Energy Manager
West Northamptonshire CouncilNorthampton, East Midlands
Overview
This is a local council role (full time) with West Northamptonshire Council based in Northampton. The advertised salary is £51,224 to £54,605 per year. Applications close on 1 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Job introduction
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
At West Northamptonshire Council, our vision is simple but powerful: to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive.
This is an excellent opportunity to lead the Council’s Energy team, driving the development and delivery of key energy and sustainability initiatives across West Northamptonshire.
In this high-profile role, you’ll be the Council’s lead expert on energy provision and management shaping strategies, driving innovation, and delivering major programmes that make a real difference. From managing multi-million-pound utilities contracts to spearheading energy projects, and leading invest to save initiatives, you’ll be at the forefront of change.
We’re looking for someone with proven expertise in energy management and infrastructure delivery, who thrives on challenge and brings ambition, creativity, and leadership to every task.
In return, you’ll join a supportive and forward-thinking team where your ideas are valued, your professional growth is encouraged, and your work will have tangible results for our communities.
Company information
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. Hear from our Chief Executive, Martin Henry, about building a career at WNC.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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How this role compares
We hold 92 council vacancies in East Midlands that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £35,332. This role pays more than about 88% of them.
There are 3,980 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 251 of them in East Midlands.
You have 11 days left to apply. Council adverts we hold typically run for around 28 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
West Northamptonshire Council has 20 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
These figures are calculated from the vacancies GovJobs currently holds, not from official pay statistics. They are a guide to the market, not a valuation of this post.
How to apply
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