- Climate · community energy
- Community organising × Energy advice
- Closes 10 Jan
Community Organiser
Brightfield · Rhondda · £32–35k · 28 staff
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15% of the way to the goal1,180Rhondda households by 2028
Where this role takes you
Brightfield Community Energy's 2030 goal, and where the work is today
180member households in the Rhondda
15% of the way to the goal1,180Rhondda households by 2028
Week 1
You knock on doors with Carys.
Three evenings on doorsteps in Treorchy and Tonypandy with Carys, then a members’ evening in Aberdare to hear what members ask before they join.
With
120doors in your first week
Most households in the Rhondda pay too much for heat, and almost none of them own anything that could fix it.
Brightfield has 3,400 member households, most of them in the Cynon Valley and Merthyr. In the Rhondda there are 180, and whole streets still heat with 20-year-old gas boilers.
The Community Organiser signs up the next 1,000 households, street by street: doorsteps, chapel halls, school gates, and the first members’ evening the Rhondda has had.
Why this seat matters
“Nobody knocks on our door unless they’re selling something. When she said I’d own a share, I asked her in for a cuppa.”
Bethan Hughes, new member, Treorchy
Meet the crew. There's a seat for you.
- You?This seatCommunity Organiser
Sarah Mitchell · Member services lead, your manager
“Members voted for this role at the AGM. In a way they hired you, and I’ll make sure they meet you.”
On a bad day: books three members’ evenings in one week.
A Thursday in the Rhondda
Two late evenings a week
- 10:00Plan the week’s streets with Sarah
- 12:00Lunch at the Treorchy café that lends us its back room
- 13:30School gates in Tonypandy
- 15:30Book energy checks for new sign-ups
- 17:00Doorsteps in Ystrad with two street captains
- 19:30Chapel hall talk, in Welsh and English
What life is like
- Late evenings
- Two a week, and a 10am start the next day.
- Every month
- A members’ evening, more and more often yours.
- Every year
- The AGM. One household, one vote, and staff can become members too.
- Pay
- The highest salary is 1.7× the lowest. Members set the ratio.
What you'll do
- Sign up 1,000 new households in the Rhondda
- Recruit and support street captains
- Run members’ evenings in Welsh and English
- Book every new member an energy check
What you bring
- 2+ years organising, campaigning or community work
- Happy knocking on a stranger’s door at 6pm in the rain
- Welsh is a plus
- A full driving licence
- No energy background. Rhys’s team does the technical talk.
Your part in it
- KNOCK
- on doors street by street across the Rhondda, two evenings a week.
- RECRUIT
- street captains who keep knocking after you move on.
- HOST
- members’ evenings in Welsh and English, starting in Treorchy.
- BOOK
- an energy check from Rhys’s team for every new member.
- REPORT
- sign-ups to Sarah each week, street by street.
What success looks like
- DAY 30
- you’ve knocked on doors in Treorchy, Tonypandy and Ystrad and found your first street captain.
- DAY 60
- every new sign-up has an energy check booked, and the Treorchy evening is planned with Sarah.
- DAY 90
- you host the Rhondda’s first members’ evening, with 30 households in the room.
What you’ll need
- 2+ years organising, campaigning or community work
- At ease on a stranger’s doorstep at 6pm in the rain
- A full driving licence
Nice to have, not required
- Welsh, for chapel halls and doorsteps where people would rather use it.
- Knowing the Rhondda already. Dylan grew up in Ferndale and will show you round.
Where you’ll work
- FIELD
- Doorsteps, school gates and chapel halls across the Rhondda, most of the week.
- OFFICE
- Aberdare, for planning with Sarah and the monthly members’ evening.
- HOURS
- UK time. Two late evenings a week, with a 10:00 start the next day.
- CAR
- A car allowance for getting between streets and valleys.
Languages
| Language | Need | Why |
|---|---|---|
| English | Required | Most doorsteps, and the team’s working language. |
| Welsh | Nice to have | Chapel hall talks and members’ evenings run in Welsh and English. |
The essentials
Community Organiser · Brightfield Community Energy
- Salary
- £32–35k
- Where
- Rhondda, out on the streets
- Leave
- 30 days + bank holidays
- Extras
- Car allowance · 8% pension
How you'll interview · about 2 weeks
- 1 · Chat with Sarah
- 2 · An evening on doorsteps with Carys (paid)
- 3 · Meet the team
- 4 · A members’ evening
Your first stop
Treorchy, on doorsteps with Carys
Not ready to apply? Talk to Carys for 15 minutes.
No CV needed. Ask about the work, the people, or what a hard week looks like.