Job Description
Energy Advisor
Salary: £25,570 per annum + generous benefits
Hours: Full-time - This is a full time 37.5 per week role. The contract hours for this position will be required to work a shift pattern between the hours of 8am-6pm Mon-Fri and 8am-6pm Saturday.
Location: Home-based, West Yorkshire
Closing Date: 20 June 2025Ref: RD 1370
This Multi-programme Energy Advisor role is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong experience in delivering excellent customer service, who is able to listen to and respond to customers’ individual needs, drawing on a breadth of energy efficiency, low carbon technology, sustainable energy and affordable warmth knowledge to tailor advice appropriately.
Who we are
Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.
At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs - we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.
Here are some of the benefits we offer:
* 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service
* Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill
* A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions
* Flexibility in our ways of working - work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role
* Two paid volunteering days per year - a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you
Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.
The team
The consumer advice-focused role will sit in the energy team, whose purpose is to enable households, small businesses and communities to have affordable energy costs and reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change.
We provide energy advice services, renewable energy expertise and manage and administer loans and grants for energy saving and low or zero carbon improvements to homes and businesses on behalf of governments, local authorities and businesses.
Our work is service-focused and seeing the impact we have on the lives of people we support is what brings us to work each day.
We collaborate and support each other, sharing expertise and best practice and innovating to deliver world-class customer experience.
The role
You will move between different energy advice services as required, swiftly learning and applying different knowledge for each, while at all times meeting high quality and customer service standards. You will advise on a wide range of topics including energy efficiency, home renewables, low and zero carbon heating, affordable warmth, low carbon transport and water efficiency. (Full training will be provided.)
What you’ll do
Provide telephone, written and online based energy advice to a wide range of householders and small businesses. You will have the ability to motivate and enable householders to take action to reduce their fuel bills and cut carbon emissions, and for them to make their homes warmer and more comfortable.
What you’ll bring
* A proven track record of delivering excellent customer service in an advice setting.
* Knowledge and understanding of energy efficiency and existing energy schemes.
* Ability to work across multiple programmes and maintain a broad knowledge base of multiple programmes.
* The ability to learn and apply new knowledge quickly.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with vulnerable customers.
To apply please visit our recruitment portal via the apply button.
Applications close 5pm, 20 June 2025. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 30 June 2025.
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.
If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.
Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.
We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.
Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
Diversity and inclusionEnergy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.
We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role.