Are you passionate about protecting the environment and committed to advancing environmental rights? The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to join our advocacy team and secure concrete progress on environmental rights in Scotland.

We are facing a triple planetary crisis of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and the increasing pollution of our air, land and water. ERCS’s vision is of a Scotland where every person’s right to live in a healthy environment is fully realised. As our Policy & Communications Officer, you will use your communications skills to help us challenge environmental injustice and change the system, through targeted advocacy for policy and law reform.

Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record in communications and advocacy or campaigning, and a good knowledge of environmental policy and law, preferably in the Scottish context. You will be an excellent communicator, with a naturally collaborative working style and will thrive in a small, creative team.

We really encourage applications from people who are Black or from minority ethnic communities, disabled people and people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. ERCS is a Disability Confident Committed employer to demonstrate our commitment to welcoming disabled applicants for all roles. We commit to making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job. We also commit to supporting employees and making adjustments during employment.

The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to support us through our next exciting stage of organisational development.

If you have experience of working in service delivery or people focussed organisations and the skills to develop and maintain our operating systems apply today! You will support the Chief Officer with all aspects of business development and delivery such as finance, office systems, people management and facilities.

We really encourage applications from people who are Black or from minority ethnic communities, disabled people and people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. ERCS is a Disability Confident Committed employer to demonstrate our commitment to welcoming disabled applicants for all roles. We commit to making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job. We also commit to supporting employees and making adjustments during employment.

Are you passionate about protecting the environment, and committed to advancing environmental rights? The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is recruiting an Assistant Legal Officer to increase access to justice and holding public authorities and polluters to account.

ERCS’s vision is of a Scotland where every person’s right to live in a healthy environment is respected, protected and fulfilled. We are a facing a triple planetary emergency: climate change, species extinction and pollution of our air, land and water, and this is a unique opportunity to increase awareness of legal rights and remedies in environmental matters.

As the Assistant Legal Officer, your role is to assist our in-house Solicitor in providing free legal advice to promote and further environmental rights in Scotland. As part of the in-house legal team, you will undertake legal research to apply to casework, assist with the administration of the advice service and ensure professional legal standards are upheld.

In supporting our advice service, you will be sensitive to the nature of enquiries we receive and be friendly, approachable and professional. You will be self-motivated with a naturally collaborative working style and will thrive in a small, creative team.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

Are you passionate about protecting the environment, and committed to advancing environmental rights? The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is recruiting a Policy and Advocacy Officer to secure concrete progress on environmental rights in Scotland.

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and biodiversity crises highlight the essential role of environmental rights in upholding all human rights, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to influence the incorporation of the human right to a healthy environment in the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill, and the reforms needed to enforce it.

ERCS’s vision is of a Scotland where every person’s right to live in a healthy environment is fully realised. As our Policy and Advocacy Officer, you will be committed to environmental justice and reducing the barriers to access to justice on the environment.

Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in advocacy or campaigning, and a good knowledge of environmental policy and law, preferably in the Scottish context. You will be a strategic thinker, an excellent communicator, self-motivated with a naturally collaborative working style; and will thrive in a small, creative team.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is recruiting a Rights Officer to advance the human right to a healthy environment for equality groups.

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and biodiversity crises highlight the essential role of environmental rights in upholding all human rights, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to increase awareness of our legal rights and improve participation and confidence in exercising them.

ERCS’s vision is of a Scotland where every person’s right to live in a healthy environment is fully realised. You will have a passion for supporting less often heard voices in decisions that affect them, and an understanding of and commitment to reducing the structural barriers to access to justice on the environment.

As ERCS’s Rights Officer, you will outreach and collaborate with organisations who represent or support equality groups, particularly disabled people’s organisations, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, Gypsy/Travellers, women and young people with protected characteristics to deliver a strategic portfolio of training, events and accessible information in different formats.

You will also lead on the development of an online forum to provide peer support, and support people to identify specific environmental concerns that can be referred to our In-house Solicitor for free legal advice.

The ideal candidate will be committed to environmental justice, have a track record of working with one or more equality groups and excellent training and group work skills. They will be a strategic thinker, an excellent communicator, self-motivated with a naturally collaborative working style, and will thrive in a small, creative team.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.