EPC Domestic Calculation Methodology Lead

Job summary

Want to play a leading role in delivering a major programme of EPC reform and supporting Scotland’s net zero ambitions?

Join the Heat in Buildings Assessment – Policy & Technical Team and play a leading role in delivering the first major reform of the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) system in 17 years. The team is responsible for EPC policy and technical development, ensuring the system provides trusted information that supports consumers, government schemes and Scotland’s net zero ambitions.

You will lead on the operational design and technical support of the statutory domestic EPC calculation methodology, working closely with colleagues across Heat in Buildings, delivery teams, industry stakeholders and UK Government counterparts. The primary objective of the role is to ensure the methodology, systems and processes underpinning EPC assessments remain accurate, effective and fit for purpose, supporting successful reform of the EPC system and wider Heat in Buildings programmes.

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Lead on the development of the Domestic EPC Methodology for Scotland, including:
• Drafting and publishing methodology documentation to describe the process for calculating reformed EPCs.
• Liaising with UK Government to understand and monitor the development of the Home Energy Model and Energy Calculation as a Service systems to ensure they reflect Scottish interests.
• Procuring work to produce a Scottish EPC Wrapper, working with an appointed contractor to ensure the wrapper accurately reflects Scottish EPC policy.
• Testing and approving industry software to certify that it accurately inputs required data, in conjunction with the EPC Register team.
• Drafting high quality responses to requests from the assessor industry on operation of methodology systems and processes, assessing the information being provided and any possible harm resulting from its release, and securing appropriate senior manager sign off in line with organisational policy.
• Lead development of methodology and conventions governing assessor practice on-site for the assessment of domestic EPCs in Scotland.
• Provide technical advice to policy and operational colleagues regarding the application of relevant legislation and guidance governing the statutory calculation methodology.
• Working with legal colleagues to ensure that regulatory frameworks reflect technical and methodological requirements for assessing the energy performance of domestic buildings.
• Lead on procuring and managing research projects, input into briefings, and respond to queries, Micases and PQs.

Person specification

Success Profile:

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) that candidates will be assessed on.

Professional / Technical Skills:

• Delivery and decision-making at pace
• Adaptability to change
• Data and insight

You can find out more about the skills required, here:ODP Competency framework , Pathways

Experience:

• Technically skilled and proficient in understanding the modelling which underpins the statutory EPC calculation methodology.
• Demonstrable experience of understanding technical detail and articulating the implications of detailed information at a policy level, both verbally and in writing.
  

Behaviours:

• Changing and improving – level 3
• Working together – level 3

You can find out more about on gov.scot.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £49,401, Scottish Government contributes £14,311 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : lindsay.walsh@gov.scot
• Email : lindsay.walsh@gov.scot

Recruitment team

• Email : lindsay.walsh@gov.scot

Further information

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