Water Efficiency Project Coordinator

Who we are

Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.

At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service
• Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill
• A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Flexibility in our ways of working – work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role
• Two paid volunteering days per year – a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you

Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.

The team

This role sits within the Home Energy Scotland (HES) partnerships and public engagement team. We work together to extend the reach of our free, impartial advice service, especially to households facing fuel poverty.

We collaborate with community groups, third sector organisations, and employers to make sure more people can access support that helps them save energy, reduce costs, and cut carbon. We work in partnership with Scottish Water to distribute water saving packs - advice and devices - to householders across Scotland.

The role 

As Water Efficiency Project Coordinator, you will co-ordinate and support the Home Energy Scotland advice centres to ensure excellent customer service, knowledge transfer, monitoring and reporting on targets. You will work closely with our five advice centres, the wider team within Energy Saving Trust and Scottish Water to ensure a successful delivery of the Scottish Water Project.

What you’ll do 

• Act as the main point of contact for Scottish Water the Home Energy Scotland advice centres for the delivery of the water efficiency project and the associated reporting and monitoring requirements.
• Engage with Home Energy Scotland advice centres to ensure that process for; delivering water efficiency advice and water saving packs and associated recording, are in line with Scottish Water’s requirements, understood and followed by advice centres and Water Efficiency Project KPIs are met.
• Work with colleagues within Energy Saving Trust and Home Energy Scotland to support the delivery, communication, evaluation and reporting of the project in line with their Scottish Water requirements and project needs.
• Showcase the project through presentations at meetings/conferences; work with marketing and communications executive to produce case studies, blogs, newsletter articles.

What you’ll bring 

• Ability to plan and prioritise work.
• Experience working managing or delivering advice projects.
• Budget planning and management skills.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Customer focus.

For more information, please see job description on our website.

Applications close 23.59, 16 June 2025. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 23 June 2025.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Please click 'apply online' via our recruitment portal. We will ask for your personal details, work history and a supporting statement. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

In your supporting statement please explain how you meet the essential areas in the job description. Applications submitted via email or without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.

If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with [email protected] or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you. 

Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity and inclusion

Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role. Find out more here.

You can find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.