Issue Date: 7 October 2025
All candidates should make sure to read the following job description and information carefully before applying.
Closing Date: 24 October 2025
Position Ref: DC 1416
Location: Blended or fully office based (from our office in Edinburgh).
Hours: Full-time (see 'Flexible working')
Salary : Up to £28,400 per annum (depending on experience).
Who we are
Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energyefficiency,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 dont 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
Our team in Energy Saving Trust manages the national Home Energy Scotland service on behalf of the Scottish Government. Joining our team means joining an award-winning advice service that supports hundreds of thousands of households across Scotland every year to make their homes warmer, more affordable, and sustainable.
The climate emergency and the current fuel price crisis means the work of Home Energy Scotland has never been more important. Our team is making a real difference to peoples lives, and we are also growing rapidly. We need to recruit more skilled and dedicated people to join our team now.
Our team collaborates widely with colleagues in Energy Saving Trust, staff across the Home Energy Scotland network and many other partners across Scotland. You will be working with people and organisations to help tackle fuel poverty and the climate emergency, both directly, and through a network of regional advice centres covering all of Scotland.
The role
Working within the Home Energy Scotland team, you will be the main driver with responsibility to successfully deliver our Information and Analysis Service on behalf of the Scottish Government. You will be a key player delivering assistance in support of the delivery of wider Home Energy Scotland programs.
What youll do
You will support Scottish local authorities, housing associations, community groups and the Scottish Government with their information needs for energy efficiency schemes, including those aimed at alleviating fuel poverty.
You will extract and carry out detailed analysis on appropriate datasets to meet these needs from data held by Energy Saving Trust and work to maintain data quality.
You will support the provision, including training, and development of digital tool offerings such as Home Analytics and the Portfolio Energy Analysis Tool (PEAT).
What youll bring
You will have excellent data manipulation skills using varying tools and formats. Experience with GIS and R would be an advantage.
You will have experience of liaising with key stakeholders at all levels and identifying and conveying the needs for future work.
You will have experience of developing and delivering effective training and of providing information system user support.
For more information, please see our website.
Applications close 5:30PM on 24 October. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 3 November 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.
Please click 'apply online' via our recruitment portal. We will ask for your personal details, work history and a supporting statement. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
In your supporting statement please explain how you meet the essential areas in the job description. Applications submitted via email or without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Reasonable adjustments: We are aDisability Confident Committed employer. Wewant 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. We will do our very best to support you.
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 with you at the interview stage.
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 inclusion
Energy 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.
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