Project Manager - Energy Advice Strategy in Edinburgh

Energy Jobline ZR; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy advice organization is seeking a Project Manager to deliver their strategy for energy advice over 18 months. The role involves managing cross-departmental projects, fostering collaboration, and utilizing data to shape long-term visions. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in service or advice development and project management methodologies. This position offers a blended work environment and aims to promote equity and diversity.

Benefits

Employee wellbeing prioritization

Supportive work culture

Opportunities for diverse applicants

Qualifications

• Proven ability in service or advice development with effective impact.
• Confidently lead projects and manage risks.
• Excellent ability to manage challenges and adapt to changing needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects for strategic decision-making aligned with goals.
• Foster collaboration and maintain communication across departments.
• Use data to contribute to long-term visions for energy advice.

Skills

Service or advice development

Project management methodologies

Proactive management of challenges

Job description

Job Description

Location: Blended between office and home (England and Wales). Time in office negotiable.

Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward - whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

The role

We are looking for a Project Manager to help deliver the organisation's strategy for energy advice for the next 18 months. You will be based in the Energy policy team but most of your work will happen across the organisation in multi‑disciplinary teams, working with departments like business development, operations and income.

The team is responsible for developing a vision and taking action to improve our energy advice service and ensuring coordinated and strategic decision‑making. In this role you will manage projects for coordinated and strategic decision‑making whilst aligning these with broader strategic goals. You will confidently explain risks and prepare contingency plans, develop and maintain communication with relevant departments, foster collaboration and effective working relationships, and use data to contribute to long‑term visions for energy advice.

To apply

To apply please submit an anonymous CV and anonymous cover letter. Please provide details in your cover letter to evidence the following essential criteria. Please make sure your cover letter provides evidence for the essential criteria succinctly.

• Proven ability in service or advice development, working with multiple departments with effective impact and working independently
• Proven ability to lead projects confidently applying project management methodologies, delivering within complex work streams, organising workflow, controlling for quality and managing risks
• Excellent ability to proactively manage challenge, taking action to overcome issues that would prevent progress and being flexible and adaptable to respond to changing needs

About Advice

We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). We particularly welcome applications from people who are not well represented in our organisation and sector, including disabled people. We will offer an interview to disabled candidates who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Confident Interview Commitment where they meet our selection criteria. Some roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non‑disabled candidates. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.

Advice seeks to redeploy internal staff who are at risk or under notice of redundancy and will prioritise them in the recruitment process where necessary. If you have been confirmed as at risk or under notice of redundancy please indicate this in the at‑risk box in your application.

Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.

We have been awarded the top charity in Third sector's employer index where it's recognised that Advice is an organisation that not only prioritises the people we serve but also values the wellbeing of its employees.

This vacancy closes at 23:59 on the closing date.

For more information about the organisation, our values and benefits please see the following link: Information, values and benefits. Need help with your application, see our useful how to guides on the following page: Guidance notes for applicants.