Advertised from 22 September 2026

Role

The Arabic-speaking Energy Advisor will work alongside our current Energy Advisor to deliver the Welcoming’s Home Energy programme, funded through the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. The project aims to tackle and prevent fuel poverty and associated risks by providing free and impartial home energy advice and support to New Scots households in Edinburgh.  

The post-holder will provide advice and support in both English and Arabic, helping to ensure that Arabic-speaking New Scots can access energy advice in their own language. 

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further information.  

Additional information  

Please note that you must already be eligible to work in the UK to be employed by The Welcoming Association.  

The post holder’s base location will be The Welcoming’s office on 20/1 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2TT. The role will also involve visiting service users’ homes in the Edinburgh area to carry out home energy visits, and remote working from home when suitable.

Application notes

For any informal enquiries, please contact our Services and Programme Lead, Chiara Puppi, 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday on 07399882282, or by emailing: chiara@thewelcoming.org.uk 

Please complete and submit the online Equality and Diversity Monitoring form  along with your application. This information helps The Welcoming to better serve our community by understanding who we are attracting to our organisation. This information is used for monitoring purposes only. It will be held anonymously and will not be seen by those responsible for making selection decisions.  

The closing date for this position is Friday 9th October 2026 at 5pm.

Interviews will be held the week starting on Monday 26th October.

Please note that we do not accept CVs. An application form is available for download below.

Please send completed applications in Word format (not PDF) to lucy@thewelcoming.org.

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