Energy Programme Manager - United Kingdom - Burnham and Weston Energy CIC

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Energy Saving Programme Manager – Burnham and Weston Energy CIC

Job title Energy Saving Programme Manager

Location Home working, but must be rooted in the communities we serve: Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge, Mark, Winscombe and the surrounding rural areas

Hours Part time/full time – 3-5 days per week

Contract Initially to March 2025, to be made permanent depending on ongoing success of the programme

Benefits Basic pension, 25 FTE days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holidays

Reporting to The non-exec Board of Burnham and Weston Energy

Applications should be emailed to Jake Burnyeat (Director of Burnham and Weston Energy
Start date ASAP

Burnham and Weston Energy CIC is a
not-for-profit local energy enterprise working towards a future where our energy is locally
3MW community solar farm at Wick Farm, between Burnham-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare.
and surplus income (after operating and finance costs) is put to work to help tackle fuel
poverty in the local area, provide grants to local community projects, and fund renewables and
energy efficiency measures for local schools and community buildings . priority is community organisations and households with the greatest need.
Weston Energy, developed and financed the solar farm and provides ongoing support with company
Our Home Energy Saving Service

Last year Burnham and Weston Energy launched a Home Energy Saving Service for local households
Somerset, Citizens Advice West Somerset and West Somerset Green Forum to help low income and
The service is delivered by a small team of trained Home Energy Advisors who visit people in
homes warmer and healthier to live in. Our Home Energy Advisors also install small energy
financial support and to help them access grant funding for home upgrades including insulation,
boiler replacement and energy efficient appliances.

Home visits are funded through a Local Energy Advice
A grant from Somerset Community
Foundation enabled Burnham & Weston Energy to expand its service to help combat fuel
seek to embed energy support in the community through establishing a network of community-based
Energy Ambassadors. We also run pop up energy advice sessions and are looking to establish
permanent Energy Hubs to reach those who would not ordinarily know how and where to find help
with reducing their energy bills, managing fuel debt, and keeping their homes warm.

The current team of 2 Home Energy Advisors have capacity to deliver around 700 home visits per
We receive referrals for households needing energy support from a range of local
organisations including our partners and other community organisations. We employ a full time
From this foundation, our growth objectives for the Home Energy Savings
Continue to raise awareness of the service amongst local organisations and the public, and
Grow the team of Home Energy Advisors as demand requires, with a vision to at least double
Secure additional funding to support the service to enable us to help more households and
Develop partnerships which broaden and deepen the ways we can help households, including
unlocking funding and support for energy efficiency retrofit.

Our other local energy saving activities

We are carrying out community engagement and feasibility work to understand local needs and
interests for an energy efficiency retrofit support service that could include bulk purchase,
finance, advice and project management support.

We offer funded energy surveys for community buildings to develop energy savings plans, and
help implement them.

We offer schools and community buildings 'Solar Soft Loans' to fund solar PV, and recover
We provide small grants via our Sunshine Fund to support community-led environmental
projects.

Are you passionate about helping lift people out of fuel poverty? you be driven to help shape a future where our homes and community buildings are warm, healthy
and affordable to live in and energy is a benefit to rather than a drain on our local economy?
Do you have the ambition and confidence to grow our energy support programme into something
which could make a big difference to our local communities? of energy support funding and have experience of grant programme management? the burdens energy advisors carry from the sometimes-challenging cases they have to deal with?
Management and development of the Home Energy Saving Service (core to the
The core responsibility of the Energy Saving Programme Manager is to manage the operation and
development of Burnham &Weston Energy's Home Energy Saving Service:

Manage, mentor and support our team of Home Energy Advisors and the Programme Co-ordinator.
To expand the team to deliver our growth objectives for the Home Energy Savings service.

Responsible for team safeguarding, H&S, mental health, team building, mentoring and
training;

Manage the delivery of our Home Energy Saving Service across North Somerset and the former
Manage the delivery of the Somerset Community Foundation grant including ensuring KPIs are
Manage the delivery of our referral partnership contract with LEAP AgilityEco including
Responsible for ensuring company policies relating to the advice programme are kept up to
in accordance with our policies and that risk assessments and management plans are in place and
Manage relationships with organisations referring households to the energy support
Develop partnerships which broaden and deepen the ways we can help households, including
unlocking funding and support for energy efficiency retrofit.

Develop our CRM and IT systems so we can work effectively and easily deliver funder and
Represent Burnham & Weston Energy at local events and forums, nurture and grow our
networks and relationships with local stakeholders and deliver our comms via the website and
Management and expansion of our other local energy activities (optional)

Depending on capacity and experience, there is potential to broaden the Energy Saving Programme
Manage the energy efficiency retrofit support service feasibility study, and development of
Work with our partner to help the 5 community buildings we are working with to implement
their energy savings plans, including support with funding and procurement of contractors.

Promote the 'Solar Soft Loans' offer to local schools and community buildings and work with
and management of installers.

health, risk assessment and management, team building, mentoring and training. managing front line service teams is more important to us than energy advice experience. organise mentoring support from other community energy enterprises who have developed and
scaled up local energy advice services.

Experience of grant programme and service contract management including management of
Experience of securing grant and service contract funding including applications, contract
Committed to and rooted in the communities we serve: Highbridge, Mark, Winscombe and the surrounding rural areas.

Understand the local public, community and private sector landscape and be well networked.

Understand the complex world of energy support funding.

Experience of being a home energy advisor and/or managing home energy advice teams.

Confident in network and relationship building.

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