Senior Tradeswoman / Mentor

Lancashire Women; Lancashire; Remote; GBP 14,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire Women seeks a Senior Tradeswoman / Mentor to lead its Tradeswomen and energy home-visit delivery, blending hands-on work with mentoring, safety oversight and quality assurance. The postholder reports to the Senior Programme Manager – Advice Team and oversees the Energy Advice / Tradeswoman Apprentice.

The role emphasises safe, trauma-informed home visits within organisational and competence boundaries, building on the SHECANFIX chargeable work and enabling workforce development across

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of Tradeswomen and energy home-visit services, combining practical work with mentoring.
• Provide practical and technical guidance to Tradeswomen and Energy Advisors.
• Mentor, allocate safe work, and support workforce development and quality assurance.

Job description

The Senior Tradeswoman / Mentor provides technical and day-to-day operational leadership for Lancashire Women’s Tradeswomen and energy home-visit delivery. The postholder combines hands-on practical work with mentoring, safe work allocation, quality assurance and workforce development.

The role reports directly to the Senior Programme Manager – Advice Team and directly line manages the Energy Advice / Tradeswoman Apprentice. It provides practical and technical guidance to Tradeswomen / Energy Advisors, while formal line management, supervision, appraisal, attendance and performance processes for other frontline advice staff remain with the Advice Team Lead.

The postholder will help ensure home visits, practical interventions and agreed chargeable work are safe, trauma-informed, consistently delivered and completed within organisational, insurance and competence boundaries, building on the previously developed chargeable SHECANFIX endeavour.

Exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. This role is open to female candidates only.

Hours : 22.5 hours per week

Duration : September 2028, subject to further funding