Energy Lead; Line

Job Title:

Energy Lead/Advisor (Support line) X 2 posts. Reference number: CF26-49. Division:
Children and Families.

Location:

National Role based in West or East of Scotland with travel across Central belt. Salary:
Band C, £30,602.00 – £35,778.00 per annum. Post Type:
Permanent, full-time (35 hours). Closing Date: 28th September 2026. Interview Date:
Week commencing 5th October 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Support line Advice Service as well as support our Wider aims as a charity.

Our Advice service works alongside support colleagues to help families to address the challenges and risks which may have led to vulnerability, promote connection to their local communities, and improve financial stability and resilience. Our aim is to support communities to become more resilient and a place where children feel safe, valued, understood and supported.

The Energy Advisor will work within an integrated model of family support, community connection, and expert energy advice and exploring money and debt advice. This will enable families to stay connected, keep homes warm and resolve debt and money problems, become more financially resilient and break the cycle of fuel poverty.

A priority for the Energy Advisor will be to increase the energy advice and support we offer our families and with the capacity of our current services to provide Type I and II money advice in one of the most deprived areas in Scotland.

You will work as part of our National Money Advice team. You will support families within their homes, by telephone and other digital methods deliver workshops within the community and in schools and offer drop‑in sessions within the community.

If you have experience of energy advice, welfare rights, income maximisation, money and debt advice, understand the impact trauma and adversity can have on children and families, and believe that you can apply this to your practice, we want to hear from you.

This is a full time, 35 hours post. Hours to be worked flexibly to suit the needs of families, including evenings and weekends as required.

• A workplace with values of with love, with purpose and with strength
• 40 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays
• Pension scheme and wellbeing support
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Access to Westfield Health, giving colleagues and their families confidential counselling support, wellbeing resources, and access to health and lifestyle benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing.
• Blue Light card discount
• A Fair Work accredited workplace

Living our values, you will help create a workplace where our people can thrive, ensuring we deliver the best possible support to children and families.

With love, we put children first. With purpose, we transform lives together. With strength, we do whatever it takes to protect Scotland’s children.

Closing Date: 28th September 2026

It is anticipated that interviews will be week commencing 5th October 2026

• To provide relationship based expert energy, and debt advice to families, help families to stay connected keep homes warm and resolve debt and money problems, become more financially resilient and to achieve long‑term sustainable outcomes for them and their children. Work as part of the remote National advice team support Support line in offering advice to parents who are struggling both emotionally and financially.

• To carry out home energy audits, offering one-to-one tailored advice, support, and information to families
• Provide telephone advice and support, home visits, and outreach events across Scotland
• To support wider team to deliver a range of face‑to‑face and remote/digital welfare rights, financial…