Job Title: Policy and Influence Officer
Location: Bristol
Salary: £33,290 to £39,875
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is a Bristol-based national charity that supports people and organisations across the UK to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes. We do this by sharing our knowledge, practical experience and policy insights.
The Role
This role has been created in order to increase our influence and impact on policy and we are establishing a core group of CSE employees who will work together on policy issues.
You will need to be able to work with CSE colleagues to develop our policy positions, build relationships with national policy makers and partners, help represent CSE’s views externally, and provide strategic insight and recommendations for CSE’s responses to formal policy consultations.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Centre for Sustainable Energy’s (CSE) approach to influencing Government, regulatory bodies and corporate policy in order to achieve the organisation’s mission and further our work across its six work programme areas.
- Developing CSE’s reputation and profile as a trusted source of well researched, practical information to inform Government consultations and wider policy development.
- Working with CSE colleagues to develop our policy positions, building relationships with national policy makers and partners, representing CSE’s views externally, and providing strategic insight and recommendations for CSE’s responses to formal policy consultations.
- Developing policy solutions to increase take-up of retrofit and energy efficiency measures in domestic and community buildings, advocating policy measures to enable these solutions with national and local government and other stakeholders.
The Candidate:
- Degree relevant to policy and public affairs
- An understanding of how Government develops policy e.g. use of consultations and stakeholder engagement.
- Proven analytical skills, using both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to tailor content to different audiences.
- Research and information retrieval skills, along with recording findings in an accessible, organised system.
- Excellent interpersonal, Skills and the ability to work collaboratively and build consensus.
- Able to operate in a fast-paced environment, effectively managing a range of competing priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
Benefits
- 33 days paid holiday per year including 8 bank holidays.
- Generous ethical company pension scheme (8% from employer, 6% from employee) to which the post-holder will be automatically enrolled
- Salary sacrifice childcare vouchers
- Subsidised bike purchase arrangements through the cycle to work scheme
- Training and study time is given to complete the NEA City & Guilds 6176 in Energy Awareness.
Closing date: midday on Thursday 2 November 2023
Please click on the APPLY button to complete the first stage of the application process by sending your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Public Affairs, Policy Manager, Senior Policy Manager, Senior Policy Adviser, Programme Manager, Public Sector Policy Management, Policy officer, officer and Committee Support Officer may also be considered for this role.
