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To apply for this job you must be an employee of Kirklees Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date - and have successfully completed your probationary period.

Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.

Location: Flint Street / Hybrid

Are you a passionate and enthusiastic Energy & Utilities Officer …………? We want you!

Addressing energy challenges and Climate Change is high on the Local, Regional and National agendas. Our Energy & Climate Change Team is working hard to develop and implement our detailed Climate Emergency Programme across the Council and the Kirklees district.

An exciting opportunity has arisen and we’re looking for an individual who is passionate and enthusiastic about Energy and Utilities management who can work alongside the Energy & Climate Change Team Leader and Energy Engineer in helping to manage the corporate energy and utilities contracts.

This is a new role that will focus on tackling the climate crisis by working across the Council to help support the Team Leader and Energy Engineer in the management of the Utility contracts and develop a more responsive approach to energy and utility data requests. This will include building and maintaining highly effective working relationships with key stakeholders across the team and other Council services and partners.

You will play a leading role in the development and delivery of, energy and carbon reduction projects and have the technical knowledge, behaviours, and skills to facilitate successful outcomes. This includes helping to accelerate delivery by ensuring that programmes/projects are managed effectively and consistently.

At Kirklees Council, we want to support your professional development to give you the right skills, confidence and support to really achieve your potential. We offer a variety of courses and training designed for this exact purpose.

We value the importance of having work-life balance, so this is why we offer provisions such as flexible-working, generous holiday entitlement, a variety of special leave policies, employee healthcare services and a childcare voucher scheme.

Please read the Job Focus in conjunction with the attached Job Profile.

For further information about this job please email [email protected]

In order to be shortlisted for this job please demonstrate how you meet the Essential Criteria as detailed on the attached Job Profile, along with the shortlisting question.