Senior Project Manager

Position Ref: NH 382
Location: Flexible within Wales. Home-based, blended or fully office based (from our office in Cardiff).
Hours: Full-time (see 'Flexible working')
Salary: Between £40,000 - £48,000 per annum (depending on experience).

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service
• Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill
• A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Flexibility in our ways of working – work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role
• Two paid volunteering days per year – a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you

Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

The team

You will be a senior project manager in the renewables, transport and decarbonisation team, which is part of our Operations Centre of Excellence. Our team delivers a range of projects and programmes in the renewables, transport and decarbonisation sectors, focusing on operational excellence, impact and value for money. We collaborate and support each other, sharing expertise and best practice and innovate to deliver world-class services. Our team is passionate about addressing the climate emergency through supporting community energy projects and decarbonising transport and buildings across the UK.

The role 

This will involve managing a range of renewable energy and decarbonisation projects in Wales depending on business need. Currently, this will involve the following two projects but could include any new projects in Wales:

• Welsh Hwb (c.60%): Lead the day-to-day delivery of our Welsh Hwb contract. The Zero Carbon Hwb (Knowledge Hwb) is a dedicated online platform specifically designed to support the decarbonisation of the housing sector in Wales. It serves as a central repository for knowledge, best practices, and resources to help various stakeholders involved in housing transition to net zero. Activity involves management of the website, running events, providing HA and other useful government data to the audience, networking and creating a community via LinkedIn, newsletters and presence at events. The role of the lead is to manage the delivery of the hwb including, but not limited to, liaising with the client (Clwyd Alyn) and Welsh Government, co-ordination of the consortium and management of workstreams and stakeholder engagement.

• Welsh Government Energy Service (c.40%): You will be deputy contract lead of the Welsh Government Energy Service (WGES) under our contract programme manager. WGES is a crucial programme by the Welsh Government aimed at accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy in Wales. Its primary focus is on supporting public sector bodies and community enterprises in reducing energy consumption, generating renewable energy, and cutting carbon emissions. You will deputise for the contract manager when appropriate, oversee grants schemes, and oversee the day to day operations of the Energy Saving Trust workstreams.

Both of these roles will significantly contribute to our mission by supporting public sector decarbonisation and community energy projects in Wales.

What you’ll do 

• Strategy development. You’ll deliver against the current Welsh Hwb strategy and refresh the strategy to achieve value for money when necessary, as part of an adaptive management approach. You’ll also facilitate the ‘post-contract’ strategy for the Hwb, which could include establishing the Hwb as a separate legal entity that requires alternative and/or diversified sources of funding.
• Project and finance management: Ensure projects are managed effectively – to time, budget, and quality. Produce and own reporting around key performance indicators for projects (risk, milestones, contractors, budgets). You’ll work with project team to identify resource, assign responsibilities and manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project.
• Stakeholder management: Effective stakeholder management is crucial; you'll navigate complex relationships with government departments, clients, local authorities, and housing associations, influencing them towards value-for-money outcomes. This also extends to overseeing contractor performance and payments.
• Communications management: you'll manage project-related communications, collaborating with digital and events teams to oversee website content, design and deliver events, and support social media and newsletter output.
• Deploy sector expertise: You will be expected to understand or at least develop an understanding of issues of the sector and faced by our key stakeholders. You will be expected to deputise for the WGES programme manager at times and demonstrate an understanding and take decisions on all aspects of the programme, including on technical issues after consulting with our subject matter experts.

What you’ll bring 

• Proven project management skills and the ability to manage several projects concurrently.
• Demonstrable experience of using project management methodologies
• Experience in strategic planning.
• Proven stakeholder engagement skills in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in strategy and operational delivery.
• You will need to be based in Wales given both existing projects are funded by Welsh Government.

For more information, please see the job description on our website.

Applications close 23:59, 23 July 2025. 

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Please click 'apply online' via our recruitment portal. We will ask for your personal details, work history and a supporting statement. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

In your supporting statement please explain how you meet the essential areas in the job description. Applications submitted via email or without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with [email protected] or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you. 

Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role. Find out more here.

You can find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.