Technical Officer
The Energy Institute (EI) is the not-for-profit chartered professional membership body bringing together expertise to tackle urgent global challenges. In health and safety, energy management and related behaviour change methods we equip professionals in diverse fields with the essentials needed to protect people, assets and the environment, and to get the most efficient use out of all energy consumed. Our products and services are continuously refined to keep pace with and support the changes under way in our field.
The Energy Institute is seeking an administrator/project officer to work within its Technical Team on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage issues. The position will help co-ordinate the activities of EI technical committees as well as supporting technical managers in the delivery of the EI’s annual technical programme and preparing/editing technical material for publication.
Reporting to the Technical Manager CCUS.
This will be a permanent contract, 35 hours per week. Salary range £27K-£30K p.a. plus benefits
Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), flexible working and a contributory pension scheme. Further benefits can be purchased including childcare vouchers, interest free season ticket loans and access to the bike to work scheme.
This is a highly varied role where you will be responsible for supporting – and in some instances managing independently - a mixture of activities:
- To support technical projects in the EI’s scientific and technical programme, working under the guidance of Technical Managers.
- To provide secretariat support to technical committees responsible for delivering good practice development projects, working under the guidance of Technical Project Managers.
- To maintain membership of those technical committees and wider stakeholder networks, working under the guidance of Technical Managers.
- To support the Technical Managers in developing a relevant, cost-effective and valued scientific and technical programme.
- To contribute to the fulfilment of the Technical Team’s and EI’s wider business objectives.
Candidates must have:
- A degree in a relevant scientific subject, such as:
- A social science
- Engineering
- A physical science
- Proficient IT skills, including MS Excel and MS Word
- An ability to learn new software
- An aptitude for learning new tasks quickly, being able to adapt to a varied role
- Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to confidently engage with Senior Technical Experts
- Excellent standard of written English, including ability to write text and emails to a very good standard
- Keen attention to detail
- Good numerical skills, i.e. ability to analyse data.
- Able to multi-task and organise workload and priorities on several competing projects
- A professional attitude
- The following attributes would be advantageous:
- An interest or desire to work in the energy sector
- Office administration experience
- Experience with (either working with, volunteering or being part of) a committee
Please send a CV and covering letter to eleinwather@energyinst.org. The covering letter should be no more than one side.
The closing date for applications is 7 February 2025. Regrettably, we are unable to acknowledge each application personally. All successful applications will be contacted to arrange interviews w/c 10 February 2025. Interviews will be conducted w/c 17 February 2025.