Salary: Up to £29,000 (depending on experience)
Hours: Full-time (see ‘Flexible working’)
Location: Flexible within Great Britain: blended or fully office based (from our offices in Edinburgh or London) or home-based

Closing Date: 18 November 2024
Ref: BP 1309

This Project Coordinator role is an exciting opportunity to join Energy Saving Trust’s growing energy access team working within the international team to develop and deliver our global portfolio of work.

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:

• We offer an outstanding pension scheme including employer contributions of up to 9%, 11% or 13% (age-linked).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Private BUPA insurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with service-linked increases as well as three goodwill days over the Christmas period.
• Staff wellbeing allowance of up to £25 per month / £300 per year.

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

You’ll be part of a team working to make a positive impact on the lives of people and businesses in the Global South, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. You’ll support the delivery of our multi-annual and multi-million-pound initiatives funded by UK Aid (through the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) programme) and IKEA Foundation and jointly managed with our partner CLASP:

• The Low Energy Inclusive Appliances Programme is a research and innovation programme that seeks to improve the efficiency, performance, availability and affordability of a range of household, community and productive use solar appliances and technologies.

It’s the flagship initiative of…

• The Efficiency for Access Coalition, a global coalition working to accelerating the uptake of off and weak-grid appliances to boost incomes, reduce carbon emissions, improve quality of life, and support sustainable development.

The role
• You will be responsible for supporting the financial management, reporting and project coordination of the LEIA. This will involve working closely with the Project Manager and workstream leads.

What you’ll do
• Support financial and budget management of the programme, including making payments, recording spend, updating forecasts and preparing reports and claims.
• Support consultant and supplier management to ensure expenditure is accurate, invoices are processed on time and processes are followed.
• Support wider project coordination activities which may include organising and facilitating team meetings and taking minutes.

What you’ll bring:
• Accurate numerical work and attention to detail, with the ability to proactively solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience of delivering results to deadlines and working under pressure or in a fast-paced environment.

To Apply

For further information and to apply please click the apply button.
Applications close 23.59, 18 November 2024. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 25 November 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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 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.