Job Description

The Opportunity

West Sussex County Council is looking for an Energy Analyst to join our dedicated team.

Salary:

25,584 to 25,992per annum

Location:

Your main office will be County Hall, Chichester. You will have the opportunity to occasionally work from home, with this being determined by the service's needs.

Working pattern:

Full-time, 37 hours per week. Flexible working options available, to be agreed with your line manager.

Employer Pension Contribution:

20.70% this alters per annum on the 1 April each year.

Annual leave:

25 days holiday + Bank holidays =

33 days

.

Interviews:

To be held at County Hall, Chichester, w/c 18 August 2025



If you're passionate about shaping a greener future and have a keen eye for detail, we want to hear from you! This is your opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that impact our community and protect our environment.



As an Energy Analyst, you will work collaboratively with the Energy & Data Manager and within the wider Energy Services team to assist with delivery of ambitious outcomes for the team and organisation. You will also work collaboratively with colleagues in other services throughout the Council, and with external stakeholders such as energy providers and other contracted suppliers.



You will provide reliable, efficient, effective and flexible administrative support to the team, including responding to typical client queries, giving standard information and guidance relating to the service, maintaining records, producing standard correspondence, and providing support and day to day processing according to set procedures.



You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the shared energy management mailbox. You will also be responsible for undertaking a variety of technical tasks associated with the team's specialism (with supervision/support as required). You will be required to directly support and assist the Energy & Data Manager in the day-to-day management of tasks and projects, critical to the Energy Services business plan, ensuring compliance with the appropriate legislation, policies, and procedures.

What are we looking for?

You will need to be enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the energy industry. Strive to generate the best quality outcomes for the Council. You will engage and support others within the team and wider organisation on technical queries associated to the subject area.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:


an excellent

local government pension scheme

generous holiday entitlement of

25

days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

Staff discounts page

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our

Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is

EIE01450

.



For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Steven Fall (Energy & Data Manager) at

Steven.Fall@westsussex.gov.uk

. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk

.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.



We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our

application help

page.





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Job Reference: EIE01450