Senior Energy Consultant (International Development) BLUS80718

About the role

Our client is looking for an experienced Energy Consultant or Technical Energy Specialist to be a central member of their Consulting Team. You will work closely with the Head of Core Energy Consulting to lead, co-ordinate, and deliver a wide-ranging portfolio of energy projects in line with the company’s strategic energy objectives (‘change ambitions’). You will work closely with the Energy sub-teams, portfolio teams and wider colleagues, helping to drive, lead and co-ordinate business development and delivery in close partnership with others.

Our client is ambitious to foster growing energy access provision and to influence energy access planning and policy development for the benefit of poor, vulnerable and marginalised populations.

To deliver this they need experienced consultants who are passionate about winning, managing and delivering high quality and high impact work in the energy and development sectors.

As well as working closely with consultancy colleagues, you will also engage closely with other charity, energy colleagues to provide and co-ordinate energy-related Technical Assistance to their charity programmes and fundraising efforts.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of our client’s energy access work, something they are renowned for and an area of work they have great ambitions for as part of their Strategic Intent as an organisation.

About you

You are an experienced Energy Access and Development Consultant or Expert who is consistently able to win and deliver high quality and high impact projects in collaboration with others. You are a dynamic individual, who is able to work flexibly according to shifting opportunities and directions. You readily take initiative and ownership of projects and tasks and work in the most effective manner given any resource and time constraints. You are able to coach and support others to develop skills and acquire experience in a team situation.

You have a sound knowledge of the international energy sector and related areas and have significant experience of working in this field, either in terms of technical advisory, programme management or consultancy roles, or a combination of these. You will have experience of financial and budget management and of fundraising and business development.

Whilst you may specialise in one or more areas, you are open to developing and working in new areas of energy access/expertise.

Why join our client?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think out client is a great place to work.

Their brand new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but they also offer free parking.

In addition, they offer the following benefits:

• Flexible working/hours – full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
• The opportunity to work remotely (dependent on role).
• 25 days holiday and Christmas Eve, in addition to public holidays.
• A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Bike to Work scheme.

About us

Our client is a change making organisation that works in unconventional ways. They put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

They do things differently, so answers that start small can grow big - bringing people together in bold collaborations, using innovation and knowledge to build futures free from poverty and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Our client is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Provisional Interview dates: 21st/22nd May 2019 

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