Head of Capacity Building
Salary: £37,100 – £42,700 p.a. (pro rata if part time), with scope to increase to
£47,700 per year as the role develops
Hours: 35 hours per week (requests for 28 hours per week and above will be considered,
as well as variable and compressed hours)
Contract period: 3.5 years (extension subject to funding)
About us
Community Energy England (CEE) is a membership association for and created by the
community energy sector. Our mission is to create the conditions within which community energy
is able to thrive and scale. We do this by:
We have a growing network of over 300 member organisations, including community energy
enterprises and other supportive organisations from the private and public sectors, and we work
with a wide range of other associations and networks.
We are a small, dynamic and collaborative team. Working for us means you’ll be making a
direct contribution to tackling climate change, increasing community resilience, and making the
future energy system fairer.
You can find out more about us and what we do on our website.
About this role
We are seeking an experienced project and people manager to develop new workstreams to
increase the scale and impact of community energy in England and to respond to the needs of our
growing membership.
This new role will lead on the design and delivery in England of a new UK-wide Energy
Learning Network that aims to empower communities to deliver innovative and impactful energy
projects and services, and to ensure a long-term, sustainable route for community energy across
the UK. The Network is led by Ashden and delivered in partnership with Community Energy
England, Community Energy Scotland, Community Energy Wales, Action Renewables and Centre for
Sustainable Energy.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in the growth of community
energy across the UK as well as to help to shape the future role of Community Energy England.
The role will suit someone with experience of community energy and a passion for securing
progress towards a people-centred, zero carbon energy system.
As a member of the CEE team, you will be given the opportunity to continue developing
your skills and contribution to the organisation and the sector. Community energy has broad and
exciting impacts and this role will provide varied experience and national reach.
Principal roles and responsibilities
Strategic development of CEE
Working with the Chief Executive, you will be responsible for developing a new
workstream for CEE to increase the capacity of our members, and build new skills and pathways
for employment. Initially, this will mainly be shaped around the Energy Learning Network but
will expand to include developing new opportunities for collaboration and business
development.
Energy Learning Network
You will lead on designing and delivering CEE’s part of a new UK-wide Energy Learning
Network. Supported by the wider team, your responsibilities will include:
People management and team working
You will form part of our small senior leadership team and be an integral support to
the Chief Executive. As we are a small organisation, this role will by necessity be a hands-on role too; “doing the
doing” will be an important part of enabling you to develop this area of our activity and
impact. You will line manage our new Heat and Retrofit Coordinator, ensuring that
learning is shared between the Energy Learning Network and other projects that we are
supporting, such as the Net Zero Terrace
Streets project. You will work collaboratively across the team and with our members to
ensure that we work effectively and strategically. You will work with the Chief Executive to
grow the team to enable us to continue to impactfully support our growing membership.
About you
You will thrive in this role if you:
Why Us?
Working at CEE is purposeful, collaborative and creative. We value diverse perspectives
and believe that ideas and solutions are best achieved through collaboration among community
organisations and with other sectors.
We value communication and helping colleagues by sharing knowledge and ideas. We are a
friendly team of seven spread across England, so we’ll trust you to manage your own time. That
means you can work around childcare or other responsibilities if a standard 9-5 work day
doesn’t work for you. We do have weekly virtual team meetings on Tuesdays which all team
members attend.
We recognise that a diverse workforce is an asset and it’s important to us that every
member of our team feels able to bring their whole self to work. We’ll listen to what you tell
us about your circumstances and provide the support you need to do your job well and feel
confident at work.
We’re a small organisation so being willing to pitch in and adapt is really important.
This also means that you will get the opportunity to gain experience in a broad range of skills
as well as develop strong networks across the UK.
Salary, benefits and conditions
Other Benefits:
Cycle to Work scheme.
Application process
If you need specific support to fully engage in the recruitment process, or would like
an informal conversation about the role or organisation before applying, please email Lisa West
([email protected]).
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
To apply, send the following documents to Lisa West ([email protected]):
The closing date for applications will be 9am, Tuesday 25th June. Late submissions will
not be considered. All applications will be acknowledged, but only shortlisted candidates will
be given feedback. Interviews will likely take place online w/c 8th July.
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