Job Title: Home Energy Advisor (Green Doctor) – Redress Programme
Salary: £25,229 – £27,885 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week) and Part Time roles available
Location: Barrow In Furness base. As part of the Redress Project, the successful candidate(s) will be expected to travel extensively to locations across the area.
About the employer
Our client works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. They provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step they will go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.
About the role
The organisation is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Home Energy Advisor (Green Doctor) to join their team in Cumbria. In this rewarding frontline role, you’ll provide practical, in-home support to residents most at risk of fuel poverty, including low-income households, older people, disabled residents and families with young children.
You will help make homes warmer, healthier and cheaper to run, offering tailored advice, installing simple energy-saving measures, and advocating on behalf of householders with energy providers.
If you’re a confident communicator who enjoys working with people and community partners, they would love to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing:
As a Home Energy Advisor, you will:
* Deliver one-to-one home energy support visits to vulnerable residents
* Install small energy-saving measures such as LED light bulbs, draught excluders and reflective radiator panels
* Provide basic budgeting and money management advice
* Advocate with energy companies to help residents secure better tariffs and resolve issues
* Develop strong referral pathways with local authorities, housing providers, health services and community organisations
* Deliver informal energy awareness sessions to partners and community groups
* Maintain accurate records and complete all administrative tasks to a high standard
* Promote the project within the local community
About you:
The organisation is seeking a dynamic and dedicated person who can think on their feet, someone with a caring nature who has a strong desire for helping people and is passionate about making a difference. You will need to be highly organised and adaptable as no two days will be the same.
You will undertake assessments, fit practical energy saving measures and then offer energy saving advice to residents.
It’s a unique and challenging role that gives you the chance to make a difference to people’s lives every day.
Appropriate qualifications in energy efficiency would be useful but not vital as the employer will provide full in-job training for the successful candidates.
Closing Date: Noon on Friday 3rd April 2026.
Please note, should the employer receive a high volume of applications, they may look to close the role early, therefore we recommend an early application.
Interested?
To apply, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions.
This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Make yourself at home
The employer wants you to be yourself and they value everything that makes you unique. They recognise and celebrate your difference and together you will make the organisation a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer the employer offers a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.
The employer ensures that they provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that they organise. They are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk.Their safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people they appoint are suitable to work with children, young people and adults.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
No agencies please.