Are you a qualified Retrofit Co-ordinator? Want to have a regional impact on delivering energy efficiencies to local residents?

As Retrofit Co-ordinator you’ll visit people’s homes and work with contractors and designers to ensure energy efficiencies are delivered how they should be.

You’ll be the direct contact between residents and our project teams and will supervise retrofit co-ordination and assessment of domestic dwellings under multiple concurrent PAS 2035 projects.

A key part of delivering the programme is ensuring the quality of installations, good outcomes for residents and embedding a continuous improvement cycle for all your programmes.

This is a fixed term role for up to 18 months

The Strategy and Economy directorate brings stakeholders in the region together around shared strategic ambitions to ensure that we are always more than the sum of our parts. The Directorate develops and supports the WMCA Corporate Strategy, and develops policy and programmes focussed on economic development, devolution, culture, digital, and other areas where the WMCA has an enabling and influencing role. The Directorate engages with Government, think tanks, universities, and others to make sure our voice is heard, and supports new and emerging policy thinking. The Directorate also hosts the Office for Data Analytics and Energy Capital, a regional public-private partnership.

What will you be doing?

• Be a key member of the Energy Capital led SMART Hub retrofit team and resource to support the delivery of retrofit solutions across the region
• Prepare and/or commission PAS2035 compliant surveys and documentation including risk assessments and medium-term plans for domestic dwellings, effectively capturing all required information
• Monitor, evaluate and administer projects, conducting regular review meetings and events as prescribed in grant award documentation to meet needs of each consortium and funding bodies
• Liaise with retrofit professionals including Co-ordinators, Assessors, Advisors, Designers, and Installers, and residents as necessary
• Collaborate with colleagues across the WMCA, partners and funders to resolve issues and identify system/process improvements
• Visit sites to review projects and advise installers on a regular basis

About you

It is essential that you are a qualified Retrofit Co-ordinator with a Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management.

You’ll be comfortable talking to people and be able to explain the benefits of retrofit programmes to residents and key stakeholders. 

A DBS check is a vetting requirement for any successful post-holder, and this will need to be achieved as a condition of employment.  Travel to sites is a fundamental part of your role, you’ll need a full driving licence or be able to travel to sites.

Essential skill and experience

• Able to successfully manage multiple concurrent projects in the domestic energy efficiency retrofit market to agreed SLAs
• Ability to work effectively as part of a fast-paced team
• Able to make decisions effectively, using either own knowledge or available data
• Good analytical and presentation skills – written and verbal – and fluency in use of MSOffice office suite including Project (or equivalent)
• Good interpersonal skills, able to confidently persuade and inform key senior stakeholders and residents
• Effective organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
• Full driving licence or evidence of ability to travel to site.

About us

Our role in the West Midlands has never been more important and in these extraordinary times we’ve shown we can step forward, speak up for our region and bring people together. Everything we do is focused on making life better for people in the West Midlands – that’s our reason for being here and it drives every move we make. We lead and support others to deliver our shared future vision for the region – a happier, healthier, better connected place to live and work.

We fully believe that we are only as great as the people who work for us and are committed to providing a positive, healthy and inclusive working environment where our people feel valued and respected. We’re ambitious, forward thinking and determined to find better ways of working, always leading the way in what we do. We trust and support each other to get the job done, and encourage creativity, originality and curiosity from those who work with us.

We are a “Leaders in Diversity” accredited organisation, are in the Inclusive Top 50 Employers List and are one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women. As a Disability Confident Employer, we have made a positive commitment to interviewing all applicants with a disability who meet the essential role criteria. We are committed to building a team of people with varied backgrounds and experiences as we recognise that this will only benefit us as an employer, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be, and welcome applications from young people, Black, Asian and ethnic minority groups and women at senior levels.

We’re dedicated to providing a broad range of rewards and benefits and constantly benchmark our benefits packages to ensure they are attractive for all our people. As well as a competitive salary, employees also receive 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays) and access to a great pension scheme.

Furthermore, wherever possible we will offer flexible working options which assist work-life balance. We are very happy to discuss a flexible working pattern that suits your needs, so please do not let that be a barrier to applying. If your values align with ours and you’re committed to working towards creating a future we can all be proud of, we want to hear from you.

About your application

The online Application Form you'll be asked to complete plays a key part in our recruitment and selection process. We use the information you provide to decide whether to invite you for an interview. It is important that you complete the Application Form as fully and accurately as possible. You will be asked to upload a Supporting Statement (not a CV) and this should include specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role for which you are applying. 

If you would like to discuss alternative methods to the online application as a reasonable adjustment please contact the Resourcing Team by email (careers@wmca.org.uk).

Location

16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B91 3SD. Hybrid working conditions are currently in place which means working remotely and coming to the office when required.

Supporting documents
Role Profile Retrofit Co-ordinator.pdf