Home Energy Advisor – Green Doctor – Kent and Medway

Do you have good customer service skills? Come and join our Green Doctor team at Groundwork
South

Want to help some of the most vulnerable people keep warm this winter and manage their energy
bills? Come and join our Green Doctor team at Groundwork South.

Home Energy Advisor – Green Doctor 

Ref: KMSGD25’

Location: Kent, Hybrid Working (On site at Gravesend Office/Remote working
delivering home visits at a minimum of 3 days per week and outreach when required)

Contract: Fixed Term Contract – March 2026 (with possibility to extend
further) 

Salary: £25,500 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Summary of role: Our Green Doctors deliver home visits and telephone
consultations across Kent and Medway. Consultations are a mix of advice, installation of small
practical energy-saving measures such as low energy light bulbs and draft proofing and
referring on to other health and wellbeing services. We aim to promote healthy heating habits,
reduce our clients’ energy bills and save them money in a variety of ways that support those
with low-income, high-energy costs, and energy inefficient homes.

You will be a practical, people-person with a passion for helping vulnerable people.

Experience in energy efficiency to provide tailored energy saving advice is desirable, and the
ability to adapt your approach to suit our client’s varied needs will be essential. Although we
approach projects and their targets as a team, you must be comfortable regularly lone working
and in managing your own workload.

A qualification as Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA), NVQ Level 3 (6049-03) Provide Energy
Efficiency Services, or City and Guilds Energy Awareness (6281-01) is desirable, but relevant
experience within the field or a willingness to take the qualification will be considered. (20
paid study hours).

A full clean driving license is required. This is an in-person role with regular travel to
clients’ homes. Any applicants should therefore be within reasonable travel distance of
Maidstone, Gravesend, Medway and Thanet. You may be required to travel on Groundwork’s business
to carry out your duties at other locations as may be required for the proper performance of
your duties.

In return we offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum plus public holidays
• Health Cash Plan and 24-hour online access to a GP
• PERKS scheme – such as discounted gym membership and shopping discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme – including mental health helpline and face to face
  counselling
• Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work and pension contributions
• Family friendly policies to support work/life balance with time off in lieu for out of
  hours activities
• Business travel expenses

We are a creative, committed, and enthusiastic organisation with a great track record of
project development, fundraising and delivery, so there are always opportunities to grow and
develop your role within our friendly team.

Groundwork South

Groundwork South works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives
and the places where they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental
regeneration for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places,
improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.

We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every
community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their
background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that we do. Each year we deliver over
100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real
and lasting, positive change.

Closing date for applications: 10th March 2025 at 5pm

Interview date: 24th – 25th March 2025

Start date: ASAP

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed
to our website to complete your application for this position.

Appointment to this role is subject to an enhanced records check through the Disclosure and
Barring Service (DBS).

Groundwork South is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members
of the community.

No agencies please.