Energy Officer

West Northamptonshire Council; Northampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

West Northamptonshire Council is seeking a role focused on delivering energy and sustainability objectives across the Council's estate. You will manage energy data, contracts, and invoicing and support rollout of smart metering and energy reporting.

The role emphasizes reducing costs, carbon emissions, and ensuring compliance with national reporting obligations. Ideal candidates will have experience in energy management within public sector buildings and be able to analyse energy usage data to

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of energy management and energy efficiency programmes within public sector buildings.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the national carbon management agenda, including climate emergency commitments and statutory reporting requirements.
• Experience managing energy accounts and utility contracts, ensuring accurate billing and reliable energy data reporting.

Responsibilities

• Review, validate and pay utility invoices promptly to minimise late charges and maintain supplier relationships.
• Manage energy data collection, submit meter readings, maintain energy management system, and analyse consumption and carbon data.
• Coordinate with utility suppliers to roll out smart metering and ensure Display Energy Certificates and recommendations are up to date.
• Support energy efficiency improvements and environmental/net-zero commitments across Council assets.

Job description

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of the Council's energy and sustainability objectives.

Working closely with the Energy Manager, you will play a key role in the effective management of energy contracts, helping to reduce both operational costs and carbon emissions across the Council's estate.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for ensuring utility invoices are reviewed, validated and paid promptly, minimising the risk of late payment charges and maintaining positive supplier relationships. The role will also involve managing utility recharges for third-party occupiers within Council-owned assets, resolving queries and ensuring accurate cost recovery.

A key part of the position will be overseeing energy data collection and management. This includes obtaining and submitting meter readings to utility providers to ensure bills accurately reflect consumption, maintaining the Council's energy management system, and supporting the analysis of energy usage and carbon emissions data. The information you provide will help inform decision-making, identify efficiency opportunities and ensure compliance with national reporting requirements.

You will also coordinate with utility suppliers to support the successful rollout of smart metering across the Council's property portfolio and ensure all assets maintain valid Display Energy Certificates and Recommendation Reports, helping the Council meet its statutory obligations. Through accurate reporting, effective data management and strong stakeholder engagement, you will contribute to the delivery of energy efficiency improvements and the Council's wider environmental and net-zero commitments.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of energy management and energy efficiency programmes within public sector buildings, with the ability to identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption, lower costs and support sustainability objectives. You will possess up-to-date knowledge of the national carbon management agenda, including climate emergency commitments, carbon reduction strategies and statutory reporting requirements, enabling you to contribute effectively to the Council's environmental goals.

You will also have proven experience in managing energy accounts and utility contracts, ensuring accurate billing, effective supplier management and reliable energy data reporting. With strong analytic and organisational skills, you will be confident in interpreting energy consumption and carbon emissions data, supporting informed decision-making and helping to drive continuous improvements in energy performance across the Council's property portfolio.

Our benefits

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. Hear from our Chief Executive, Martin Henry, about building a career at WNC.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.

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