Project Officer - Sustainability
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Vico Homes is built on the foundations of WDH. We are looking for a Project Officer to join our Sustainability Team.
A home is more than four walls and a roof. It should be a safe place. A place to start things. A place of opportunities. A place to grow. A place where you feel you belong.
These are the places we provide for today and for the future. This is what marks us out as one of the leading players in the social housing sector. We have over 32,000 homes across the north of England, home to tens of thousands of people. And people are at the centre of what we do.
Our people are approachable and professional. But we’re not afraid to be optimistic and show our passion for what we do to support our customers. We share a common vision, acting confidently to ensure we remain at the forefront of making it happen.
Together, we’re building better futures and vibrant communities.
About the role
The Sustainability Team deliver the Vico Homes Sustainability Plan across the organisation to improve the sustainability of our communities, protect the environment and combat climate change.
This role will focus on ensuring that Vico Homes are compliant with all aspects of the Heat Network Regulations for our 26 District and Communal Heating Sites.
As the Project Officer - Sustainability your manager will be our Senior Project Officer – Heat Networks. You will work 37 hours a week on a permanent basis, working flexibly in the Vico Homes operating area based at our Head Office in Castleford.
As the Project Officer - Sustainability you will be responsible for delivering and monitoring key aspects of compliance for our Heat Networks whilst also supporting our wider aims of carbon reduction and the delivery of our Sustainability Plan. You will work across the organisation to embed good energy management and improved energy efficiency of our heat networks and corporate utilities portfolio and provide energy advice to customers and colleagues.
Vico Homes are embarking upon an ambitious expansion plan to expand from 32,000 homes to 45,000 homes by 2035, so this is an exciting time to join a growing team within the organisation.
What you’ll do
- Be part of the team to achieve and maintain compliance for our 26 district and communal heating sites
- Undertake work to improve the energy efficiency of Vico Homes’ Heat networks and tackle fuel poverty
- Be a first point of contact for our corporate utilities billing function and support the reduction of our utilities carbon footprint
- Provide specialist sustainability, energy and climate change expertise to customers and teams across the organisation to embed principles and realise our corporate decarbonisation targets and ambitions
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for a sustainability professional experienced in energy efficiency, customer engagement and data monitoring with attention to detail and an ability to understand technical data. You will have:
- A qualification at Level 3 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework or equivalent, such as A Levels, Award, Certificate or Diploma
- Level 3 in Energy Awareness or willingness to work towards
- A valid driving licence with daily access to a vehicle to travel throughout the Vico Homes operating area
- Significant experience of working within a similar sustainability role
- Excellent communication, data processing, analytical and organisational skills
For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact Alex Hargreaves, Senior Project Officer on 07785 451914.
Please note: Interviews will take place in the week starting 13 July 2026.
Working for Vico Homes
Want to work in a place that values you? Where you’re offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You’re in the right place!
We have a strong and inclusive culture and we’re always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.
Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:
- Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
- Pension - generous employer pension contribution
- Flexible working - we’re happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
- Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
- Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
- Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching
How to apply and what happens next
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.
- Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
- Complete the application form
- You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
- We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview