Scottish Government
EPC Domestic Calculation Methodology Lead
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EPC Domestic Calculation Methodology Lead
EPC Domestic Calculation Methodology Lead
Business Area/Directorate DG Net Zero – Heat in Buildings Assessment – Policy & Technical team
Location Glasgow or Edinburgh
Working Arrangement Staff in roles compatible with hybrid working should aim to spend 40% of their contracted working time in person at their contractual workplace.
Grade/Band B3
Duration Permanent
Eligibility Open to Core Scottish Government employees only via lateral moves (Expressions of Interest only).
Note on Sponsorship Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must confirm a valid, ongoing right to work in the UK.
About the Opportunity
The Heat in Buildings Assessment – Policy & Technical team leads on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) policy, ensuring EPCs communicate critical energy efficiency and heating system data for buildings.
This role is part of a groundbreaking period of reform for the EPC system, following the first climate-adapted changes in 17 years. Regulations have recently passed Parliament, streamlining certificates to align with domestic heat and efficiency policy, and to accelerate Scotland’s net-zero ambitions.
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The Role
The EPC Domestic Calculation Methodology Lead will be responsible for:
- Driving EPC operational implementation: Designing, supporting, and refining statutory domestic EPC calculation methodologies—critical for assessing building efficiency metrics.
- Technology and regulatory alignment: Bridging the gap between policy directives, Heat in Buildings programmes, and practical implementation of EPC systems.
- Technical expertise: Deep understanding of heat/energy modelling underpinning methodologies; capacity to advise on adoption within assessor networks.
- Industry collaboration: Engaging with assessor bodies, stakeholders, and the assessor community (3,500+ evaluators), to embody EPC conventions and provide tailored guidance for contemporary domestic applications.
- UK-wide coordination: Working within shared systems (e.g., central UK EPC infrastructure) and adapting global EPC reconciliation post-reform.
- Enabling reform: Collaborating across the EPC Unit on future system innovations and methodological refinement.
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Requirements
- Designated Lateral Transfer: This is a level transfer EOI opportunity; applicants must be Core SG employees on a lateral move from their existing role.
- Right to Work: Fee-based visa work requires a ongoing UK right to work (sponsorship prohibited).
- Technical expertise: Strong working knowledge of building energy performance modelling, thermal efficiency calculations and scenario testing tools.
- Stakeholder influence: Experience of cross-sector collaboration, updating procedures or compliance for regulated bodies, and embedding change into stakeholder groups.
- Regulatory understanding: Prior engagement with EPC-supporting processes, knowledge of institutional best practice in efficiency assessment.
ractical alignment with current domestic heat policy programmes and to ensure mechanistic capability for sustained compliance. The EPC Unit has a new wind of operational opportunity pending reform.**
Rewarding and impactful work awaits applicants with a keen, interdisciplinary focus on designing systems to support net zero.
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