SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £18 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come.
Join us on our journey to net zero and help us power change.
About the Role
Base Location: Perth, Glasgow or Edinburgh
Salary: £33,500 - £50,300 (depending on experience) + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time or Part Time (3 days per week and will also consider job share) | Flexible First options available
As Partnership Funding Coordinator, you will play an important role in supporting the efficient operations of the Partnership Funding team who develop and manage collaborative grant funding proposals to maximise the public funding available for the SSE Group companies to undertake innovation, demonstration and first-of-a-kind net zero projects.
Key responsibilities for this role will include:
- Bid Planning Tools – awareness of funding competition processes and will prepare bid coordination and planning tools to allocate tasks across internal and external teams and set deadlines as well as prepare application templates that meet the needs of the funding competition and set-up secure online collaborative workspaces, such as SharePoint, to facilitate bid production.
- Bid Coordination Support - provide administration support to help bid Managers coordinate bid production, track progress against schedule, engage with multi-disciplinary teams, set-up progress meetings, help prepare supporting documents, briefing notes and presentations.
- Document Management - carefully manage, curate and store large volumes of written content and bid attachments in a highly organised manner and be confident in uploading these to the funders online submission systems.
- Project and opportunity tracker - take ownership of the team’s project and opportunity tracker that uses Microsoft Power BI to capture and present accurate and up-to-date data needed for opportunity tracking, workforce planning and internal reporting purposes. This will include researching and tracking relevant funding opportunities in the UK, Ireland and internationally and promoting these internally via mailshots and the team web page.
- European Funding representative - take on the lead administration role for SSE companies who participate in the Horizon Europe research programme. The Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR) is responsible for managing the legal and financial information about the organisation and managing access rights to colleagues and projects.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work in a busy corporate team with internal and external partners.
- Excellent administration, organisation and planning skills to plan and track bids, tasks, funding and project data.
- Proficiency in Microsoft software packages including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, Teams and Power BI, or have a willingness to learn these.
- Strong attention to detail to make sure all bid requirements are met and to accurately manage the team’s project and opportunity tracker.
- Experience of grant funding bids, managing documents and complex bid submission packs, ideally in the energy sector, with an ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
About our Business
SSE's business strategy places addressing the challenge of climate change at the very core of what we do - that's why we have deliberately decided to link long-term business goals to the UN's global goals for sustainable development. Our Sustainability Teams work across the group and externally with investors, competitors, governments, partners, suppliers and communities providing advice, support and challenge in order to help SSE's businesses success and contribute to this strategy.
Our Partnership Funding team sits within the Sustainability Team with a focus on supporting colleagues to maximise access to public funding across all SSE businesses, including renewables, thermal, distributed energy and networks, to advance new solutions aligned with our net zero goals.
What's in it for you?
We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
What happens now?
All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact laura.morrison@sse.com / 01738 341814.
Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.
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