Permanent Post, with a 6-month probationary period.
28 to 35 hours per week with potential for flexible working/job share
Overall Purpose
To lead on the identification, development, and delivery of new CES opportunities, resources,
and sources of income to ensure CES’s financial sustainability, and the updating and
maintenance of an appropriate development strategy for the organisation.
Job Description
To deliver the following tasks:
Main Tasks
To take ownership for, develop, coordinate and manage CES’ Development programme to advance the charitable aims of CES, including the development and implementation of a new Development Strategy
To collate information from CES’s members and from colleagues working in the field to identify new project ideas that overcome existing barriers and meet the needs of community energy groups in Scotland
To initiate and manage the process of development of new projects and activities, including delegating tasks to different members of the team, with clear activities and deadlines
To proactively seek new funding opportunities, including from grant funds and Invitations to Tender to:
Ensure continuation and development of existing projects and job security for CES team
Work closely with the Technical Director and CES Trading Manager to maximise the income from all available sources to meet the charitable purposes of the organisation
Collaborate with the whole CES Team on new projects, bids, fees and tenders
To build relationships with other organisations in order to build new consortia and access more opportunities
To engage with and build opportunities for joint development programmes with community groups, leading research and development institutions, companies in the UK and further afield.
Where funding is secured, to ensure a smooth handover process to the project operations team.
To join the CES Management Team, which is responsible for the successful operation of Community Energy Scotland
To provide line management to up to 4 people.
To carry out project work, potentially managing small projects and to carry out any other core work for CES as needed by the CEO and the wider team.
To ensure that CES staff and community group members are kept fully up to date on key developments and opportunities
Financial Recording
To ensure high quality budgeting, financial management and reporting requirements are met in all development projects
To proactively share information with the CEO, Head of Finance and Head of Projects to ensure that there is good visibility of upcoming and potential projects and funding.
Representing CES:
Acting as a positive ambassador for CES and ensuring that all activities are performed in a way that is in line with its vision and mission.
Representing CES at local, national and international outreach and promotion events as necessary.
Providing updates on your work on projects for social media and website pages to ensure a good public profile.
Administration
To keep all information about development work up to date, including updating funding databases and ensuring that information around all projects in development and all applications are filed on CES’s online systems (Monday.com/Sharepoint).
To keep all personal work records up to date such as annual leave requests, timesheets and CES’s online systems (Monday.com and Sharepoint).
Attend team meetings.
Chairing fortnightly development meetings and ensuring that minutes and actions are recorded and distributed.
To lead on tracking development work accordingly and ensure deadlines are met and tasks fulfilled when working collaboratively
Manage internal CVs and evidence for funding applications and bids
To ensure careful project documentation according to CES’ project approval and management system, including details of project and financial progress.
Other Tasks
To play a full role in the evolution and operation of the team at Community Energy Scotland, and support the success of Community Energy Scotland as a whole
To undertake other tasks as agreed from time to time with CEO and CES senior management team – the successful applicant will be expected to engage in a two-way conversation about future work and to also present ideas to the wider team as they come up.
Travel to meetings and events in Scotland, and occasionally the UK or abroad.