Intern (Local and Community Empowerment)

Are you excited about the prospect of working in the environment sector at the grass roots
level?

Are you interested in local energy issues that address the climate emergency? If so, we have a
great opportunity for you.

You’ll be working in CSE’s Local and Community Empowerment team whose mission is to ensure that
all communities feel inspired and able to play a meaningful role in the transition to a more
sustainable and fairer energy system.

Pay and conditions

• The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week).
• The salary for the role will be £23,820 – £25,369 per annum
• You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays).
• The role is fixed-term for 12-months.

CSE offer a range of benefits including (but not limited to):

• Subsidised bike purchase
• Tech Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Cash plan
• Retail discounts and discounted breakdown cover

Specific responsibilities

An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:

• Engage with a range of stakeholders, potentially building community groups, local
  authorities, town and parish councils, and voluntary sector organisations to take action on
  climate change.
• Provide administrative support for timely delivery of project activities, accurate record
  keeping and robust reporting across a range of CSE projects and initiatives.
• Help with the planning, promotion and delivery of training sessions, workshops and events.
• Represent CSE on a range of projects, in external, in-person and online meetings and
  events.
• Develop materials and approaches to promote our projects, activities, reports and
  publications to ensure effective engagement with our target audiences.

Essential attributes for this role include:

• O’level/GCSE Maths and English
• Basic understanding of the broad themes driving the sustainable energy, fuel poverty and
  climate change work of CSE.
• Highly organised and able to manage time and busy workload.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of working as part of a team.

Please note, the above is an overview of the skills required for this role. To see the full
list of essential and desirable skills please see the job description on our website.

How to apply

To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website. Your
application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in
the person specification.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 midnight on Friday 16 August 2024.

Interviews are expected to take place Wednesday 11 September at our offices in Bristol though
this date is subject to change.

If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.