Energy & Retrofit Advisor

Sustainability Team Leader (Carbon Reduction / Retrofit)  

Salary: £42,014  

Location: Manchester   

Full Time, Permanent      

Closing Date: 15th March 2024 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.     

At One Manchester we’re passionate about improving lives and helping neighbourhoods thrive. Every day we provide homes, invest in our communities, help communities to further their learning, manage their money, launch successful businesses and improve their employability.      

We have an exciting position available for a Sustainability Team Leader to join our Assets department.   

You’ll lead on the delivery of One Manchester’s carbon reduction retrofit projects and support the asset manager in ensuring One Manchester meets ambitious targets for carbon reduction and delivery of the wider Sustainability Strategy.  

What we’re looking for:         

• Appropriate academic qualification/professional qualification – building surveying/project management etc   

• Extensive experience of operating within an Asset Management team   

• Management of stakeholders (customers, consultants etc.)   

• Up to date knowledge of appropriate legislation   

• Able to assess risk associated with asset decisions   

• Good understanding and ability to use Asset Management systems   

• Experience of progressing funding applications   

• Experience of leading a team to deliver retrofit works in a social housing setting  

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.        

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!     

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives.  We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.   

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'.  This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles.  We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. 

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.  We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.     

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.