Location: Manchester office

Duration: Full time, 1st July – 23rd August

Salary: £24,300 (pro rata)

Application deadline: 29th March 2024

At Octopus Energy, our mission is to drive the global renewable revolution and make green energy affordable for all. In order to succeed, we need to build a team that represents everyone in our society. Unfortunately, Black professionals make up < 2% of the energy workforce which is a significant under representation compared to the ethnic composition of the UK. To help address this, we have created an internship programme that is only open to candidates who identify with any Black, Black British, African or Caribbean background. We are committed to promoting equality, and this internship is an important step in our effort to foster greater diversity and inclusiveness in our business and industry.

This is our fourth year running the internship programme. You can hear from our past interns and learn about our previous internships from our 2022 blog, and our 2021 blog.

We are an international energy supply company who put customers at the heart of everything we do. We empower our people to give outrageously good customer service, and fight to make energy fairer, more affordable, and more accessible for all. We are striving to halt the climate emergency by unlocking a smart, 100% green grid. We are using technology to transform the energy system; making electricity green and affordable, creating one-of-a-kind energy innovations.

Our work is powered by freedom, autonomy and responsibility. We won best company to work for in 2022 and were voted as one of the 50 best places to work in 2022 on Glassdoor. Our Group CEO, Greg, has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people - give it a listen to find out more about Octopus Energy!

This role will specifically focus on tech recruitment with the KrakenFlex tentacle of Kraken.

KrakenFlex is part of Octopus Energy and a market leading software provider. We aim to be the leading global provider of solutions that enable customers to release £30bn of value per annum from distributed energy resources (DERs). KrakenFlex is a recognised thought leader and innovator in the industry. We have achieved this by building a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription business with a global addressable market of £2.4 billion per annum, by digitally connecting hundreds of thousands of DERs with energy markets.

This role will be the perfect introduction to the talent acquisition industry - over the internship period, we will show you everything from finding the right candidate, all the way to offer, and everything in between

This role is focused on coordinating, sourcing, screening and progressing candidates through the interview pipelines to recruiters and hiring managers 

Headhunt. You'll need to source, attract and recruit tech candidates

Build great relationships with candidates

Constantly provide an amazing candidate experience and look to always improve this across the team 

Be involved with projects across your specific business function and the wider talent team

To be constantly looking to learn and grow

Naturally curious, and striving to make our processes better where you can

You love to work with all kinds of people 

Super organisation skills, and an ability to prioritise

A genuine interest in recruitment and the talent acquisition 

Above all, we’re looking for someone who thrives on providing alternative opinions, challenging those around them and being challenged. If this sounds like you and you have a genuine passion for what we are doing then we'd love to hear from you!

Follow the link below to be taken to an application form where you will be prompted to 'Attach Resume/CV'. Please do not upload a CV. Instead, you should upload a cover letter made up of no more than 400 words. We’d like to know:

Why do you think you are suitable for this internship at Octopus Energy? 

What interests you about a career in talent acquisition?

What skills and attributes do you have that would make you a good fit for a role in talent acquisition?

A little bit about yourself!

If your application is successful you will firstly be invited in for a brief initial call, and then there will be two 30 minute interviews with members across the talent team.