Energy & Retrofit Advisor

Job Title: Energy & Retrofit Advisor x6
Salary: £25,229 - £27,884 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Initially 18 months fixed term from December 2025
Location(s): Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, South Tyneside, Durham (6 posts).

About the Employer

This charity works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. They provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step they'll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.

About the role

Our client's Greener Living team is growing, and they are looking for passionate and community-minded Energy & Retrofit Advisors to join them as part of the North East Warm Homes Programme.

In this exciting role, you will help households across the North East improve energy efficiency, reduce fuel poverty, and access retrofit opportunities. You'll work closely with Local Authorities, community organisations, and this organisation's 'Green Doctors' to deliver advice, engagement activities, and practical support to residents - particularly within the private rented sector.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference in tackling climate change and supporting vulnerable households, while developing your career in sustainability and retrofit advice. Although this is a fixed-term post, there's potential for extension and professional growth within the organisation's expanding Greener Living team.

About You

This employer is looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about sustainability, community engagement, and helping people save energy.
• An excellent communicator who can adapt their approach to suit different audiences.
• Organised and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced (or interested in developing expertise) in domestic retrofit and energy efficiency advice.
• Willing to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends when needed.
• Experience in community engagement, energy advice, or retrofit is desirable, but full training and support will be provided.

It's a unique and challenging role that gives you the chance to make a difference to people's lives every day.

Closing date: Midnight on Monday 24th November 2025
Please note, should a a high volume of applications be received , this employer may look to close the role early, therefore it is recommend to complete your application early.

Interested?

To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Make yourself at home:
Our client wants you to be yourself and they value everything that makes you unique. They recognise and celebrate your differences and together everyone will make the charity a special and great place to work.

As a Disability Confident employer they offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

This employer ensures that they provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that they organise. They are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Their safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people they appoint are suitable to work with children, young people and adults.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.