Job Description

Assistant Project Manager (LHEES)
Waverley Court

Salary: £40,501 - £47,639
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

You'll play a vital role in helping the City of Edinburgh Council achieve its net zero targets by supporting the delivery of the Edinburgh Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES). Working with the LHEES Project Manager, you'll help design and implement projects to decarbonise the heating of buildings in Edinburgh and improve their energy efficiency. This will be a varied role in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Your key activities will include:

1. Supporting the Council's heat network delivery programme, including:
   1. Development of delivery models, e.g. via business cases
   2. Progressing technical work, e.g. feasibility studies
   3. Regulatory compliance, e.g. OFGEM duties
2. Supporting the roll-out of heat pumps in Edinburgh, including coordinating and monitoring retrofit pilot projects.
3. Working on various other projects stemming from the LHEES, helping ensure these are delivered on time and on budget.
4. Responding to funding opportunities.
5. Working with external stakeholders, including the community.
6. Helping run the LHEES Office, including responding to enquiries, preparing reports and briefing notes, and representing the Office at events.

You'll bring:

• An undergraduate degree in a relevant subject or equivalent experience from work and/or volunteering.
• Strong working knowledge of the policy/regulatory landscape for heat and energy efficiency.
• Experience of working on projects involving heat and energy efficiency.

You'll be responsible for:

• Bringing a creative and "can do" approach to project delivery.
• Engaging effectively and with a range of stakeholders to facilitate delivery.
• Providing advice and guidance to other officers, elected members, and community groups. You'll also work with other local authorities on key matters.

You'll regularly take decisions:

• On how to interpret complex information and identify key issues.
• That demonstrate confidence in your own judgement whilst encouraging feedback. You'll respond constructively to alternative ideas and proposals.

The decisions you take will:

• Impact on the realisations of the Edinburgh LHEES, including the development and delivery of projects around heat networks, heat pumps, and energy efficiency.

You'll normally work:

• To tight deadlines to deliver projects, this will involve managing conflicting priorities and excellent time management will be an important skill to have.
• From home and in Council offices as agreed with your line manager. Occasional site visits are likely to be required; these may entail wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), traversing uneven ground, and accessing poorly lit areas.
• With some requirement to take care in relation to the working environment, work activities and dealing with people; this will predominantly not be more than the normal required of a Council employee.
• With occasional requirement for evening working and, potentially, short overnight travel to attend events (estimated one or two times per annum).

You'll be responsible for supervising the delivery of work by external contractors.

You won't have any direct line management responsibilities.

You'll monitor contracts and financial transactions relating to ensure that these are made in line with the Council's protocols for financial management. For external funding, the post will be responsible for monitoring contractual arrangements to ensure that stakeholders are operating within the terms of any agreements governing project or programme activities.

You'll be responsible for a range of office equipment and will update and maintain datasets.

Additional information - health and safety

Protecting the health and safety and welfare of our employees, and our third parties including members of the public, contractors, service users and pupils, is the starting point for a forward-thinking Council.

All employees' responsibilities:

1. Taking care of their own health and safety and welfare, and that of others who may be affected by their actions or omissions.
2. Co-operating with management and following instructions, safe systems and procedures.
3. Reporting any hazards, damage or defects immediately to their line manager;
4. Reporting any personal injury and work-related ill health, and accident or incident (including 'near misses') immediately to their line manager, and assist with any subsequent investigation, including co-operating fully with the provision of witness statements and any other evidence that may be required.

Line managers have additional responsibilities for ensuring all health and safety risks under their management are identified, assessed and controlled, with specialist input from H&S Advisers and others including Occupational Health where required. Where the risks cannot be adequately controlled the activity should not proceed.

Additional information can be found in the Council Health and Safety Policy.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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About Us

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL

About Us:

Are you keen to shape the future of Scotland's capital city? The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to work with us and deliver key services across our capital city. We're the second largest local authority in Scotland with a workforce of over 19,000 who all play a crucial role in maintaining and supporting vital services to over 500,000 residents. We offer an incredible variety of career opportunities across a broad range of sectors. Join us and you'll find a role where you can make a difference and grow your career.

Our Culture:

Our Behaviours, respect, integrity, and flexibility guide everything that we do, and we strive to make sure all colleagues feel valued and have a sense of belonging in the workplace. We want to make sure that we bring people into our roles who demonstrate Our Behaviours and are dedicated and committed to our purpose of serving our community. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service to meet citizens needs and make the city a better place.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We recognise the benefits that diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds bring to our organisation, and we're committed to employing a workforce that represents the population of the city we serve. We particularly encourage applicants from under-represented groups including women, LGBT+ people, racially minoritised groups, people with disabilities and people who are neurodivergent.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we're delighted to announce that we have extended our guaranteed interview scheme to include all applicants who are or have been care experienced, and who meet the essential criteria for the post. This extends our current arrangements of being a Disability Confident Employer, that guarantee an interview to applicants who meet the criteria for the post and who declare a disability.

Happy to talk flexible working.

Colleague Support and Wellbeing

As outlined in our People Strategy 2024-27, we aim to nurture a healthy workforce where we can all thrive. We offer regular events, initiatives and learning opportunities covering a range of different health and wellbeing topics.

We're committed to supporting employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. There are several policies in place to support this ranging from flexible work options to career breaks. Our full suite of employment policies can be found here.

We have a range of support options available including access to counselling, a mental health support service, an occupational health service, speak up supporters and a colleague listening service.

Reasonable Adjustments:

We're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience at work for all our colleagues and we'll work hard to ensure that we meet the changing needs of colleagues throughout their time with us. We're also geared up to support all candidates who may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Candidates invited for interview, should let the hiring manager know what they need, and they will do everything they can to accommodate your request.