Thank you for your interest in volunteering to become an Assessor and/or Interviewer with the EI. This leaflet will provide some information on both volunteer roles.
An assessor will review all the application documents of the candidate, i.e., conduct a “desk based” assessment of the application, then complete an assessment form and make a recommendation for next steps.
For Chartered Energy Manager, only 1 assessor will assess the application.
For Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and ESOS Lead Assessor, 2 assessors will liaise together and assess the application.
You will be given at least 2 weeks to review an application and complete the assessment form.
An Interviewer will conduct an interview for those applicants referred to interview by the assessor(s), then complete an assessment form, and make a recommendation that is sent to the Membership Panel for formal approval.
For all titles, interviewers work in pairs, and the new interviewer will be paired with an experienced one.
Interviews last up to 1.5 hours and are currently conducted online via MS Teams.
We will ask for your availability to conduct an interview at least a month in advance, and you will receive the interview invite/applicant documents at least 2 weeks before the interview for the slot you selected availability for.
Yes, you can apply to be both. There is one training session for both volunteer roles so you will learn about both roles, how to do them and how they are crucial to the professional registration process. If you wish, you can apply for one of the volunteer roles and then decide to participate for both later on.
We recognise that you are volunteering with us, on top of the additional work and personal commitments that you might have, so we are flexible.
Applications are sent for review throughout the year, so if you are sent an application to review and you cannot do it, that’s fine – just let us know as soon as possible and we will reallocate to another assessor.
Interviews take place in ‘rounds’ - for 2/3 weeks every quarter, so you will be informed well in advance with an availability poll to complete. You will only be allocated to interview based on the slots you showed availability for. If you can’t carry out the interview, just let us know and we will reallocate to another interviewer.
As a volunteer with the EI, you will benefit from the following:
- Develop your reviewing, assessing and interviewing skills
- Help new applicants with their career progression
- Collaborate with other Assessors and Interviewers
- Share your knowledge and expertise with others
- Contribute to the advancement of the energy and environmental professions
The next training session will be online via MS Teams. It will last 3 hours and will be conducted by a lead trainer and support trainer. The lead trainer will be an existing experienced assessor and
interviewer for the title you are volunteering for. The support trainer will be the Professional Membership Manager.
The training session will explain the whole procedure, and the roles and documentation involved in the process.
The date/time of the next training session will be communicated shortly.
Great! Please complete the EI Assessor/Interviewer registration form and return to professionals@energyinst.org. We will be in touch shortly afterwards.