Graduate - Green Energy Coordinator x2

Job description

Job title: Graduate Green Energy Coordinator x2
Team: Decarbonising Heat
Location: Any Scottish Enterprise Hub within Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh or Aberdeen (with working from home options)
Salary: £31,115
Hours: Full time 35 hours a week (flexible working considered)
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 8 May 2024
Job ref no: R00501

Be part of building Scotland's future

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's national and international economic development agency. We work to transform the Scottish economy by helping businesses to innovate and scale. Our work is critical to the Scottish Government’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) and its goals of creating high-value jobs, boosting productivity, and growing national wealth.

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The opportunity

Scottish Enterprise is on a mission – a grand challenge to support Scotland’s energy transition and help companies find their place in growing renewables markets. By 2030, we aim to have helped create a globally competitive renewable energy industry in Scotland. We want to double the number of Scotland’s energy transition companies, create 44,000 new jobs and secure £1.5 billion in exports annually.  We can think big like this, because we have a strong team – one that you could play your part in on this graduate development programme.

The role

You’ll hit the ground running in our busy Clean Heat team giving us critical team support for grid connectivity, new energy systems and storage. Your role sits at the core of our team, juggling our schedules and priorities and helping us build on our existing knowledge base. But you won’t just be talking to us – you’ll be speaking to grid operators and developers to troubleshoot problems and support them as they make moves to increase renewable energy generation and decarbonisation. With your help, we’ll work towards making Scotland a global leader in the energy sector – one that creates jobs and blazes a trail for innovation and manufacturing across Scotland’s regions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and managing team activities so we deliver on time
• Recording data, maintaining spreadsheets and producing data reports to support analysis and research projects
• Contributing to regular progress reports for our project team 

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for project managers who aren’t put off by complex spreadsheets or research reports. Our ideal candidates thrive in bringing calm and order to busy people at all levels and thinking fast to keep the team on track. You’ve got big ideas to support our team – we’re all about ideas. We also value enthusiasm – you’ll have lots of that for our energy transition mission. In return, we’ll support you to learn new skills and experience everything that Scottish Enterprise has to offer while you’re on your placement. 

You’ll bring:

• Qualifications or skills and experience at SCQF Level 9 as a minimum, e.g. BA/Ordinary Degree, Graduate Diploma or SVQ at SCQF Level 9 (ideally in law, business or finance)
• Project management skills
• Clear communication
• Multitasking across multiple teams
• Good deadline management

What we offer

If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits: 

• Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – a pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
• Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays), with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• A health cash plan
• Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role in support of our corporate plan.

Learn more about working with us 

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, please complete your application form by 8 May 2024.

Assessment Centres will be held in Glasgow and Edinburgh between the 11 and 14 June 2024, with a start date in September 2024.

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process but throughout employment with us.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion, Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).

Apply now to build your future with us.