Events Advisor – Home Energy Scotland

£19,221 - £20,562 + 8% employer pension contribution

Full time 37.5 Hours per week

Edinburgh with regular travel across the South East of Scotland.

Changeworks have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, customer focused Event Advisor. Home Energy Scotland is the free, impartial advice service funded by the Scottish Government and managed by the Energy Saving Trust. Changeworks delivers the service in South East of Scotland and the Highlands and Islands.

Our Event Advisors provide high quality advice and information about energy efficiency, renewable technologies, water efficiency and sustainable transport. We are dedicated to encouraging Scottish householders to make changes, helping them to have more a sustainable future and supporting them to access any funding available.

Our induction programme is an SQA accredited qualification, and successful candidates will also complete a City and Guilds qualification on Energy Awareness in the home.

The ideal candidate and the role

Are you an enthusiastic individual who enjoys engaging with customers face to face? Then this role is for you. You will have the opportunity to engage customers in a wide range of settings including medical practices, sports stadia and workplaces to provide high quality advice and enabling people to take action.

Being a confident communicator who can proactively adapt your approach to the audience is a must. You will have an excellent understanding of the importance of high quality customer service and be motivated to provide excellent advice whilst being target driven.

Flexibility is important as evening and weekend work will be required.

What you can expect in return

We’ll give you plenty of support with a comprehensive training programme including our SQA accredited Home Energy Scotland advisor induction programme. You will also be required to complete a recognised City & Guilds qualification in Energy Awareness. With ongoing coaching, mentoring and development we will support you to grow your knowledge of our services and energy efficiency. We offer an attractive staff benefits package, excellent pension and employee benefits which include 26 days paid holiday plus 9 public holidays per year.

Please see job description on our website for further details.

To apply please download an application pack from www.changeworks.org.uk/jobs, email recruitment@changeworks.org.uk or contact reception on 0131 555 4010 for an application pack quoting the reference EA-E.

Applications should be sent via email to: recruitmentapp@changeworks.org.uk

Closing Date for applications: 11am Wednesday 25 April 2018

Telephone Interviews will be held on: Thursday 3 May 2018

Face to Face Interviews will be held on: Week commencing 7 May 2018

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