Energy Saving Adviser

● Full time, 37 hours per week
● Based at home and Chester/Winsford office (TBD) (will require regular travel across district)
● Starting salary £27,344 + excellent benefits
● Fixed term for 2 years (with possible further 2 year extension)

The opportunity
This role is part of a brand new service helping to support individuals with the cost of living crisis and who are vulnerable or at risk of fuel poverty.

As an Energy Saving Adviser you will work within our community, delivering energy savings awareness workshops to frontline staff to help vulnerable clients and individuals with fuel poverty issues. You will be responsible for creating referral pathways into the new service which includes an energy advice contact centre and energy advice caseworkers, and for creating awareness of the service within local community groups and organisations.

The ideal person
You will have proven experience of delivering workshops, have excellent communication skills and be comfortable delivering presentations to groups of people. We are ideally looking for someone who has experience in delivering financial capability programmes as well as promoting energy saving measures, however training will be provided for the right candidate.

Who we are
We are a locally focused charity covering the whole of the Cheshire West area with over 80 volunteers and employees. We provide free, impartial advice and information on a wide range of issues to our local community and are the largest independent provider of generic advice within the district.

As an employer we offer flexible working wherever possible, an enhanced holiday entitlement and enhanced sick pay. We are committed to supporting health and well being within the workforce and provide support, coaching and mentoring for everyone.

Applications
Please visit our website to access our application pack. https://www.citizensadvicecw.org.uk/energy-saving-adviser/ We do not accept CV’s in application.

The application deadline is 17/02/23 at 12pm, interviews will be held during the w/b
20/2/23.

Citizens Advice Cheshire West is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Citizens Advice Cheshire West treats your personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy. Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in our job applicant privacy notice at https://www.citizensadvicecw.org.uk/job-applicant-privacy-policy

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: From £27,344.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Have you experience of working with community groups?

Experience:

• delivering workshops: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chester

Application deadline: 17/02/2023