Jobs in Stirling

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About Us

FEL is changing our world for the better, project by project. We show people how to make everyday changes that help them, their communities, and the planet thrive. Our approach is grounded, practical, and built on local knowledge. We work collaboratively with communities and partners to create positive social and environmental impact.

Our aim is to make the environment meaningful by making it personal — helping people believe in the power of our projects and share in their success. At FEL Scotland, we help people, their communities, and the planet thrive. We believe powerful change is possible—and each of us has a role in making it happen. From bikes to local food to reuse to renewable energy, our projects show how everyday action adds up to big impacts.

Visit our website to learn more about us FEL Scotland

About the Role

We have an exciting new project starting this October – Powering Community Sport. The project aims to support community sports clubs across Forth Valley to develop community-owned renewable energy projects that reduce energy costs and generate long-term community benefit. Community sports clubs manage important local assets, including clubhouses, pavilions, changing facilities and floodlighting. Many face rising energy costs, ageing infrastructure and limited capacity to explore renewable energy opportunities, despite often having suitable sites for solar and battery storage. The project responds to clear demand from clubs and partners across the region.

As our Project Officer, you will lead engagement with sports clubs across Forth Valley and the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park area, helping them participate in a dedicated sports club energy and sustainability programme linked to FEL's wider community energy work.

You will identify and recruit sports clubs into the programme, build strong relationships with club representatives, and provide ongoing support to help clubs remain engaged and achieve positive outcomes. You will act as the main day-to-day contact for participating clubs, helping them navigate opportunities to reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency, access funding, strengthen community benefits, and contribute to local climate action.

Working closely with FEL colleagues and a Community Renewables Officer supported by Community Energy Scotland, you will coordinate activities that help clubs understand the benefits of sustainable energy practices and access wider opportunities available through community energy initiatives.

The role will involve organising and delivering workshops, events and engagement activities, supporting Club Energy Champions, gathering evidence of impact, and maintaining effective partnerships with clubs, communities and stakeholders.

While the role will provide light-touch energy awareness advice and signposting, specialist household energy enquiries will be referred to FEL's Home Energy Advice Team where appropriate.

The WARMTH / Energy Advice Worker will promote & help deliver the WARMTH project & contribute to the general work of the Stirling CAB Energy Advice team, providing a tariff, energy efficiency, income maximisation and fuel debt & advice & support service for families, older people & the public, whose health conditions are exacerbated by living in cold, hard to heat housing within Stirling District.

WARMTH will locally advertise and integrate access to its services for this client group by linking into the established Stirling CAB weekly outreach architecture. In addition, WARMTH will link in with NHS stakeholders & offer home visiting to Elderly People/People with disabilities housebound by virtue of sickness, disability, childcare/care commitments, poverty or poor public transport infrastructure.

Awareness of WARMTH will be developed through our existing links with Community Councils and by utilising our established relationships with local communities and local stakeholder groups.

The WARMTH/Energy Adviser will help educate and inform, enable and empower clients to take appropriate action to reduce their fuel usage by delivering tariff, energy efficiency, income maximisation and fuel debt advice & support

The WARMTH/Energy Adviser will record, monitor & report WARMTH/ Energy Advice activity in line with the funders’ requirements.

Stirling CAB is an innovative, collaborative and progressive Bureau and is both well connected & trusted by a wide range of health & wellbeing partners & stakeholders.

The WARMTH/Energy Adviser will provide advice which fulfils the objectives of the WARMTH/ Energy Advice projects – maximise income, tariff analysis, energy efficiency advice and fuel debt advice and support - e.g. self – disconnection support, fuel vouchers, discretionary hardship funds, food banks etc.

Any other duties that could reasonably be requested by Stirling CAB.

Do you love working with children and young people? Are you a teacher, health play specialist, youth worker, family support worker or someone with experience helping children and young people build confidence, develop new skills and have fun? Do you have a talent for creating engaging and memorable experiences that inspire children and young people to participate, connect with others and thrive?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Children's Health Scotland is looking for an enthusiastic and creative Programme and Engagement Coordinator to help deliver our exciting programmes and activities across Scotland.

Every week is different. One day you could be supporting children and young people to develop self-management skills through our award-winning programmes, the next you could be helping deliver a Health Rights Defenders session, planning a family event, supporting volunteers, or building relationships with schools, NHS services and community partners.

We're looking for someone who brings energy, positivity and creativity to everything they do, someone who believes every child deserves the opportunity to thrive and whose first instinct is to ask: "How can we make this engaging, accessible and fun?"

