Local Authority Liaison Officer

Community Energy England; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Energy England is seeking an enthusiastic policy and partnerships lead to drive place-based energy initiatives in rural East Sussex and Oxfordshire. You will engage councils, communities and local stakeholders to deliver Net Zero energy actions and supported projects across varied rural settings.

The role involves coordinating with energy advice programs, developing funding opportunities and ensuring strong community voice in decision-making, with a focus on practical on-the-ground

Qualifications

• Experience building partnerships with councils and communities.
• Ability to translate climate ambitions into practical projects and actions.
• Knowledge of local authority processes and funding opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with councils and communities to accelerate the transition to net zero.
• Turn local climate ambitions into practical projects, programmes and action plans.
• Join up local authority needs with data, insights and local knowledge to identify opportunities and shape place-based solutions.
• Develop funding opportunities, partnerships and projects that deliver real impact.
• Help communities have a stronger voice in local energy and climate decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Partnership development

Community outreach

Policy awareness

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Office

CRM software

Job description

Working closely with project delivery and community engagement colleagues, you’ll ensure that our place-based work is credible, empowering and delivering meaningful change on the ground.

You’ll be working alongside passionate project and engagement managers who are delivering real impact on the ground, from community energy events to thermal imaging campaign training, from SME energy efficiency assessments and funding to coordinating innovative Community Action Plans for Net Zero Energy Systems.

About the role

You’ll be leading our engagement with local authorities in relation to the delivery of our Community Action Plans and the development of our methodologies for prioritisting where we deliver them, how we create and facilitate implementation of them. Our partner local authorities in Oxfordshire are about to go through a reorganisation process, so you will be at the heart of maintaining and building our relationships and partnership working with them at a critical period.

Responsibilities will include…

• Building partnerships with councils and communities to accelerate the transition to net zero.
• Helping to turn local climate ambitions into practical projects, programmes and action plans.
• Joining up local authority needs with Low Carbon Hub’s data, insights and local knowledge to identify opportunities and shape place-based solutions.
• Developing funding opportunities, partnerships and projects that deliver real impact.
• Helping communities have a stronger voice in local energy and climate decisions.

Download the full job description from our website.

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