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Our purpose

Inspiring and empowering our people to create a positive difference for themselves, our clients and the planet

Sustainable Energy First is an energy and sustainability consultancy, founded to solve energy management problems in very large, complex commercial estates.

This remains the core of our business driven by a commitment to sustainability and the goal of reducing our clients’ carbon footprint.

The Role in a Nutshell ️

As an Energy Compliance Specialist, you’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of our Solutions products, including (but not limited to) Climate Change Agreements, EII Exemption, EII Network Charging Compensation, and CHP Quality Assurance.

You’ll take ownership of a portfolio of contracts, ensuring timely, accurate, and high‑quality delivery of data‑driven outputs. This includes gathering and analysing energy, production, and financial data, maintaining robust databases, and submitting all necessary documentation to secure savings for our clients. As the first point of contact, you’ll work closely with clients, suppliers, and governing bodies, resolving queries, providing guidance, and ensuring full compliance at every stage.

You’ll also contribute to continuous service improvement by maintaining clear audit trails, supporting process refinement, and helping the team stay responsive to emerging legislation and industry changes.

Requirements

➡️ Support the team in delivering compliance-related products and services (e.g., CCA, Eii, Eii NCC & CHPQA.).

➡️ Manage a portfolio of contracts, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of required outputs.

➡️ Collect, collate, and analyse monthly energy, production, and financial data for client reporting.

➡️ Maintain and develop databases to monitor performance and ensure compliance.

➡️ Submit accurate documentation to secure client savings on non-commodity energy charges.

➡️ Act as the first point of contact for clients, suppliers, and governing bodies, resolving queries effectively.

➡️ Generate and submit reports, declarations, and applications by required deadlines.

➡️ Maintain comprehensive audit trails and evidence packs for all completed work.

➡️ Contribute to service improvement discussions and help the team adapt to legislative changes.

➡️ Support the development of the overall service offering through collaboration and problem-solving.

Key Ingredients for the Role

• Good communication skills both verbal and written are essential
• Understanding/experience of energy and carbon compliance
• The ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships
• Excellent numerical skills and understanding, as demonstrated by experience and/or qualifications
• Experience of working with and manipulating data
• Excellent IT skills, with a working knowledge of the MSOffice suite, in particular Excel experience/competency is essential; this should include, but is not limited to, report building, standard formula (SUMIF, XLOOKUP, IF, etc.) and pivot tables

Benefits

Salary: £28,000 to £30,700 per annum

Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays + your birthday off, increasing to 30 days on length of service

Home working (regular travel required)

• Flexible working - including the ability to bank up to to 5 extra days off per year
• Gym contribution

Long service awards

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced paternity/non-pregnant colleague and maternity/pregnant colleague leave

Simply Health scheme

Challenging work and development opportunities

Inclusion and Belonging

We believe that diversity is more than a commitment, it’s at the heart of who we are. We aim to create an environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work.

We celebrate different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences because we know they make us stronger, bolder and more imaginative, which link to our core values. By fostering a culture of belonging, we aim to provide a workplace where every voice is heard, and every individual can thrive.

Our culture has been set up to bring the best out of our people. If we sound like the kind of business where you’re ready to take the next step, then we look forward to hearing from you!