What you'll be doing

• Delivering engaging programmes, workshops and activities for children, young people and families.
• Supporting Health Rights Defenders, Self-Management Skills Programmes and SMS:HUB activities.
• Building trusted relationships with children, young people, families and partners.
• Supporting the delivery of events, participation activities and campaigns.
• Helping recruit and support volunteers.
• Collecting feedback and demonstrating the impact of our work.
• Creating blogs, case studies and social media content that celebrates children's voices and achievements.
• Helping children and young people build confidence, make connections and better understand their rights and wellbeing.

We're looking for someone who is

• Fun, friendly and approachable.
• Passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people.
• Creative and full of ideas.
• Organised and able to plan and deliver activities.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a small team.
• A confident communicator who can build relationships with families and partners.
• Flexible and able to work regular Friday evenings and Saturdays.
• Willing to travel throughout Scotland.
• A driver with access to a car for business use.

Why join us?

At Children's Health Scotland, you'll be joining a friendly and passionate team committed to ensuring every child receives the support, information and opportunities they need to achieve their best possible health. In return, we offer:

• Nine weeks' leave per year (pro rata), including public holidays.
• A supportive team environment.
• Opportunities for training and development.
• The chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of children, young people and families across Scotland.

Important information

This is not a standard Monday to Friday role. The successful candidate must be able to work flexibly, including regular Friday evening and Saturday working, to support programme and event delivery. A full UK driving licence and access to a car for business use are essential. The post is subject to membership of the PVG Scheme and satisfactory Disclosure Scotland checks.

About Children's Health Scotland

Children's Health Scotland supports children, young people and families to navigate health challenges, understand their rights and improve their health and wellbeing. Through programmes, participation opportunities, events and information, we help children and young people build confidence, resilience, self-management skills and lasting connections. If you're enthusiastic, creative and ready to help children and young people thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

Use your finance expertise to help secure a future for bumblebees. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is looking for a Trustee & Finance Committee Chair to join our Board and support the strong financial stewardship of a science-led conservation charity.

You will chair our Finance Committee and provide strategic oversight of financial planning, reporting, controls, reserves and risk, working with fellow Trustees, our Chief Executive and senior team to help the Trust remain resilient, well governed and able to deliver lasting impact for bumblebees, pollinators, people and nature.

We are seeking a qualified accountant with strong financial management experience, sound judgement and the ability to explain financial information clearly. Charity finance experience would be welcome but is not essential. We warmly encourage applications from people who are new to trusteeship as well as those with previous Board or committee experience.

Based anywhere in the UK. Time commitment is around one day a month.

Introduction

Start Up Stirling is looking for a sessional counsellor to join our established community counselling service in Callander, delivered as part of a rural community hub.

The hub brings a range of services together in an accessible community setting, including the foodbank, Citizens Advice and a regular community lunch. Our counselling service has been running successfully for nearly two years and provides flexible emotional and psychological support to people who might otherwise experience barriers to accessing counselling.

About the role

Counselling is offered on a flexible, open-ended basis, rather than as a fixed number of sessions. The service combines pre-arranged appointments with opportunities for drop-in support, allowing the counsellor to respond to the needs and circumstances of individual clients.

The role is currently available for up to four hours per week and is paid at £35 per hour, plus agreed travel expenses.

This could particularly suit a counsellor seeking to develop their experience, or an established counsellor looking for a small number of additional hours and an opportunity to work within an innovative community-based model.

You will work alongside, and become part of, a welcoming multidisciplinary community hub while retaining appropriate professional boundaries and confidentiality around the counselling relationship.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is BACP registered, or registered with an equivalent recognised professional body
• Holds an appropriate recognised counselling or psychotherapy qualification
• Is able to work independently and maintain appropriate professional, ethical and safeguarding standards
• Is comfortable working flexibly, including with both appointments and drop-in clients
• Has an interest in working with people experiencing poverty, social disadvantage or other barriers to accessing traditional counselling services
• Is able to build relationships with colleagues and other services within a community setting
• Is committed to providing an inclusive, non-judgemental and accessible service

Experience of community-based counselling or working with people experiencing financial hardship would be helpful but is not essential as some training will be provided. We are open to applications from recently qualified practitioners who are interested in developing their practice in this area, provided they have some experience of working independently. All candidates must have appropriate external supervision arrangements in place.

What we offer

This is an opportunity to join an established service which takes a flexible approach to counselling, recognising that different things work for different clients at different times. You will have considerable autonomy in your work while being part of a wider community hub providing practical, social and emotional support.

Hours: Up to 4 hours per week, usually Wednesday, on a 12 month rolling contract.

Rate: £35 per hour

Expenses: Travel costs paid

Location: Callander

Contract: Sessional