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Cold to Cosy Homes Cumbria is expanding its service to deliver more free home energy advice support across all districts of Cumbria. We are looking for a project officer with skills and experience of providing  excellent customer service and experience of working with a diverse range of  people and communities. You will be part of a passionate team, working cooperatively to provide home energy advice in clients' homes, but telephone and at events across Cumbria. You'll develop and maintain relationships with external stakeholders including charities, local authorities and voluntary organisations. Key Responsibilities and Tasks Service delivery: energy advice by [...]

Our award winning Cold to Cosy Homes Cumbria service is expanding, and we are looking for an exceptional Project Manager to support the service to deliver even more home energy saving advice and support across Cumbria. This is a brilliant opportunity if you have experience of managing customer services including systems, processes and compliance. You will be part of a passionate team, leading the customer service and operational aspect of Cold to Cosy Homes and developing new project and contract requirements to meet service specifications and client demands. Key Responsibilities and Tasks Service delivery and development to include [...]

We're looking for someone with energy and enthusiasm to work with colleagues throughout CAfS to ensure the provision of high quality support services. About you You'll have experience in organisational or financial administration, or office or operational management. You'll use that experience to lead a team and manage staff performance, and provide HR support across all of our teams. You'll be able to manage a diverse workload, and prioritise tasks and time management. You'll have practical experience of using an accounting system, and excellent IT skills. You'll be an IT whizz and have experience using an accounting system. You'll [...]

Join our passionate and friendly team as a Retrofit Customer Services Administrator CAfS mission is to achieve net zero by 2037 or sooner by promoting and facilitating low carbon living and its benefits. We provide practical support for the development of low carbon plans and policies for places, communities, businesses, local authorities, other organisations, and individuals. CAfS' Home Retrofit Advice Services We are continuing to develop and expand our Home Retrofit Advice Service to deliver a range of services to support Cumbrian homeowners to retrofit their homes. The service supports able to pay clients who wish to make significant building [...]

A great opportunity for those passionate about combatting climate change... If you are passionate about combatting climate change, knowledgeable about climate science and solutions, or have experience of delivering or developing training, this Climate and Carbon Literacy Trainer opportunity is for you. We are looking for up to three friendly, articulate and highly motivated trainers to join our existing team to help meet the growing demand for our very popular Climate and Carbon Literacy and related training programmes. This role will be a freelance contract (employment status will be determined via the HMRC checker), to help us train [...]

CAfS is co-chair of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership (ZCCP), which involves more than 80 organisations spanning the public, private and third sectors with the aim of delivering a coordinated emission reduction programme to bring about a zero-carbon Cumbria by 2037. CAfS has been awarded £2.5 million from the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund, on behalf of the ZCCP, for a five-year Zero Carbon Cumbria project. Eleven of the organisations in the ZCCP, as well as CAfS, will be involved in delivering elements of the project, to support the goals of the wider partnership. The Lottery-funded project will tackle [...]

Our mission is to achieve net zero by 2037 or sooner by promoting and facilitating low carbon living and its benefits – inspiring and supporting individuals, communities, and organisations across Cumbria and beyond to decarbonise lives and businesses. We provide practical support for the development of low carbon plans and policies for places, communities, businesses, local authorities, other organisations, and individuals. We inspire behaviour change and seek to deliver sustained shifts from high to low carbon emissions through new social norms and influencing key policies, strategies, and funding streams.    We're looking for an Office and People Support Manager to [...]

As our domestic energy advice service expands, we are looking to grow our team of freelance energy assessors to provide bespoke advice to householders and property owners to enable them to develop strong retrofit plans. We are seeking individuals with a holistic approach to retrofit of modern and or historic buildings, considering not only energy reduction, but also implications for heritage, culture, building and human health and building use. You will have experience of building energy modelling, be self-motivated and highly organised, with an excellent ability to develop rapport and communicate effectively with clients from a range of backgrounds, [...]

We’re looking for a finance professional to take the lead on the day-to-day management of our finances who also has the appetite to work strategically and develop new, more efficient ways of managing our budgets and staffing capacity - which will in turn help CAfS deliver more climate action. It is a role which sits at the heart of CAfS, working across all our teams and closely with the chief executive and board of trustees. It involves delivering both daily financial activities and helping to shape the longer term direction of CAfS. You will have a track record of [...]

Over the last five years, CAfS has had an increasing role in supporting Cumbrian businesses to decarbonise. Recently, we have united multiple support organisations who are all working to help businesses decarbonise, so that we can collectively offer a wide range of expertise. With CAfS as the lead partner, this consortium has secured funding to build upon our network and deliver a range of support services from a Net Zero Business Hub, which has created an opportunity to join CAfS as a Project Manager and Adviser to manage the consortium, deliver the project outputs and directly support businesses through [...]