About this role
Energy Systems Data Analyst
Applications without a completed application form (see below) will be considered. Your application must be contained within your applications form - covering letters and CVs will not be considered.
Working hours: 1 FTE, 35 hours per week
Department: Community Benefit
Principle location: Low Carbon Hub office, Oxford city centre.
This role requires regular attendance at our first-floor office, which is currently accessible only by stairs. We welcome applications from disabled candidates and encourage anyone who may require adjustments to the recruitment process or working arrangements to contact us so that we can discuss their requirements.
Salary: £35,000 plus 4% employers pension contribution
Staff managed: None.
Benefits: Generous cycle to work scheme, buy-sell annual leave policy, and flexible hybrid working.
Holiday entitlement: 25 days plus bank holidays
Line manager: Net Zero Programme Manager
About Low Carbon Hub:
Are you ready to be at the heart of a programme that’s transforming how communities engage with energy?
The Low Carbon Hub is a social enterprise that’s out to prove we can meet our energy needs in a way that’s good for people and good for the planet. The days of fossil fuels are numbered, and the shift to renewable generation is gaining pace giving us the opportunity to reshape the way we manage our energy.
The Low Carbon Hub is a medium-sized energy business, owning a portfolio of renewable installations worth £25m. Our community benefit society structure means that all the profits generated by our portfolio must be used to meet our mission to create a zero-carbon energy system we can all feel good about. We work with communities, local institutions, and local businesses across Oxfordshire to demonstrate in practice how to make that goal a reality.
You can read more about us on our website: www.lowcarbonhub.org
Main duties – Making Data Meaningful:
At Low Carbon Hub, we’re not just talking about change—we’re making it happen.
The Energy Systems Data Analyst will play a pivotal role in shaping how data drives community-led net zero energy planning. You’ll turn complex local energy, carbon and socio-technical data into clear insights that underpin community action plans, while helping to design and refine our organisation-wide approach to data-led, place-based planning.
This is a role at the intersection of technical analysis, systems thinking and real-world change. Working closely with project delivery and community engagement colleagues, you’ll ensure that our data is not only robust and credible, but also accessible, meaningful and empowering for non-specialist audiences.
You’ll be our go-to team member for energy systems data — getting under the skin of datasets, mapping platforms and analytical tools so that our net zero action plans and project coordination are grounded in the best available evidence. Your work will also help us monitor, evaluate and continuously improve our programmes, generating insights that maximise our impact for communities.
At Low Carbon Hub, we’re a small but mighty social enterprise. We thrive on agility, adaptability, and impact. If you share our passion for meaningful change, love working in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment, and want to be part of a team that’s making a tangible difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Ready to drive the future of community energy? Join us.
Detailed responsibilities:
1. Data analysis for community action plans for zero carbon energy systems
Undertake quantitative and spatial analysis of energy systems data (e.g. electricity and heat demand, generation, flexibility, carbon emissions, building stock, transport, fuel poverty and related datasets).Analyse data available from, e.g., Electricity Distribution Network Operators’ Open Data platforms, digital platforms for Local Area Energy Planning and the Microgeneration Certification SchemeSupport the creation of community-level net zero energy system action plans by: Identifying current energy use and socio-economic profiles and trends
Modelling future scenarios and pathways
Combining and analysing data in GIS
Work alongside community engagement, renewable portfolio and demand reduction project leads to identify priority interventions and system opportunities (e.g. renewables, storage, flexibility, heat decarbonisation, demand reduction).Translate national, regional and local datasets into meaningful local insights.Contribute to the technical evidence base underpinning Low Carbon Hub’s place-based projects and programmes. 2. Support development of methodology for data and place-based work
Contribute to the development and evolution of Low Carbon Hub’s methodology for Community Action Plans for Zero carbon energy systems (“CAPZero”).Contribute to ensuring our data analysis approaches: Are consistent, transparent and replicable
Reflect best practice in local energy systems and net zero planning
Integrate technical, social and place-based considerations.
Help define how data analysis informs the organisation’s wider methodology for: Place-based energy planning
Community engagement processes
Identification and prioritisation of local actions.
Document methods, assumptions and tools to build organisational capability and learning.
Keep up to date with emerging tools, datasets, modelling approaches and policy developments relevant to local energy systems. 3. Communicating data to non-specialist audiences
Work closely with project delivery and community engagement colleagues to communicate analytical outputs in clear, engaging and accessible ways. For example: plain-English summaries; materials for workshops and events.Support colleagues in our marketing and communications team to develop visualisations and maps.Help ensure that data supports inclusive, informed participation in local net zero planning by looking for ways in which our data analysis can increase fairness and equity in the transition to clean energy. 4. Other Responsibilities
Contribute to funding bids and reporting by providing data analysis, evidence and technical input.Support monitoring and evaluation of projects by helping define indicators and analysing outcomes.Work collaboratively ac