Do you have what it takes to become a board member?

Join the Smart Energy GB mentoring scheme

Do you think you have the skills to become a board member in the future? Smart Energy GB (SEGB), the not-for-profit campaigning organisation, is running an industry-wide programme to identify future sector leaders from diverse backgrounds to be part of a two-way mentoring programme with SEGB board members. This will cover the traditional mentoring relationship plus an opportunity for mentees to influence through ‘upward’ feedback. Future leaders will be paired with an SEGB board member, for a mentoring relationship lasting one year (approximately).

Who are we looking for?

In terms of professional experience, we’re looking for individuals who work for an energy supplier and are aspiring to fulfil a board-level role in the not-too-distant future. You may already be a director or senior manager or leading a team of people. Your job title isn’t as important as your skills and experience that demonstrate your potential to become a board member. As this scheme is about diversity, personal experience is key too.

In short, we're looking for perople who can demonstrate that they:

• work for an energy supplier
• have lived experience of at least one diversity characteristic
• have the skills to indicate that you could be a leader of tomorrow
• have an appreciation of the smart meter rollout and SEGB’s role within it

Professional experience of strategy/insight, marketing and communications would also be beneficial.

What can you expect from your mentor?

As a mentee, you will be allocated one mentor and have meetings with them to discuss career development and relevant professional experience, while also learning about the operations of boards and experiencing the SEGB board in action. The reverse mentoring aspect is that mentors are also asked to actively engage with, and learn from, the lived experience of their mentees. Guidance on mentor conversations will be provided by the SEGB People Team.

What is the mentee experience?

• regular meetings and support from their mentor (approximately 6 meetings per year)
• meeting/induction on SEGB board make up and responsibilities
• attendance at one board meeting
• opportunity to provide feedback on the experience at the end of the year

The mentee-mentor relationship can continue beyond one year if both parties agree.

What is the next step?

If you are interested in registering your interest in the scheme, please select 'Start Application' below.

Find out more about Smart Energy GB at: smartenergyGB.org

Welcome to Smart Energy GB. It’s our task to engage everyone in England Scotland and Wales with the national rollout of smart meters - and we are all thrilled to have this once-in-a-career chance to communicate with the whole of our diverse nation.

Every British home and microbusiness has the opportunity to upgrade to new gas and electricity smart meters, which will utterly transform the way we all buy and use energy and pave the way to a smarter, more energy efficient future. It’s one of the biggest technological and infrastructural investments of our time, the smart meter rollout has already converted just over 50 per cent of British households. The goal for this voluntary technological upgrade is to engage every household in Great Britain, and so there is a continuing critical role for Smart Energy GB in the years ahead (government has recently indicated that Smart Energy GB’s campaign should continue until at least 2025, and potentially beyond).

Our campaign is one of the most far-reaching of any campaign in the country. We are talking to consumers from all backgrounds, across the whole of Great Britain. Our legal duties mean that we have a particular need to make sure that consumers who are harder to reach or need greater support are not left behind (already an important part of our responsibilities and likely to be an increasing focus over the period leading to 2025).

It’s an exciting time to join one of the most talented and creative teams in the country. We have an exciting mission, and we pride ourselves on having a fully inclusive working environment.

We love what we do. We are flexible, eager to learn and hugely motivated by this chance to be part of one of the biggest-ever behaviour change campaigns, which brings with it benefits for both individual households and the environment.

We’re looking forward to meeting you, and hope you’ll be as fired up about the challenge ahead as we are.

The Smart Energy GB team

We have established a robust framework of initiatives dedicated to fostering fairness, representation, and a sense of belonging in our workplace.

We actively welcome applications from underrepresented groups, particularly focusing our recruitment efforts on ethnic minorities, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and diverse gender identities.

We’re proud to be one of the first organisations awarded All In Champion status, as part of the Advertising Association, ISBA, and IPA’s initiative. As an All In Champion, we place an emphasis on improving the experience and representation of Black, disabled, working-class, women, Asian, and older talent.

We want to make our recruitment practices as inclusive and fair as possible, and as part of that, we have joined the Disability Confident Scheme. We actively advocate for individuals with disabilities ensuring they not only receive support but also have guaranteed interview opportunities if they meet minimum job requirements.

We want our team to reflect the diversity of the wider population. This includes the representation of people from ethnic minorities and lower socio-economic backgrounds. We apply the Rooney Rule to achieve this. Subject to consent, we ensure that at least one candidate from both ethnic minority and lower socio-economic backgrounds, who meet the essential selection criteria for the role, are shortlisted for an interview.