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

This 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.

You’ll be part of a team working to make a positive impact on the lives of people and businesses in the Global South, You’ll support the delivery of our multi-annual and multi-million-pound initiatives funded by UK Aid and IKEA Foundation and jointly managed with our partner CLASP:

• The Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) 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.
• 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 will be specifically working in the Research and Development workstream of the LEIA programme . This workstream is primarily focused on accelerating innovation in the off-grid appliances sector through the delivery of the Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund, an innovation fund that provides early-stage support to innovators developing off-grid appliance products for use in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The role

You will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day delivery and management of the Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund. It will involve liaising closely with grantees to ensure timely implementation of their R&D projects.

You will support the Project Manager with a variety of tasks, largely relating to grantee and financial management. Activities will include reviewing milestone reports and grant claims and co-ordinating project closures, along with maintaining grant reporting to ensure projects are delivered to budget, on time, and are yielding high quality outcomes and impacts in line with the workstream’s Theory of Change.

Wider project coordination support will also be a key part of your role and may include tasks such as organising and facilitating team meetings, taking minutes, and supporting with financial reporting and forecasting for the wider LEIA programme.

What you’ll do

Grantee management
o Coordinate and support on project delivery and reporting, including reviewing and providing summaries of milestone reports / claims, and supporting the annual review and workplan.

o Provide administrative support relating to delivery of the R&D Fund, including tasks such as general inbox monitoring, uploading, and updating information on the internal grants management systems and ensuring various process documentation is up to date.

o Coordinate on relevant internal reporting around key performance indicators for projects (risks, milestones, contractors, and budgets) to assist the Technical Programme Manager and Project Manager in understanding and taking measures to mitigate key risks within the R&D Fund portfolio.

o Work closely with the LEIA R&D and Communications teams to prepare communications associated with the R&D Fund, including publication of knowledge products.

Financial management
o Work with the Project Manager, R&D and Technical Programme Manager to ensure all financial reporting and forecasting is up to date and accurate.

o Work with the wider LEIA team to ensure financial forecasting for the wider LEIA programme is communicated clearly and accurately.

Supporting additional programme activities
o Support with additional activities that complement the work of the R&D Fund, such as liaising with programme partners or companies to execute newly funded work.

o Coordinate wider team activities, such as team meetings, within the international programme.

What you’ll bring

• We’re looking for someone with experience delivering results to deadlines and working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• You’ll have a proven track record managing different priorities and working effectively on a variety of tasks.
• You’ll demonstrate a keen eye for detail and confidence working with large spreadsheets, databases and documents containing large amount of data.
• Our ideal candidate will have an interest or experience of working with energy efficiency and/or in the energy access sector.
• You’ll possess excellent interpersonal, presentation and communications skills, with the ability and commitment to work across a geographically dispersed and culturally varied network.
• You’ll be self-motivated, with a willingness to learn quickly and be pro-active.

For more information, please see job description.

Applications close 23.59, 11 September 2024. Interviews are intended to be held 19th, 23rd and/or 24th of September.

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.

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 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 with recruitment@est.org.uk or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. 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 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. Find out more here.

You can find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.