Retrofit Project Manager

West of England Mayor; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Occasional Bristol office visits

Job summary

West of England Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking a Retrofit Project Manager to lead and oversee government grant home energy projects, focusing on retrofit delivery to reduce fuel poverty. You will coordinate consortium members and housing providers to deliver on time, within budget and quality standards.

The role sits in the Net Zero Delivery team, with a hybrid working pattern and occasional visits to the Bristol office. It is a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2028.

Qualifications

• Experience managing retrofit projects or social housing initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen with grant funding, accruals, invoicing, and budget tracking.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management to coordinate dispersed groups.
• Passionate about sustainable housing and fuel poverty initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate retrofit projects with consortium members and social housing providers.
• Validate grant claims, process invoices, and monitor budgets.
• Produce monitoring reports and risk assessments.
• Build relationships with funding bodies and suppliers.

Skills

Project management

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Communications

Data reporting

Tools

Grant funding schemes

Budget tracking tools

Job description

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a Retrofit Project Manager, to join the Net Zero Delivery team. Your key responsibilities in this role would be to ensure a focus on delivering the priorities of the Mayor to deliver for the West of England by managing Government Grant home energy projects and helping thousands of regional homes impacted by fuel poverty.

We're looking for a dynamic, highly motivated project management professional who is passionate about sustainable housing, energy efficiency, and delivering real social impact across the region.

This is a critical time in our transformation and growth journey, and you'll be pivotal in helping us achieve our ambitions by:

• Supporting consortium members and social housing providers to ensure retrofit projects run smoothly, are completed on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with funding bodies (such as the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero), contractors, and suppliers.
• Ensuring robust financial oversight by validating grant claims, processing invoices, setting budgets, and maintaining governance.
• Completing regular monitoring, project evaluations, performance management reports, and risk assessments.
• Providing expert coordination and analysis to overcome delivery barriers and support key Net Zero Hub initiatives.

Are you someone who possesses excellent financial and data reporting skills, strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities, and ultimately always focuses on delivering high-quality housing retrofit projects on time and within grant compliance?

What you'll bring

You'll be a skilled project manager or experienced professional from construction, social housing, local government, or financial project management with a keen interest in the growing retrofit market.

We're particularly interested in people who:

• Have experience in project management, construction, local authority, or social housing environments.
• Demonstrate strong financial acumen, including experience with grant funding schemes, accruals, invoicing, and budget tracking.
• Bring excellent communication skills and the ability to motivate and coordinate a dispersed consortium of stakeholders.

Why choose us

This team forms part of the South West Net Zero Hub (SWNZH), serving as a crucial bridge between local energy actors and central government to drive decarbonisation across the South West.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference by directly helping thousands of local households tackle fuel poverty and playing a key role in the region's journey toward Net Zero. You'll also enjoy a flexible hybrid working environment, working from home with occasional visits to our Bristol office.

This is a fixed term role until 31st March 2028. Find out more.

Find out more about our team and what we do here: https://www.swnetzerohub.org.uk/about-us/

There's more role-related information in the job description, but if you have any questions for the recruitment team you can contact us on [e-mail].

The closing date for this role is midnight on 20th September 2026.