Junior Programme Officer - Cities Team

Location:  Hybrid working with the expectation to work in the London office.

Contract: Full-time fixed-term contract for 12 months

About Ashden

Ashden boosts climate innovation in the UK and Global South. Our support brings clean energy to villages and refugee camps and fixes up cold and draughty homes. In the UK, Ashden’s goals are to grow the amount of clean, locally produced electricity by 2030, rapid reduction of carbon emissions from buildings and supporting nature-rich and climate-adapted communities. A further goal delivered by our Let’s Go Zero team is to enable all UK schools to be zero carbon by 2030.

About the Role

We are seeking a Junior Programme Officer to support our Cities team. We’re looking for someone who can help with research, design and organise events and support our mentoring programmes. Do you have great organisational and research skills? Are you used to working in a team and engaging with external stakeholders?

You will report to the Senior Programme Officer.

What you might find yourself doing:

·         Supporting the Cities Team members in delivering against Ashden’s UK strategic priorities including zero carbon local electricity systems, rapid acceleration of buildings retrofit and nature-rich climate-adapted communities. 

·         Helping to run and facilitate events (in person and online) including for UK national and regional learning programme for councils and the Energy Learning Network. To include researching and approaching potential speakers.

·         Co-ordinating mentoring programmes and ‘Seeing-is-believing' tours that show off great climate innovation

·         Helping to write blogs, tools and resources for towns and cities work.

·         Conducting research to support the Cities Team members where required.

·         Attending networking events

·         Supporting our alumni network of past Ashden Award winners

·         Support the team in delivering parts of the Ashden Awards process, including research, assessing applications and supporting the judging of applicants.

About You

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

·         Are a clear communicator who can explain complex information to a range of audiences quickly and effectively.

·         Are highly organised with an eye for detail.

·         Enjoy connecting with new people and building relationships

·         Have knowledge of or an interest in climate action.

·         Take responsibility for your work and manage your time.

·         Enjoy researching new areas and making sense of new topics

·         Have a good knowledge of IT systems, including the Microsoft Office suite such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

It is also desirable (but not necessary) for you to have:

·         Experience of coordinating meetings, events and projects involving multiple people/teams

Benefits

Core benefits include a generous pensions scheme (12% employer contribution), life assurance, income protection, private health and dental care, annual health checks and Employee Assistance Programme, along with a range of benefits designed to promote your work/life balance and make your time with us enjoyable and rewarding.

You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.

How to apply

Taking note: research shows that while men tend to apply for jobs when they meet around 60% of the criteria, women and marginalised people tend to only apply when they check every box. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still apply.

We use Applied, a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. You will be asked three work sample questions which will be scored anonymously by the recruitment panel. Once all the applications are scored, we will look at the CVs of the top scoring candidates and make a shortlist for interview.

Interviews First interviews are 45-minutes long and held online, they will take place on Tuesday 5 August. Second interviews are 1-hour long and are held in person at our office in Victoria and will take place on Monday 11 August. We will reimburse candidates for their travel.

If you have accessibility needs and would prefer to have the responses to the questions please email people@sfct.org.uk

The aim of this approach is to make the opportunity as accessible as possible and ensure a diverse range of people are able to demonstrate their potential.

If you have any questions about the role or the process please contact people@sfct.org.uk

Questions

• Can people outside of the UK apply for this role?

No. We are unable to apply for visas and can only accept applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK.

• Is there an office space?

Yes, we have an office at The Peak, 5 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1AP

• Can I ask for feedback on my application? Due to the volume of applications, we can only provide individual feedback to candidates who are invited to interview.

Guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability

We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace. As part of the commitment, we offer a guaranteed interview for candidates with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role, as set out in the person specification. If you would like to apply under this scheme, please contact people@sfct.org.uk

If you would like to apply under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

Please note that we may close this vacancy earlier if we receive a high volume of applications.