Outer Hebrides Community Support Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £31,237 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Isle of Harris |
| Gweithio o bell: | Yn gyfan gwbl o bell |
| Cwmni: | HIJOBS |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 383431 |
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Working as part of the CES team, and in partnership with island communities to support community energy projects in the Outer Hebrides we're advertising a 6 month contract. This post will focus on delivering the Islands Centre for Net Zero project and facilitation of the Community Power Outer Hebrides consortium and the delivery of its tasks.
Full time or part time post available - 6 month contract
Overall Purpose
Working as part of the Outer Hebrides team in CES, and in partnership with island communities to support community energy projects and CES’s strategic aims. This post will focus on delivering the ICNZ project and facilitation of the Community Power Outer Hebrides consortium and the delivery of its tasks.
Main Tasks
Your role will be to deliver the following tasks:
Outer Hebrides Domestic Decarbonisation Project
CES is leading on the development of the Outer Hebrides Domestic Decarbonisation Project and the following tasks:
- Lead on securing match funding for the project, working on the development and coordination of funding bids with partners.
- If match funding is secured, work on the development and implementation of the project.
Islands Centre for Net Zero
- Engage and support Outer Hebrides communities in developing net-zero projects, providing support to the ICNZ Outer Hebrides Officer on projects
- Support long-term planning for ICNZ, including contributing to developing a Year 4 work plan
- Attend Outer Hebrides ICNZ coordination meetings
- Support ICNZ and Island Climate Action Network activities in the Outer Hebrides, including organising and publicising events
- Assist in planning and organising the ICNZ team meeting in the Outer Hebrides
- Support other ICNZ projects and tasks as required
Community Power Outer Hebrides
- Facilitate and organise CPOH quarterly meetings and regular peer-to-peer meetings, which provide the group with an opportunity to share learning or discuss key issues
- Facilitate meetings between CPOH and commercial wind generators, Enercon, Scottish and Southern Energy Networks, Regional Energy Strategic Plan (RESP) and National Energy System Operator (NESO), Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Energy and other partners and stakeholders.
- Support the CPOH members to develop their repowering project development plans (900kW – 9MW wind sites) with input from the CES technical team
- Support CPOH members with operation & maintenance issues and negotiating for EPK renewals, repowering, insurance and other urgent issues that may arise
- Work with the CES Policy Manager and Public Affairs Manager to provide support on relevant policy & advocacy work, and to respond to consultations
- Suggest and explore options and topics which would be useful to CPOH for workshops or learning journeys, including organising knowledge exchange sessions with external speakers such as local energy markets, right to sell locally etc
- Explore interesting or collaborative opportunities for the CPOH generators such as supplying data centres in the Western Isles
- Plan for, and report on, annual CPOH activities, surveying CPOH community groups to prioritise plan
- Keep CPOH members informed with relevant news, events and opportunities (funding, training etc)
- Organise CPOH files and develop database tools for tracking CPOH information.