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Job Description

Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage:

1. A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
2. Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
3. Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
4. Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and insurance savings.
5. Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
6. Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
7. Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality network.
8. Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
9. An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role
The Economy and Climate Change team plays a key role in supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth across Cambridgeshire. One important aspect of this is working with communities to reduce energy consumption and develop a variety of energy projects, in line with their vision and aspirations.
We are looking to appoint a Community Energy Manager to help strategically shape our existing work with schools and the wider community to help deliver net zero and reduce fuel poverty and inequalities. You will work with a wide range of community groups and other stakeholders to bring forward a range of energy projects to support low carbon lifestyles for our communities.
This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and friendly team working across a number of the Council's functions. If you are someone with strong financial and technical skills combined with an ability to communicate with a variety of audiences and have a desire to make a difference across Cambridgeshire, this could be a great role for you.
Our office base is Sackville House, Cambourne, with flexibility to work in alternative Council office locations, as well as homeworking.
The post is fixed term for 2 years with the possibility of being extended / made permanent.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Eithne George, Head of Economy and Climate Change at eithne.george@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Interviews will be held in person on Wednesday 30 April at Sunley House, Papworth Everard.

About you
You will have a strong understanding of the technical and financial aspects of renewable energy and other energy-saving projects. You will be able to constructively work with groups and stakeholders on projects of a variety of sizes and types to understand viability challenges and manage their resources efficiently, to deliver successful projects. By guiding your team in their work with communities, you will add real benefit to the community energy sector. You will play a supportive role and stay in keeping with the role of a local authority.
Your experience of troubleshooting, where issues occur, and finding ways to overcome hurdles will unlock activity at scale. You will have an excellent understanding of governance and anticipate where challenges may arise, and the input of decision-makers is required. You will be able to manage budgets competently and stay on top of a challenging workload, balancing priorities and escalating issues where needed. You will enjoy communication at a relatively strategic level, with partners, to help unlock opportunities for communities.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality.