

Energy Officer

About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an Energy Officer to join our Asset Compliance Team.

You will be responsible for the development and implementation of ongoing corporate energy awareness and good housekeeping programme to improve energy efficiency, whilst investigating and resolving energy billing queries across the school and council portfolio.

To project manage energy/telecommunications disconnections prior to demolitions and project manage new energy connections for new buildings within the corporate/school estate.

You will be responsible for managing the Crown Commercial Services Service Level Agreement to schools whilst investigating long standing overdue balances on energy supply accounts.

Ensuring we have accurate billing across all council assets and delivering Energy Audits and Surveys to all Council-owned sites including compiling individual site reports. 

You will develop and lead the Automatic Meter Reading installations across council/school’s estate, liaising with schools, building attendants and managing contractors to improve efficiency and accuracy of billing.

If you enjoy Energy Awareness and think you have what it takes to be the difference for our staff and residents, then this could be the perfect job for you.

About the candidate:

We would like to hear from you if you have experience within the energy sector, qualified in a suitable energy qualification, such as a junior energy manager qualification and has experience working in energy awareness, ideally a local council and school environment.

Your experience should include working with the energy suppliers e.g. SP Energy and Cadent.

You should have knowledge of systems link or similar, knowledge and understanding of the Wirral Climate Emergency declaration, and you will be Carbon Literate.

Above all, you will be looking to improve Energy awareness across the council.

The successful candidate will be expected to work from our Birkenhead offices a minimum of 2 days per week, and carry out site visits, across the corporate /school estate, on a weekly basis.

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If you wish to discuss this role or require further information, please contact Simon Parrott, on email  simonparrott@wirral.gov.uk

If your skills, knowledge, or experience looks a little different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you - as subject to the skills, knowledge, or experience levels within the candidate pool we may explore a traineeship for this role.

If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest’s employment and skills team on info@involvenorthwest.org.uk or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.

If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Working at Wirral

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We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible, please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

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