Community Energy Assistant

Salary

£26,340 - £26,472 (pay award pending)

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Region

Rotherham

Job category/type

Administration/Clerical

Date posted

21/05/2026

Job reference

REQ22803

Directorate: Corporate Services

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week.

Location: Riverside House (hybrid working).

This is an exciting opportunity to join Rotherham Council’s Climate Change Team as the Community Energy Assistant.

Rotherham Council have promoted the Community Energy Support Scheme (CESS) since 2021. This Council-led project supports residents with any domestic energy related issues they face and aims to reduce fuel poverty levels within Rotherham, especially with the continued uncertainty of energy prices. The scheme is open to all Rotherham residents and is particularly beneficial to hard to reach and vulnerable members of the community. In addition, the scheme helps to reduce domestic energy consumption and improve energy efficiency in homes by supporting eligible residents to access current funding grants/schemes. This important role therefore feeds into the Council’s net zero aspirations, enabling access to carbon reduction and retrofitting measures borough wide.

The Community Energy Assistant will be at the heart of CESS, helping to support residents decarbonise their homes and make them more energy efficient. Though previous experience in domestic energy and/or advice services is preferred, all essential training will be provided. More importantly we are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic, committed and able to communicate with a variety of people.

The post will include:

• Assisting in the development, management, and monitoring of the CESS Project to provide and promote general energy awareness, one to one energy advice/support and to highlight current energy campaigns/grants beneficial to Rotherham residents (including domestic energy efficiency and energy conservation schemes such as ECO4).
• Supporting the lead officer in dealing with community energy related enquiries, including liaising on referrals from third-party organisations including housing associations, voluntary/community groups, local businesses, and landlords.
• Management of the councils Community Energy Rotherham Facebook/Instagram accounts on a day-to-day basis, continuing to innovate and grow the accounts.
• Organisation, administration, and management of community networks including the Rotherham Energy Network to raise awareness of CESS and identify opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and funding.
• Attending meetings and organising outreach events in the community including promotional events (e.g. Rotherham Show) and other community events as required.
• Work collaboratively with other Council services to ensure alignment of the decarbonisation agenda.

The post requires a creative, confident, and flexible person who has excellent communication skills and can work as part of a team and individually when required. Rotherham Councils Energy and Climate Change team continues to expand, and we are looking for a keen individual who wants to work collaboratively within the team to ensure we achieve the best possible outcomes.

Travel across the borough for events and meetings forms part of this role which some weekend and evening work is required for events.

For further information, or if you have any questions, please contact either: Steven Cope – Energy and Environment Manager at ***email_hidden***.

Louise Preston – Climate Change Manager at [email protected].

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions) Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.