Pt Energy Officer/admin - London, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

Triumph Consultants Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

What's involved with this role:

Interim PT Energy Officer/Admin - Environmental Services

Job Ref:
Brent

Pay Rate:
£21.09 per hour PAYE

Hours per week: 28 specific days and hours TBC

Role Length:
This opening assignment is for 4-5 months

City:
Wembley, London

The purpose of the role is to provide cross-cutting project management and day-to-day support to the delivery of varied workstreams relating to communal and district heat supplies owned or utilised by Brent Council (domestic and non-domestic).

The postholder may be expected to lead the project management and delivery of specific elements, in particular related to Heat Metering & Billing.

Key Responsibilities:

Working with officers across all directorates, coordinate the strategy for heat metering and billing including both Brent Council networks and networks which supply Brent Council tenants.
Coordinate heat metering and billing as part of the Housing Energy Board and report to other boards as appropriate.
Liaise closely with the Senior Energy & Sustainability Manager on the management of heat billing in the Council
Work closely with the Senior Energy & Sustainability Manager and the District Energy Network Manager on strategies to decarbonise heat networks, starting with those owned by Brent. Any decarbonisation must take into account the financial sustainability of networks, both in terms of the price of heat (ensuring users are not in fuel poverty) and in terms of overarching objectives to ensure that networks, at least break even
The Energy Officer (Heat) will determine the heat tariff annually, taking into account all costs associated with networks, whilst also considering whether the price of heat would lead to greater instances of fuel poverty. There may be multiple tariffs across the Council.
Be responsible for ensuing compliance with the Heat Metering & Billing Regulations and ensuring that the Council has complied with legislation by declaring all the relevant networks and, where relevant, obtained exemptions.
Support the engagement of residents and other users of heat networks including explaining heating controls where necessary. Attendance at evening or weekend events may be required from timetotime.
Work with other teams to develop online resident tools including videos in relation to managing heating systems primarily domestic, but also nondomestic where relevant.
Undertake project and policy work to support the development of robust external funding bids/ business cases to further the council's Climate Emergency ambitions specifically in relation to heat networks.
Support the Senior Energy & Sustainability Manager on consistent monitoring and horizon scanning on key developments, best practice, and newly released research across all related aspects of the council's heat networks both existing and proposed, building the council's evidence base to assist with developer discussions and ensuring the Council has a robust strategy, and subsequent delivery of the strategy.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Qualifications:

Experience:

Experience of working in the public sector.
Experience of working on projects which cut across different directorates, bringing people together to achieve positive outcomes.
Experience of writing minutes and supporting administrative tasks within a small team setting.
Experience of demonstrating compliance with legislation.
Experience of managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, including internal and external stakeholders (such as residents and community organisations).
A good knowledge of energy systems in particular heat networks and communal heating systems in residential developments.

Skills & Abilities:

Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complex issues clearly and simply with a wide range of expert and nonexpert stakeholders and audiences.
Excellent project management and organisational skills
Excellent team working and people skills, able to work with colleagues across all of the council's different directorates.
Able to proactively plan and work on own initiative, work under pressure to t