Consultant – Research and Evaluation

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:

• We offer an outstanding pension scheme including employer contributions of up to 9%, 11% or
  13% (age-linked).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Private BUPA insurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with service-linked increases as well as three
  goodwill days over the Christmas period.
• Staff wellbeing allowance of up to £25 per month / £300 per year.
• 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

The insight & evaluation team is integral to the data, research and content the Energy
Saving Trust produces. The work the team does is hugely varied from calculating the savings
that can be achieved through making energy efficiency changes, to modelling the impact of new
technologies to providing content for energy efficiency training to researching consumers
attitudes towards government policy and assessing the impact that programmes deliver.

The team work individually on projects but also work closely together sharing ideas and working
through complex problems or scenarios ensuring that knowledge sharing, and knowledge
development is at the forefront of everything we do.

Working within the team and at the Energy Saving Trust more broadly will allow you to use your
experience and skills, whilst improving your knowledge and having the space and opportunity to
grow within a friendly, supportive team.

The role 

• The consultant role sits within Energy Saving Trust’s Insight and Evaluation team, reporting
  into a Senior consultant – research and evaluation.
• In this role you have the opportunity to collate and analyse data to inform policy
  recommendations in line with our mission to address the climate emergency.
• You will have a chance to work with a team with more than 20+ years of experience of research
  and evaluation.
• With an expanding area of work, this is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team to use
  existing skills and develop new knowledge working on varied evaluation and research projects.

What you’ll do 

• With experience of research and evaluation techniques, you will support the delivery of
  projects to provide evidence to identify and quantify emission savings and recommendations for
  programme improvements.
• You will conduct primary research including qualitative telephone interviews, facilitate
  focus groups and administer online surveys.
• You will be involved in secondary data collection, as well as conducting analysis of both
  qualitative and quantitative data. Using this analysis, you will prepare reports for internal
  and external purposes.
• Your ability to plan and prioritise work is essential in this busy environment, along with
  demonstrated effective communication skills enabling you to deliver a high standard of customer
  service to people at different levels.

What you’ll bring 

• Understanding of social research and evaluation techniques.
• Experience of conducting telephone interviews and focus group moderation.
• Experience of managing research and evaluation projects.
• Experience of producing high quality research and evaluation reports for funders and
  internal stakeholders.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with people at different levels and
  locations.

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

Applications close 23.59, 17 June 2024. Interviews are intended to be held w/c
24 June and w/c 1 July 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient
applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as
early as possible.

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.