Trainee Green Doctor (Home Energy Advisor)
Salary: National Minimum Wage, 18-20 year olds – £6.95, over 21-year-old – £8.20 & 25 and over – £8.72
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term – 2 months
Operational Area: Kent and Medway
Location: Riverside Community Centre, Dickens Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JY/ Currently Working from home
REF: TGD20
Do you like helping people? Are you concerned about Climate change? Would you like a job that helps vulnerable people and reduces the effects of Climate Change?
Groundwork South has a fantastic opportunity for you. This is a paid training position on a 2-month contract with post-training positions available.
Role Description
This role is to train you to become one of our highly qualified and well-respected Green Doctors (Home Energy Advisor). The main purpose of a Green Doctor is to deliver Home Energy consultations to vulnerable clients either in their homes or using a telephone or video chat.
You will become a home energy expert assisting people to make changes to their use of energy, saving the environment whilst also saving them money, and enabling the vulnerable to keep warm.
Candidates will need to demonstrate a willingness to learn, complete work timely and pass the City and Guilds Level 3 Award: Energy Awareness 6281-01 qualification within the timeframe of the employment contract. This qualification is required by many organisations providing energy advice.
It is essential for this role that you have a full current driving licence.
We are seeking individuals who are interested in working as one of our Green Doctors post-training.
Main Duties
- To attend all training sessions
- To make use of all opportunities to learn the role of the Green Doctor
- To be proactive in learning about fuel poverty and energy efficiency
- To revise for and take the set tests
- To act at all times during training in a professional manner particularly while shadowing Green Doctors
- To assist with any tasks requested by senior staff and the Green Doctors you are shadowing
- To be punctual in all appointments
Post-training positions will be available to the right candidates to join our Green Doctor Team on a fixed-term contract of up to 2 years on a salary circa £22,000. Selection for the positions will be done via an interview process. For more information regarding the Green Doctor roles please see below to access to the job description and person specification.
General Information
- This post is based at home until we are able to return to Home Visits, when it will be a mobile position working primarily across KENT with the designated office location in Gravesend, Kent, but may contribute to delivery across the South East and occasionally in London.
- This post is subject to a DBS check.
- The responsibilities of this post and reporting structure will be periodically reviewed.
- This is a mobile position so a Full UK driving licence is essential and ideally access to your own vehicle for which you will need to be insured for business use. Employees are able to claim back mileage rates as per our Expenses Policy.
In return we offer
- 25 days per annum plus English Bank Holidays pro rata
- Scope to continuing development of your professional skills
Apply Now
For more information regarding the post please contact Louise Shrubsole on 07803452652 or email at louise.shrubsole@groundwork.org.uk
Please send your completed application to Laura Dyke at ldyke@groundwork.org.uk before the closing date.
Closing date: 30th September (please note that if we have a high number of applicants the closing date may be sooner).
Interview date: Week Commencing 5th October 2020
Start date: ASAP
We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment we have been awarded the Disability Confident Scheme Symbol, which is awarded by the Employment Service. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. If you consider yourself to have a disability and would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme form (at the top of our current vacancies page) and submit this with your application. We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery.
Groundwork South is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age. A copy of our Equality and Diversity policy may also be made available to candidates on request.
CVs will not be accepted. No agencies, please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a large response.