Energy & Retrofit Advisor

Salary: £25,229 – £27,884 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Initially 18 months fixed term from December 2025

Location(s): Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, South Tyneside, Durham (6 posts).

About us

Groundwork works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.

About the role

Groundwork’s Greener Living team is growing, and we’re looking for passionate and community-minded Energy & Retrofit Advisors to join us as part of the North East Warm Homes Programme. In this exciting role, you’ll help households across the North East improve energy efficiency, reduce fuel poverty, and access retrofit opportunities. You’ll work closely with Local Authorities, community organisations, and Groundwork’s Green Doctors to deliver advice, engagement activities, and practical support to residents — particularly within the private rented sector. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference in tackling climate change and supporting vulnerable households, while developing your career in sustainability and retrofit advice. Although this is a fixed-term post, there’s potential for extension and professional growth within our expanding Greener Living team.

About You

• Passionate about sustainability, community engagement, and helping people save energy.
• An excellent communicator who can adapt their approach to suit different audiences.
• Organised and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced (or interested in developing expertise) in domestic retrofit and energy efficiency advice.
• Willing to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends when needed.
• Experience in community engagement, energy advice, or retrofit is desirable, but full training and support will be provided.

It’s a unique and challenging role that gives you the chance to make a difference to people’s lives every day.

Closing date: Midnight on Monday 24th November 2025. Please note, should we receive a high volume of applications, we may look to close the role early, therefore we recommend an early application.

Interested? If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Make yourself at home

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.