Low Carbon Energy Adviser

**Community Energy Plus **and the **Bude Climate Partnership **are recruiting a

**Low Carbon Energy Adviser **to work as part of the **Resilient Bude programme**

**Resilient Bude - Protecting Our Future**

The Bude Climate Partnership is a group of local environmental and community organisations working together to develop positive community-led climate-change responses throughout the wider Bude area. The partnership has secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fund for a five-year programme, starting in January 2023, that aims to build climate resilience and reduce energy use and carbon emissions across the Bude area. It will galvanise every resident, business, and visitor across all communities to build resilience against the impact of climate change.

The **Resilient Bude **programme will deliver activities across a number of projects:

- A Sustainable Tourism project
- A Shoreline Resilience project
- An Energy Efficient Homes programme

Together with the establishment of
- A Library of Things
- A Community Growing project

The focus of the projects’ activities will be the Bude Community Network Area, which comprises 11

Town and Parish Councils in North Cornwall.

Awareness of all the funded projects is an essential part of the role of the Low Carbon Energy Adviser, but their day-to-day responsibility is to deliver the Energy Efficient Homes programme. This aims to help residents improve the energy efficiency of their homes as part of the community’s efforts to build resilience and reduce its carbon footprint.

Employed by Community Energy Plus, the Low Carbon Energy Adviser will be supported in their work by other Community Energy Plus team members and will assist in the delivery of work to address fuel poverty within the Bude area and in the wider area of northeast Cornwall.

**Low Carbon Energy Adviser**

We are recruiting a Low Carbon Energy Adviser to promote energy efficiency and to assist residents in the Bude Community Network Area in the transition to low-carbon lifestyles.

Community Energy Plus’ Energy Advisers are people who:

- are committed to providing high quality advice services
- are passionate about making a lasting difference for the people we serve
- have an approachable outlook and can communicate with people of all backgrounds
- are flexible and can take a collaborative approach to teamwork
- are prepared to learn new skills

Training will be provided to ensure the post holder has knowledge about energy management in a domestic setting that is essential for this role. All Energy Advisers working with Community Energy Plus are required to hold City & Guilds 6281 Level 3 certification in Energy Awareness. Appropriate training will be given if this qualification is not held prior to appointment.

**The Important Details**:
**Contract**:
Ideally, this is a full-time role (35 hours per week), but we are open to part time working arrangements with the right individual. A minimum of 28 hours / 4 days a week for this role is required.

The post-holder will be employed by Community Energy Plus to work for three days a week on Bude Climate Partnership’s Resilient Bude project, mostly on its Energy Efficient Homes project but also half a day each week helping to establish a Library of Things The remaining 1-2 days each week will be spent supporting Community Energy Plus’ Advice team, and our clients in the north and east of Cornwall.

Potentially, some evening and weekend working will be required.

**Duration**:
The Resilient Bude project is funded for five years.

**Location**:
Working primarily in the Bude Community Network Area (3 days a week), this is a hybrid role, working flexibly from home and at least one day a week at our office at the Bude Tourism Information Centre. Engagement with the Community Energy Plus Advice team will require regular attendance at Community Energy Plus’ Truro office.

**Salary**:Annual gross salary starting at £25,708 (1 FTE) and rising to £26,829 on achievement of C&G award and completion of probationary period. Pay will be reviewed annually and we aim to increase the salary in line with inflation.

A workplace pension scheme will be arranged with an employer contribution of 3% of gross annual salary.

**Annual leave**:25 days per annum plus bank holidays

**Start date**: As soon as possible

**Further details**:
**Application process**:
**Interviews**: Dates of interviews are to be confirmed but will be held in the week beginning 6th February.

**What we are looking for: Low Carbon Energy Adviser**

Working as part of the **Resilient Bude **project delivery team, the primary purpose of the role is to assist residents of the Bude Community Network Area to improve the energy efficiency of their properties and to make the transition to low carbon lifestyles.

The post-holder will work to provide advice and support to individual households enquiring about low carbon technologies, with the aim of

1. Demystifying the low carbon energ