Property Liaison & Quality Officer (Energy Advisor) - INTERNAL

Property Liaison & Quality Officer (Energy Advisor) - INTERNAL We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
Organisation
Kirklees
Directorate
Growth & Regeneration
Service Area
Homes & Neighbourhoods
Hours
37
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Position type
Permanent
Grade
Grade 10
THIS ROLE IS INTERNALLY RESTRICTEDTo apply for this job, you must meet all of the following criteria:Be an employee of Kirklees Council.Be employed by Kirklees for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date.Have successfully completed your probationary period.(Please note that if you work for an Academy, you are not an employee of the Council.)Your employment status will be checked, if you do not meet the above requirements your application will be rejected.
The Sustainability Strategy team is part of the Homes and Neighbourhoods service. The team is responsible for the development and delivery of the sustainability theme of the asset strategy. It will work alongside the delivery teams with the aim of making homes warm and comfortable places to live, while supporting the council’s ambition to become carbon neutral by 2038.
In recent years we have seen an increase in the opportunities available through external funding to improve council homes by making them more thermally efficient, the sustainability strategy team are looking to maximise on these opportunities and as an integral part of the team you will work on funded schemes with external stakeholders from conception through delivery and into evaluation.
We have seen the significant impact fuel poverty has on lives. As an energy advisor, you will be pivotal in the Councils commitment to provide warm, healthy homes for our tenants. You will be resourceful and enjoy coming up with solutions; sharing good practice with other teams and colleagues across the Council. You will enjoy building networks that will increase your knowledge of the sector and applying this to continually improve services to tenants.
You will be a skilled communicator, able to engage tenants in energy schemes. Your focus will be to combat fuel poverty but also to reduce carbon emissions in Kirklees. You will support tenants with the lifestyle changes that are required by the installation of renewable technology and various other energy measures and make sure that feedback is used to shape future schemes. You will have open and honest conversations with tenants, listening to their aspirations and putting these at the forefront of service delivery.
You will enjoy interpreting data and using it to prioritise your work.
This is a real opportunity to make a difference to peoples lives and to be a part of a growing industry, helping people and creating green healthy spaces for families to thrive. If this is something you are passionate about we would love to hear from you.
This post has a hybrid working arrangement.
Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits
to support you in and out of work.
Paulette Johnson
is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support
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