Vacancies

Vacancies

We have several opportunities to work with Our Power, some of which are paid and some voluntary. 

  • 12-month contract at 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours a week).
  • Salary: £16,200 per year (based on a full-time salary of £27,000 per year), plus 3% employer pension contribution.
  • 20 days of annual leave (based on a full-time allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays).
  • Location: Norwich – hybrid
  • Start date: As soon as possible

Do you want to use your people skills and problem-solving mindset to help tackle the climate and cost-of-living crisis?

Our Power is looking for an Energy Advice Coordinator to deliver our energy and retrofit advice work, supporting Norwich residents to save energy, keep their home comfortable and healthy, and benefit from green technologies like solar and heat pumps.

You will be a good listener with a practical, problem-solving approach and a background in helping people. This experience could have been gained in a variety of contexts, for example casework, community work, in-depth customer support or practical repair jobs. You should have a strong interest in energy efficiency or renewable energy and a willingness to learn more about these topics and share your knowledge. Prior experience in a related field would be an advantage, but training will be provided.

Our community interest company (CIC) has been active for just under two years, and we have ambitious plans to help communities take action for a more people-powered and resilient energy system. As our main energy advisor working with a network of volunteers, you’ll have a key role in our day-to-day work. You’ll also be encouraged to contribute ideas and get involved as we develop wider work on green homes, heat decarbonisation and community-owned solar.

It’s an exciting time for community energy, with lots of opportunities likely to emerge over the next few years. Join us and help build a people-powered energy future for Norwich!

We support flexible working and will consider all reasonable requests. This role requires some evening and weekend working.  

Download the job description and person specification.   

To apply, please send your CV and covering statement to recruitment@ourpower.org.uk no later than 9am on Wednesday 13th May. Your covering statement can be presented as either a 1-2 page written statement or a video. It should tell us why you are applying for the role and should set out clearly, with examples, how you meet the criteria in the person specification.

Please also complete the equality and diversity monitoring form, which can be accessed here.

Interviews will be held in person in Norwich on Wednesday 20th May.

The successful candidate will require a basic DBS check. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We are looking for someone with significant experience in safeguarding adults to join our board as Safeguarding Lead. This is a volunteer role. Our team provides energy advice home visits, which involves unsupervised contact with people who may be vulnerable. We would like to strengthen our safeguarding expertise at board level to ensure our policies and procedures are adequate, and to enable us to respond effectively if issues arise.

You should have significant experience in safeguarding, either in a professional capacity or from another voluntary role.

Board members are collectively responsible for setting the organisation’s strategic direction and ensuring it meets its statutory obligations as a community interest company. As a Director of the company, you will be bound by the duties set out in the Companies Act 2006. You will be expected to attend quarterly board meetings. These last around two hours and are typically held online, though some may be held in person in Norwich.

In addition to your general responsibilities as a member of the Board, you will:

  • Work with the Executive Director to review strategic plans and address any safeguarding considerations.
  • Ensure the organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures are reviewed annually and in line with any changes to legislation.
  • Support the Executive Director to ensure staff have appropriate training and awareness of safeguarding.
  • Support the Executive Director to raise safeguarding concerns where necessary
  • Work with the Executive Director to respond to any safeguarding allegations against staff or volunteers.
  • Be a point of contact for staff or volunteers if someone needs advice or wishes to raise a complaint about safeguarding.
  • Keep your own knowledge of safeguarding up to date.

The time commitment associated with this role is approximately 6 hours a month. However, significant additional work may occasionally be required at short notice if an urgent safeguarding issue arises.0

Download the job description. To apply, please send a CV and cover letter outlining why you are interested and how your skills align with the role to livvy@ourpower.org.uk.

We are looking for a Treasurer to join our Board of Directors. This is a volunteer role.

The overall role of the Treasurer is to maintain an overview of the organisation’s finances, ensure its financial viability, and ensure that proper financial records and procedures are maintained.

You should have knowledge of accounting and finance, either from a specialist finance background or from managing a business’s finances. We employ an external accountant to manage our statutory accounts, payroll, PAYE and corporation tax. We do our own bookkeeping, for which we use QuickBooks. We will be registering for VAT within the next few months.

Board members are collectively responsible for setting the organisation’s strategic direction and ensuring it meets its statutory obligations as a community interest company. As a Director of the company, you will be bound by the duties set out in the Companies Act 2006. You will be expected to attend quarterly board meetings. These last around two hours and are typically held online, though some may be held in person in Norwich.

In addition to your general responsibilities as a member of the Board, you will:

  • Work with the Executive Director to prepare the annual budget.
  • Support the Executive Director with cash flow forecasting and preparing quarterly management accounts for the Board.
  • Ensure that the organisation’s reserves policy is appropriate and is reviewed annually.
  • Ensure adequate financial controls are in place.
  • Maintain oversight of restricted funds and ensure expenditure from these funds is being recorded correctly.
  • Work with the Executive Director to review strategic plans and advise on financial implications.
  • Liaise with Our Power’s accountant to ensure the annual accounts are submitted correctly.

The time commitment associated with this role is approximately 6 hours a month.

Download the job description. To apply, please send a CV and cover letter outlining why you are interested and how your skills align with the role to livvy@ourpower.org.uk.

About us

Norwich Climate, trading as Our Power, is a community interest company (CIC) helping people in the Norwich area take more control of their energy. Our vision is for a more people-powered, affordable and resilient energy system, where communities across the Norwich area play an active part through community ownership, collective action and mutual support.

 

We provide advice and support to households to help them reduce energy use and move away from fossil fuels; and we work with local people to explore possibilities for a different kind of energy system – whether that’s community-owned renewables, heat networks or shared projects to save energy.

 

Our funding comes from a mixture of grants and contracts, and we currently employ three staff members, including an Executive Director.

 

We are working to scale up our community-based activities, and we have ambitious plans to expand into renewable energy generation and/or heat decarbonisation projects over the next few years.