Project Officer - Sustainability

Wakefield and District Housing Limited; Castleford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing provider in the UK seeks a Project Officer - Sustainability to enhance energy efficiency and support climate change initiatives. This role involves providing specialist advice and implementing sustainability principles across the organization's housing stock. With flexibility in a hybrid working model and opportunities for personal development, this position offers a chance to make a real impact in the community.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Colleague development initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a sustainability role.
• Good understanding of operational service delivery in a large organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a sustainability subject matter expert.
• Support the delivery of Vico Homes’ Sustainability Plan.
• Undertake work to improve energy efficiency.

Skills

Sustainability expertise

Energy efficiency

Climate change knowledge

Education

Qualification Level 3 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework

Level 3 in Energy Awareness or willingness to work towards

Job description

Castleford – Hybrid working with 2 days in office per week

Hours

End Date

03/07/2025

Reference

V095/25

Vico Homes is built on the foundations of WDH. We are looking for a Project Officer - Sustainability to join our Homes and Growth (Sustainability) Team.

A home is more than four walls and a roof. It should be a safe place. A place to start things. A place of opportunities. A place to grow. A place where you feel you belong.

These are the places we provide for today and for the future. This is what marks us out as one of the leading players in the social housing sector. We have over 32,000 homes across the north of England, home to tens of thousands of people. And people are at the centre of what we do.

Our people are approachable and professional. But we’re not afraid to be optimistic and show our passion for what we do to support our customers. We share a common vision, acting confidently to ensure we remain at the forefront of making it happen.

Together, we’re building better futures and vibrant communities.

About the role

As the Project Officer - Sustainability your manager will be our Senior Project Officer - Sustainability. You will work 37 hours a week on a permanent basis, working flexibly in the Vico Homes operating area based at our Head Office in Castleford.

As the Project Officer - Sustainability you will be responsible for serving as a sustainability subject matter expert, providing specialist advice on energy efficiency, climate change, and decarbonisation to support the delivery of Vico Homes’ Sustainability Plan. You will work across the organisation to embed sustainability principles, enhance energy efficiency in the housing stock and help reduce fuel poverty.

It is an exciting time to be joining us and here are some of the initiatives that you will be involved in:

• Be the first point of contact for the EPC Contract
• Support the team with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 3 project

What you’ll do

• Be a Sustainability service subject matter expert, supporting delivery of the Vico Homes Sustainability Plan
• Provide technical/specialist sustainability, energy and climate change expertise to teams across the organisation to embed principles and realise corporate decarbonisation targets and ambitions
• Undertake work to improve the energy efficiency of Vico Homes’ housing stock and tackle fuel poverty

What we’re looking for

• A qualification at Level 3 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework or equivalent, such as A Levels, Award, Certificate or Diploma
• Level 3 in Energy Awareness or willingness to work towards
• Significant experience of working within a similar sustainability role
• A well-developed understanding of operational services delivery within a large organisation.

For more details on what we’re looking for in this role, please see the Job Description below.

For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact James Moore, Senior Project Officer on 07920 145732.

Please note: Interviews will take place in the week starting 14 July 2025.

Want to work in a place that values you? Where you’re offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You’re in the right place!

We have a strong and inclusive culture and we’re always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.

Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:

• Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Flexible working - we’re happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
• Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
• Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
• Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching

How to apply and what happens next

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

• Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
• Complete the supporting information form below with details of how you meet the person specification
• We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one but please remove any information that identifies you (e.g. your name and address)
• Email your supporting information form, and CV if you have one, to [e-mail] before the closing date. Applications close at midnight on the closing date specified
• You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
• We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview

Project Officer - Sustainability job description