Grant Appraisal and Monitoring Officers

Great British Energy is looking for Grant Appraisal and Monitoring Officers Inside IR35 for an 8 month contract based Hybrid min 2 days a week in Aberdeen and the rest from home. Great British Energy will be a publicly owned, operationally independent energy company, designed to drive clean energy deployment, boost energy independence, create jobs and ensure UK taxpayers, billpayers and communities reap the benefits of clean, secure, homegrown energy.

Setting up Great British Energy is one of government’s first steps for change and we will do this in a way that means it will have both an early impact and long-term success. Through its five functions (Project development, Project investment and ownership, Local Power Plan, Supply chains and working with Great British Nuclear), Great British Energy will speed up the deployment of mature and new technologies, as well as local energy projects, to support the government’s aim of decarbonising our electricity system by 2030 whilst also ensuring we can meet future demand as we further decarbonise the economy.

To this end and as an example of what it can achieve, we have already agreed a major partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate to accelerate deployment and support UK supply chains. Great British Energy will work collaboratively with industry, local authorities and communities, and other public sector organisations such as the National Wealth Fund, to spread skilled jobs and investment across the country. Great British Energy will be backed by a capitalisation of £8.3 billion of new money over this Parliament.

While we go through the process of setting Great British Energy as a publicly owned energy company, these roles will initially be part of the Civil Service, however, will then be transferred to Great British Energy once the Great British Energy Bill becomes law and the company has the necessary procedures and systems in place to employ people directly so we encourage applications from a wide and diverse range of backgrounds. In recognition of Scotland’s leading role in the UK’s clean energy revolution, Great British Energy will be headquartered and run from Aberdeen.

As a Grant Appraisal and Monitoring Officer, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Develop and maintain effective relationships with a range of stakeholders associated with the application or scheme, including, but not limited to, applicants, policy leads, arm’s length bodies and other Government Departments.
• Assess sometimes complex and incomplete information presented during the applicant journey from pre-application (if applicable) through appraisal to the grant award stage, collating, summarising, and presenting your considered recommendations to decision makers and relevant approval boards.
• Follow and adhere to Government Grant Functional Standards and the mandated requirement of Managing Public Money.
• Undertake appraisal of a portfolio of applications for grant funding by undertaking defined checks and co-ordinating input from specialist advisers, sector colleagues and other stakeholders to progress cases to the contracting stage.
• Lead on assigned cases (grant monitoring) as the first point of contact between Great British Energy (GBE) and grant applicants, maintaining regular communication and ensuring that key achievements and timelines are met, providing regular updates to the GBE scheme lead.
• Review the grant recipients’ progress against the terms of the funding agreements. Undertake regular monitoring meetings (which will be a combination of telephone, video calls and site visits) and process claims for payment by testing grant claim evidence and important metrics.

Excellent customer service skills and stakeholder engagement. Ability to accurately verify and validate information from multiple sources. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands, delivering high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment. Experience in grants - highly desirable.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident: As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, GBE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

GBE guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.