Energy Consultant (Retrofit)

£32,025 – £34,884 + 8% employer pension contribution
Full time (35 hours per week)
Edinburgh or Inverness (hybrid of home and office working)

If you’re looking for a role that gives you the chance to make a difference to people’s lives and help tackle the climate change emergency, then your search stops here. Changeworks, Scotland’s leading environmental charity delivering high-impact solutions for low carbon living, is recruiting for an Energy Consultant (Retrofit). If you have a background in building physics and domestic energy modelling and excellent written communication skills then this is a fantastic, career-making opportunity.

You’ll be joining Changeworks at a very exciting time as we’ve recently launched a new strategy to help us scale our work and achieve our mission of decarbonising Scottish homes. As the Energy Consultant (Retrofit) you will have to make a telling contribution to decarbonisation strategies for registered social landlords. This will make a telling contribution to decarbonising Scotland’s social housing at scale.

You will support and develop our Net-Zero Pathways service through retrofit assessment and modelling that focuses on whole house retrofit solutions. You will have a solid understanding of domestic building health, domestic building fabric, energy efficiency interventions and domestic low-carbon heating, as well as ventilation. You will also be able to engage with different audiences and be capable of writing reports for social landlords. Experience in using Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) modelling would be advantageous, however we will provide full training to the right candidate.

At a time when climate change is the most significant threat to the environment and our way of life, this is an important role that delivers real job satisfaction.

Benefits
Joining Changeworks means you become part of an exciting and innovative organisation that really cares about its employees. Our staff overwhelmingly say that they would recommend us as an employer – and it’s no surprise that we were nominated for the Employer of the Year by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce in 2022.

As one of the few Investors in People Platinum status holders in Scotland, we offer an excellent range of staff benefits including flexible working, hybrid working, a bike to work scheme, an excellent pension scheme and 26 days paid holiday plus nine public holidays per year. You’ll get a day off for your birthday too!

If you have what it takes to become our Energy Consultant 9Retrofit) and make a real difference to the lives of people in Scotland, apply today. Together, we can create a world where everyone is able to live, work and enjoy life with a low carbon impact.

At Changeworks, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone.

To apply: please visit our website to complete an online application – Working at Changeworks | Changeworks

Interviews: Ongoing

For further information about this post please contact Stephen Strachan – Principal Consultant (Net Zero Pathways) on 07901551057

Changeworks ~ delivering positive low carbon living