Assistant Project Manager - Climate Action Plan

Assistant Project Manager - Climate Action Plan

In this unique role you will be supporting the Programme Manager in the development and roll out of the National sustainable energy community (SEC) Network.

You will : -

• Provide support & guidance to a Programme Manager and to communities in their LEARN-PLAN-DO journey.
• Support the delivery of national energy policy actions including the Climate Action Plan (CAP)
• Directly engage with Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) & represent company at events etc
• Support the development & delivery of targeted community energy grant support.
• Collaborate across the community energy & retrofit teams in the delivery of grants for communities.
• Support SECs in the development of their Energy Master Plans & manage the associated process
• Continue development of the energy master plan process & applicable data sets
• Support deployment of community energy grants & support SECs to implement the outcomes of the energy master plans.
• Develop & maintain strong relationships & work with a range of int/external stakeholders including service providers.
• Support & input into the development of SEC marketing plan to drive uptake.
• Develop, review & maintain documents & comms.
• Conduct ongoing organisational tasks inc website updates, handling enquiries & related administration.

Key Knowledge & Skills : -

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including communicating technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of EU & national energy policy; of community engagement & policies understanding of all supports available relevant to the diverse community network.
• Strong project mgt. & organisation skills & knowledge of business process mgt..
• Well-developed IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint).
• Work on own initiative & to deadlines/milestones.
• Create a positive working relationship with int/external s/holders & work in multi-disciplinary teams & network effectively.
• Flexible approach to problem solving & decision making to ensure the best solution is achieved focusing on the need for greater efficiency & effective delivery.
• Strong proactive approach to achieving results, including managing scope, time, risk assessment, cost & quality.
• Good understanding of building retrofit opportunities (fabric, renewables etc)
• Exp.. of managing project finance or budgets

Essential Requirements: -

• Min Level 7 Qualification on the National Framework Qualifications (NFQ) in Env. Eng, science, etc.
• Min four years' exp.. of working in a related area.
• Full Driving Licence
• Understanding of project mgt. methodologies advantageous.
• Know about rural development, spatial planning, environmental issues, Data Mapping Software (ARC GIS or similar).
• Stamp 1 Gs, Stamp 4 are all welcome.
• Please apply to discuss with Nicola